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Hay load burns on highway
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
An 80,000-lb. load of hay hauled on a tractor-trailer caught fire on Highway 412 in Dyersburg on Thursday. No one was injured in the accident, which occurred at about 12:06 p.m. immediately north of the 412-East Court Street overpass on the southbound on-ramp. Roger Page of Newbern was driving the trailer from his farm off Palestine Road to Savannah, Tenn. when he noticed smoke coming from the several of the 42 rolls of 2,000-lb. hay bales...
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Tests show soil from former disposal site not hazardous, but drums, contents are
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
About 40 crushed drums and their contents, all unearthed at the former Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Company, must be handled as hazardous wastes. Although the exact contents are still being determined, the materials have failed an ignitability test, Tisha Calabrese-Benton, deputy communications director for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, reported...
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Bach's Lunch days announced
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
Upcoming performers for the Bach's Lunch Classical Music Concert Series have been announced. The series is held at noon on the second Monday of each month at First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. The performance lasts for approximately 30 minutes in the church sanctuary...
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Celebration to bookend reading fun on Monday
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
Trimble Library will be herding up its Summer Reading Program participants during a Round-Up Party from 1-3 p.m. Monday at the Trimble Community Building. Along with activities, this is also the day 2007 SRP participants will be awarded for their participation. Every cowpoke who attended the program will receive something special...
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Pastor to attend foreign policy summit
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
Pastor Stephen Stoner is careful to stress that he is not a politician, even though the local leader of Dyersburg First Assembly of God has been honored to provide a voice for the West Tennessee area in the upcoming Israel Summit in Washington, D.C...
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Jail inmate saved after hanging self
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
An inmate at the Dyer County Jail hung himself Thursday, but was pulled down still breathing by a corrections officer. David McCuiston, 39, 1660 Richwood Rd., was serving a sentence for probation violation and failure to appear. According to the report, the officer found McCuiston at 7:48 a.m. and immediately alerted an ambulance from Dyersburg Regional Medical Center...
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Holden says former officials misleading public about debt
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
Dyersburg Mayor John Holden told alderman on Thursday he was dismayed former city officials are telling residents the new board drove the city into debt. Specifically, Holden is taking exception that $1.9 million from the city's General Fund has been spent without accountability...
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City board approves 19-cent property tax increase
(Local News ~ 07/06/07)
A 19-cent increase to the Dyersburg city property tax rate was approved at a called meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen on Thursday. Alderman Bart Williams made a motion three minutes into the meeting to approve the $44 million budget, with Charles McCright making a quick second...
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