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Youths found after missing overnight
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
Two 13-year-olds reported to be missing Monday night in the Good Hope Subdivision area were found at dawn Tuesday in a field across from one of the youth's homes. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department report, the mothers of the boy and girl met a deputy at about 8 p.m., where authorities learned the pair were boyfriend and girlfriend and had not returned home at the expected time...
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Man hurt in ATV accident has lesson for others
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
The man seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday under the I-155 bridge said he's learned a valuable lesson -- "Tell everyone: Wear a helmet." David Moore, 29, returned from Jackson-Madison County General Hospital on Tuesday, where he had spent three days racked with pain from a broken collarbone, punctured lung, broken ribs and busted eardrum...
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River corridor project to begin mapping
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
A meeting to begin mapping the Mississippi River Natural and Recreational Corridor is scheduled Oct. 17 at The Lannom Center. The corridor proposal calls for identifying natural and cultural resources, making them accessible to the public and enjoying the economic prosperity that would bring...
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House vandalized; reward offered to find who did it
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
A reward is being offered for the conviction of the vandals who shot BBs through windows and walls and tore the shutters off a Habitat for Humanity house built for tornado survivors on Burnt Mill Road. "It's disgraceful to see someone do this," said Habitat volunteer Lewis Norman. "All the labor and time for a good purpose, and someone tears it up."...
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Patrol car damaged by youth driving without license
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
A Dyer County Sheriff's Department patrol car was damaged Friday when an unlicensed juvenile pulled into the vehicle while trying to avoid attention. According to the incident report, the accident occurred at 4:11 a.m. on Millsfield Highway, north of Fifth Consolidated Elementary School. ...
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Deranged youth tries to grab deputy's gun
(Local News ~ 10/04/06)
A deranged teenager attempted to grab a deputy's pistol and threatened to kill officers before he was subdued in Trimble on Tuesday. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department report, deputies and Trimble police arrived at a barn in a back lawn of Mill Street at 9:33 p.m. for a report of a suicidal juvenile. When contacted by deputies, the youth "stated he wanted to kill himself and has just been having a bad week."...
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