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Fitzhugh says he's wrongly accused on last-minute pension hike
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
State Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, said Wednesday he is being wrongly accused of "dramatically" increasing the pensions of state lawmakers in a frantic end-of-session bill passage. "First of all, it was an amendment to a larger bill I sponsored and I didn't sponsor the amendment," Fitzhugh said. "And the amendment doesn't dramatically increase legislators' pensions but ties them to cost-of-living increases...
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Man struck by lightning released from hospital
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
A man struck by lightning while golfing at Oakview Links Golf Course on Tuesday was released from the Med at Memphis yesterday. Ben Barrios was injured when lightning struck a tree he and his golfing partner Stephen McDaniel ran under for cover from a thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon at about 5:45 p.m. McDaniel was killed virtually instantly by the lightning strike...
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Federal judge dismisses two of three in Cook shooting lawsuit
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
A federal lawsuit filed by the estate of a Trimble man shot to death in December 2002 by a Trimble policeman has been partially dismissed. U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald dismissed the complaint in an order filed April 17. She dismissed the lawsuit against the city of Trimble and former Trimble Police Chief Jimmy Ring, but left it intact individually against former Trimble Policeman Robert Horner, who shot Stanley Franklin Cook...
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Summer feeding program starting Monday
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
A free summertime lunch program for children begins Monday, June 5. Free meals will be provided to anyone aged 18 or younger at 13 sites in Dyer County. It's all a part of the Special Summer Feeding Program coordinated through the Tennessee State University Cooperative Resource Development program...
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Free or reduced school meals at record high
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
BusinessTN magazine has listed Dyer County as one of the top 10 counties in the state for job growth and the only county in West Tennessee in the top 10 in that category. Statistics provided by local school systems, however, are telling another, less upbeat story...
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Widening disparity between county, city schools questioned
(Local News ~ 06/01/06)
Dyersburg schools will receive more than twice the number of Title 1 federal dollars in 2006-07 than Dyer County schools -- $1.32 million compared to $570,000 -- due to a higher poverty rate in the city. Title 1 funds, which are aimed at students from low-income families, are allocated according to census information. The 2000 census showed that, of the 136 school systems across Tennessee, Dyer County was the 16th wealthiest and Dyersburg was listed as one of the poorest in the state at 125...
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