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Habitat for Humanity hosting open house Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
Northwest Tennessee Habitat for Humanity will be holding its second open house in as many weeks this Saturday. The open house for Audra Daniels will be held at 10 a.m. Her home is located at 226 Burnt Mill Road. Since October 2006, Habitat volunteers -- with the help and donations of a number of area businesses -- have been busy helping Daniels and Beverly Jackson build back from the April tornado. Jackson's open house was held Jan. 27...
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Commandments activist to speak to commission
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
Firebrand activist June Griffin is to speak to the Dyer County Commission on Monday to urge the county to dedicate government to Christian principles. Griffin, of Dayton, Tenn., is leader of the Bill of Rights Committee for Tennessee. In November 2006 she contacted Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill to urge the county to place a copy of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse...
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Historical Society gears for campaign for future
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
After a few months off, the Dyer County Historical Society is ready to kick into gear. The organization will meet at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Professional Development Center, which is located at 305 College St. in Dyersburg. All members are encouraged to attend. Those interested are welcome to attend...
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Teenager arrested for rape, robbery
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
A Ripley man was arrested Tuesday on aggravated rape and aggravated robbery charges after DNA taken from a drinking straw linked him to the December 2006 crime. Jimmy Lee Taylor, 19, is lodged in the Lauderdale County Jail on a $150,000 bond. He is accused of raping a woman at knifepoint as she was closing a business, located on Main Street in Ripley, after stealing $50 cash from her...
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County school board adds four to disciplinary board
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
The Dyer County School Board on Wednesday voted for the application to seek $180,000 in federal funds for students from low-income families. Newbern Grammar School is listed the highest amount, with $72,947 sought for 353 students out of a student body of 524...
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Army deserter located at court
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
The Army deserted who eluded police and escaped from the hospital where he was detained is being removed from military service, it was learned in Dyersburg City Court on Wednesday. Leslie Chadwick "Chad" Tetleton, 25, of 1115 Foster St. in Tiptonville, is at Fort Sill, Okla., where he is being processed out of the Army, Judge Dean Dedmon learned from a Tetleton relative. Tetleton's appearance was to answer to a failure to appear charge from December 2006...
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Man found with arsenal to face federal charges
(Local News ~ 02/08/07)
The Dyersburg man arrested in July 2006 after police and deputies raided a Fair Street house and found an arsenal of weapons, drugs, cash, surveillance equipment and other items was indicted Feb. 1 by a federal grand jury in Memphis. Johnny Jenkins, 35, of 913 Fair St., appeared in U.S. ...
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