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Memphis public radio selling Dyersburg station to Christian radio for $1 million
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
National Public Radio will leave the Dyersburg region in 2007. WKNO Public Broadcasting in Memphis announced Thursday it will sell its 24-hour talk radio affiliates Dyersburg and Senatobia, Miss., to a Christian radio firm from California for about $1 million...
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Stolen vehicle pursuit called off due to speed
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
Police drew weapons and began a pursuit in an attempt to stop the suspect who was driving a car stolen in the Friday burglary from B&L Salvage Yard, but called off the chase when the vehicle sped away. According to the Dyersburg Police report, officers spotted the stolen blue 2000 Ford Contour at 10:17 a.m. ...
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Burglars strike several businesses -- again
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
Police are investigating a string of business burglaries that occurred Friday on South Main Street and St. John Avenue. According to police reports, B&L Salvage Yard, 2450 N. St. John Ave.; Cash Master, 1823 S. St. John Ave.; Dyersburg Winnelson, 1827 S. St. John Ave.; Main Street Motors, 1104 S. Main St.; and Al's Muffler Shop, 1025 S. Main St., were each broken into in the early-morning hours Friday...
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Hospital plans big welcome for first baby of the year
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
The first baby born at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in 2007 will be showered with gifts. Carie Ward, the hospital's interim maternal/newborn director, said she's rounding up more than $1,000 worth of gifts and gift certificates for the newborn...
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Army deserter fights police, jumps from ambulance
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
An Army deserter who fought with police officers after a foot chase from a traffic stop Saturday was found hiding at Dyersburg State Community College hours later, after he had jumped from an ambulance. Leslie Chadwick Tetleton, 25, of 1115 Foster St. in Tiptonville, is charged with theft of less than $500 and evading arrest...
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Man on parole for stabbing caught stealing
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
Three months after he was released from a three-year jail sentence for the stabbing assault of a Four Points man during a 2001 robbery, Kenneth Ray Jobe was jailed for breaking into several cars in Dyersburg on Friday. Jobe, 44, of 29 Highway 210 at Four Points, and Kenny Ray Autry, 27, of 33 McDavid Rd. ...
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Jury indicts Ford for theft from truck firm's pension
(Local News ~ 12/26/06)
Dyersburg businessman Freddie Ford was indicted by a federal Grand Jury in Memphis on Thursday for embezzling funds from the now-defunct Airtrans Inc.'s retirement fund. The single-count indictment charges that Ford, from February through May 2002, stole $10,771.92 from the trucking firm's 401(k) plan...
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