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Newbern votes to sue Sara Lee for gas payment
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
The Newbern City Board on Tuesday voted to take legal action against Sara Lee for the company's non-payment of almost $70,000 owed to the city for natural gas service. "I love that Jimmy Dean is in our neighborhood," said Alderman Bill Parks. "But I sure do wish they'd pay the fair share of the bill."...
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Girl, 5, saves 'Papaw' from drowning in Trimble
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
Heroes don't have to have super powers. Hailey Maddox proved that on Sunday. The 5-year-old girl rescued her Papaw, 74-year-old Wilton Poole, from drowning in a Trimble lake. The pair had taken a 12-foot aluminum boat out on the half-acre lake that day to drive stakes into the lakebed. The stakes will ultimately create a crappie bed, or a safe place for fish to raise their young...
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Concrete pads, fence requirement sought for vicious dogs
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
The Dyersburg Public Safety Committee was told Wednesday the city's current policy for vicious dogs was sufficient to handle most any problem, but aldermen pressed for a possible ordinance change that would force dog owners to keep aggressive animals inside a wire enclosure...
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Man ends trial early with guilty plea; gets 24 years
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
A drug trial in the Dyer County Circuit Court was curtailed on Wednesday when Rhomulus Michael Broussard withdrew his plea of not guilty for two counts of drug possession with intent to sell and also entered a guilty plea to four other pending indictments...
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Board to set public hearing on curfew for minors
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
Dyersburg's Public Safety Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend that the city board set a public hearing for a proposed curfew for minors. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen will consider the recommendation when it meets on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the municipal courtroom for its vote on the 2006-07 budget...
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City explores single 911 emergency point
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
Local officials on Wednesday night formed a nine-member Unification Committee whose task is to study the current 911 dispatching structure and see if a more efficient system can be built in Dyer County. Currently, there are three PSAPs -- Public Safety Answering Points -- in Dyer County. ...
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Bounty hunters charged after robbery
(Local News ~ 07/27/06)
Three men working for a Mason bail bonding company were arrested Monday by Dyersburg Police after being accused of stealing money from several people on South Main Street. According to a police press release, Corey Bonds, 34, is charged with aggravated robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm; Bill Williams, 37, is charged with aggravated robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm; and Sedrick Terry, 44, is charged with aggravated robbery...
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