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Ridgely man found beaten to death
(Local News ~ 08/31/07)
A Ridgely man was found brutally murdered on Thursday on the grounds of a county materials yard. The body of Charles McElyea, 68, was found off Harrell Street by a state prison work crew at about 11:16 a.m. Thursday. He was found shirtless, wearing only khaki pants and shoes...
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$750,000 bond for suspect in two killings
(Local News ~ 08/31/07)
The man charged with the gunshot murders of two people in an Upper Finley Road house on Aug. 13 lost a preliminary hearing in Dyersburg City Court on Thursday. Aubrey Tremayne Eisom, 29, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jeffery "Snap" McMullin, 32, and Cristin Lynn Robinson. 22. The two were found shot dead in the bedroom of McMullin's house at 1385 Upper Finley Road at about 11 p.m...
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Emergency telephone service alert upgraded
(Local News ~ 08/31/07)
Dyersburg is making strides to keep up with communication demands in the area with a significant upgrade to the Emergency Service Department's City Watch Program. The upgrade will allow emergency dispatchers to increase their call volume from 16 homes per minute using the current system to 350 homes per minute through the "capacity on demand" Internet connection...
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Educator brings Far East to West Tennessee
(Local News ~ 08/31/07)
When students entered Mrs. Nita Jones' room at Dyersburg Primary School at the beginning of the school year, they stepped into the Far East, complete with all the mystery and enchantment of the region. A step that Jones herself took this summer as a member of the People to People Ambassadors Program...
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