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Golf tournament to kick off community-center project
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
A golf tournament this weekend could help teen-agers chart a new course for life. The golf tournament is a fund-raiser for Tiptonville's Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, which plans to construct a community center. Eventually, the community center will become a Boys and Girls Club...
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DAAB planning 20-year reunion for Homecoming '86
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
In 1986, Tennesseans f'ted the state's heritage with a yearlong celebration called Homecoming '86. Over the course of those 12 months, all 3,000 communities across the state held various activities celebrating what makes each of them unique. In September, Halls will be journeying back to that time with the 20-year reunion of Homecoming '86...
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DPD's Billy Williams promoted to lieutenant
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
Billy Williams with the Dyersburg Police Department's criminal investigation division was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant on Aug. 10, and he continues to serve the community with more than 20 years of experience under his belt. Williams, 42, a graduate of Dyersburg High School and a graduate of Dyersburg State Community College, has spent his entire life in Dyer County...
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Holt named Tennessee's Sheriff of the Year
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
After a recent victory in the race for sheriff, Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt received more good news last week, as he was named Sheriff of the Year. "It was a surprise to me," Holt said of the honor, which he received at the 35th annual Family Conference of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association last week in Gatlinburg. "I definitely wasn't expecting anything like that from my peers."...
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Aldermen balk at cost of landfill expansion
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
A price tag of more than $2.5 million for a new landfill expansion startled Dyersburg aldermen Monday night, and caused them to schedule a meeting today of both the Sanitation and Finance Committees. City Engineer Ken Ladd presented a list of four bidders on the construction of a new nine-acre cell at the city landfill that ranged from a high of $2.61 million to a low bid of $2.22 million. ...
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Brother, sister indicted for first-degree murder
(Local News ~ 08/23/06)
A Dyersburg brother and sister have been indicted for first-degree premeditated murder in the May 29 drive-by style shooting death of Franklin Williams. Tyler King, 29, of 2213 Forrest St., is accused of shooting Williams at least seven times in a drive-by style shooting on Connell Street...
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