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City, county schools say goodbye to retired teachers
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
As school officials for both Dyersburg City and Dyer County schools looked ahead to the 2005-06 academic year, they paid homage to the services rendered by 18 teachers and administrators who retired from the two public school systems. The retired teachers from the county school system were as follows: Dianne Frazier from Fifth Consolidated, Ann Foster from Newbern Elementary, Dent Yarbro, Dyer County Attendance Supervisor, Faye Tickle from Fifth Consolidated, Brenda Tune from Fifth Consolidated, Kenneth Westbrook, Reading Recovery teacher, and Connie Van Vickle from Dyer County High School.. ...
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Woman avoids jail after drug treatment, on her own
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
A Dyersburg woman who checked herself into a drug-rehabilitation program after her arrest on a drug charge was granted supervised probation in Dyer County Circuit Court Tuesday. Julie Ann Smith, 46, of 6058 Upper Finley Road, successfully completed the rehabilitation program and has resumed her profession as a nurse, District Attorney General Phil Bivens told Judge Lee Moore...
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Crisis assistance seminar scheduled
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
After the April 2 tornadoes, Bob Miller "recognized in the community there is a need to have trained psychological caregivers." Actually, the thought began going through his mind much sooner -- after the Sept. 17, 2003, hostage crisis at Dyersburg State Community College...
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City again skirts law by meeting without adequate notice
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
City officials again violated the state's open records law today when Mayor Bill Revell called a special board meeting to consider a salary increase for city judge without notifying the public and less than 24 hours after calling the State Gazette. The meeting took place at 9 a.m. ...
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Board votes pay raise for judge
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
The Dyersburg City Board in a special meeting today boosted the salary of the city judge by $15,000 a year and transformed the post into a full-time position, qualifying the office holder for medical benefits. The city charter required that the judge's salary be set prior to the election, which is scheduled for Thursday. ...
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Almost one-quarter of county voters cast early ballots
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
A total of 4,749 Dyer Countians cast votes during the 14-day early voting period for the Aug. 3 county general and state primary election. On Saturday, the final day of early voting for the August election, 327 votes were cast. There are about 21,000 registered voters in Dyer County...
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Judge upholds Hugueley stay of execution
(Local News ~ 07/31/06)
Convicted killer Stephen Lynn Hugueley has been granted an automatic stay of his execution, formerly scheduled for Aug. 15. Hugueley, 38, was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing prison counselor Delbert Steed at the Hardeman County Correctional Complex in 2002, where he was already serving time for killing his mother in Dyer County in 1986...
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