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Infant injured during domestic violence
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
A six-month-old infant is at a Memphis hospital today with skull fractures suffered during a domestic fight between the child's parents Sunday night. Robert Hunt Jr., 28, of 422 Christie St. and 1045 Bradley Rd., is lodged in the Dyer County Jail on a charge of domestic violence without bond...
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Badger found in county, miles away from range
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
A badger was found dead on Lenox-Nauvoo Road on Tuesday night, miles away from the animal's traditional range. "I was really shocked to see it," said Rusty Burrow, who noticed it had been hit and killed by a passing car minutes earlier. ""I thought it was a badger from the stripe on the head."...
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Caterpillar marks 11th year of plant with fund-raiser to aid child with cancer
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
From the mouths of babes ... Virginia Troutt always knew she had a kind-hearted child. That knowledge only solidified when she recently walked into her 8-year-old daughter's room one day and witnessed an act of pure selflessness. "When I walked into Carley's room, I found all of her toys had been stuffed into garbage bags," recalled Troutt. ...
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Faulty warrant delays trial of couple charged with theft from grandson's transplant charity
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
A trial scheduled for the Dyersburg couple charged with stealing from their grandchild's kidney transplant fund was delayed after a judge found a key search warrant lacking. Charles Norman Vaughn Sr., 62, and Phyllis Vaughn, 56, of the 700 block of Wendell Ave. in Dyersburg, are each charged with a felony count of theft of more than $10,000. They were to stand trial on Tuesday, almost 20 months after they were named as suspects...
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Sweeping change under way in utilities
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
The extensive restructuring of the Public Works Department is a four-part action, Dyersburg Mayor John Holden outlined in a letter detailing plans to save money before the next budget year starts on July 1. The elimination of the Public Works director's job led to a revised organization chart in which the department heads will report directly to Holden...
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Pre-election raises went to four over fear of age discrimination
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
Evidently fearing age discrimination, former Dyersburg mayor Bill Revell approved raises for three city officers and a department head days before the November 2006 election, records show. Former city treasurer Robert Reed, recorder Gleyn Twilla, personnel chief James Baltimore and parks director James Johnson were listed on a letter dated July 10, 2006 from Revell noting the four, each of whom is older than 40, had missed getting their earned "step" increases...
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Fired public works chief received pay boost after election
(Local News ~ 06/25/07)
Fired Dyersburg Public Works Director Freddie Krapf was awarded an unscheduled 10 percent salary increase by former mayor Bill Revell three days after Revell lost the election in November 2006. The move pushed Krapf's salary from $63,837.39 to $70,221.00. When he was hired as public works director in July 2003, he collected $56,110...
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