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Women's GOP president charged with election fraud
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
The president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women was charged Thursday with intentionally voting in the wrong district. Shirley Ward of Covington was charged by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Ward turned herself in to the Tipton County Sheriff's office Friday morning without incident. ...
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Reelfoot group lists requests on spillway, water-level management
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
Worried about what a new Reelfoot Lake spillway might do, a group of area landowners met Aug. 14 to formulate a series of requests. They want: The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced plans two years ago to build a new Highway 21/22 bridge and a separate spillway structure about 1,000 feet west of the current spillway bridge. It is now seeking state and federal environmental permits to begin construction...
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Dyer County Fair pageants begin Sept. 4
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" The answer will come Sept. 4 during the 59th annual Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant. The Fairest of the Fair, for young ladies ages 16-20, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the First Citizens Amphitheater...
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James O., Jimmy Lanier first parent-child public defenders in state
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
When Jimmy Lanier takes office Sept. 1 as Dyer-Lake District Public Defender it won't be the first time he's followed in his father's footsteps. But it will be the first time in Tennessee history that a child has followed a parent as district public defender...
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Ballots set for Dyersburg, Trimble city elections
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
A total of 29 candidates qualified for the Nov. 7 Dyersburg and Trimble city elections before the Aug. 17 qualifying deadline. Dyersburg Mayor Bill Revell faces opposition from former county commission budget committee chairman John Holden and every Dyersburg alderman will have opposition...
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Two more arrests made involving illegal handguns
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
A Dyersburg man and juvenile were arrested Thursday night and charged with crimes related to unlawful possession of a handgun, police say. These arrests make the fourth and fifth as of Friday evening that could be related to the several reports of gunfire heard in the city limits over the last several days...
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Ruling on unconstitutionality of tax on illegal drugs having little effect: officials
(Local News ~ 08/28/06)
A recent Davidson County Chancery Court ruling that the state's tax on illegal drugs is unconstitutional is having no effect on law enforcement locally or across the state, officials say. "We haven't seen that much effect over here," Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt sad. "The ruling doesn't affect us and we're watching the situation to see what happens."...
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