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Lake, Lauderdale among poorest counties in U.S., government study notes
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
Data released in May by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis detail Lake and Lauderdale counties are among the 250 poorest counties in the nation. The information, gathered from government transfer payments, payroll, taxes, incomes and other measurements, are for the year 2004...
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No city budget presented to board
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
Dyersburg aldermen who had hoped to receive a proposed budget for fiscal 2006-07 during the last city board meeting of June were disappointed Monday night. City treasurer Robert Reed said that he anticipated giving Mayor Bill Revell a copy of the budget for review on Wednesday. By Friday, aldermen were likely to have copies in their hands, he said...
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County passes student promise
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
Up to $675 in scholarship aid will be available to every 2006 high school graduate in Dyer County, under a program approved Monday night by the county commission. The commission voted 17-1 to fund half of the Dyer County's Promise program that promises the aid to 2006 graduates who have lived in Dyer County three years, have a "C" average and attend either Dyersburg State Community College or the Tennessee Technology Center at Newbern...
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Escaped inmate arrested
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
An inmate who escaped in November 2005 was returned to the custody of the Dyer County Sheriff's Office on Monday. Anthony Paul Rogers, also known as Headro, of Newbern, was arrested in Memphis last week and returned to Dyer County on Monday, according to Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt...
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Ethanol plant hits milestone for IPO
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
The effort to build an ethanol plant near Obion received a critical boost on Monday when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the firm's initial public stock offering. The action ends the mandatory "quiet period" between the registration of stock sale and when representatives of the firm, Ethanol Grain Products, can speak publicly...
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City endorses plan to gain Downtown funds
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
The Dyersburg City Board on Monday night passed a resolution that allows the city's name to be tossed into the hat for Tennessee's Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005. If Dyersburg was selected to participate, it could mean as much as $55,000 in state dollars that would be earmarked for improvements in the courthouse square and river front areas...
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