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Skateboarders mass at meeting to express need for dedicated park
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
Skateboard enthusiasts crowded into the Municipal Courtroom on Monday night, causing the City Board to delay a vote on a new ordinance that would have banned the sport in the Downtown area or on city-owned parking lots. Bill Coleman of Dyersburg said his son was devoted to skateboarding. ...
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City OKs bids for Wade Hampton, airport and water plant repair from lightning strike
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
The City Board on Monday night approved to complete work on Wade Hampton Road, provide security lighting at the Dyersburg Regional Airport and repair pumps at the new water plant that were damaged by lightning. The board approved $39,000 to repair about 1,000 feet of pavement at the west end of Wade Hampton. ...
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Madelyn's Magnets AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
Within the first week of learning of Madelyn Beamon's illness, the Dyer County community began showing its support to her family. That support continues through the purchase of Madelyn's Magnets. The magnets are $5 each -- with 50 cents of each magnet benefiting the non-profit organization Habitat for Hope and the remaining $4.50 going to...
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City board endorses west route for I-69
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
The Dyersburg City Board on Monday night followed a recommendation of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce and unanimously endorsed the proposed west route -- Alternative R -- for the planned I-69. Mayor Bill Revell said a formal resolution requesting that the Tennessee Department of Transportation use Alternative R for I-69 would be sent to Nashville today. ...
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Men sought for alleged rape off rural road in county
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
A 20-year-old woman accused two men of raping her at Great River Road on Friday night. The woman reported the rape to Dyer County Sheriff's Department deputies on Friday night at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center emergency room. According to the sheriff's report, the woman said she met the two men at a trailer park on Highway 211 earlier that night...
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Arrest made in taxicab robbery
(Local News ~ 03/21/06)
A cell phone left in the back seat of a taxicab after it had been robbed at about 5:30 p.m. Friday led police to the arrest of an 18-year-old three hours later. Dyersburg Police found Willie Dobbins IV, of the 300 block of King Avenue, hiding in the attic of a house on Hornbrook Street. He was charged with aggravated robbery...
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