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Arson cases dissolved with diversions
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
Almost a year after state fire investigators arrested the Tiptonville Fire Department chief and three other firefighters on 15 counts of arson, a case that drew national attention, the prosecution has all but ended in pleas to the benefit of those arrested...
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Healthy Woman prepares to kick off Sept. 20
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
When it comes to healthcare, women make the choices that count. They spend two out of every three healthcare dollars. They make the majority of physician visits. They make 90 percent of all household healthcare decisions and 80 percent of all chain drugstore purchases. They influence a majority of auto, banking and other consumer decisions...
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Two charged for dog fighting
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
Two men were arrested Friday on dog-fighting charges. Marcus Marquel Randolph, 23, of 505 Rich Smith Ave. in Jackson, and Samuel Lee Templeton Jr., 31, of 118 Longfellow Ave., were scheduled to appear today in Dyersburg City Court on animal fighting and vandalism charges...
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West Tennessee River Basin Authority expands territory, adds two to board
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
The West Tennessee River Basin Authority expanded last summer, but physical work in the new territories may not start for a few more months. Executive Director David Salyers said he's working with the state on money and manpower issues. He hopes to have that resolved and new employees hired by the end of December...
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Three hurt after air tank explodes at fair
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
Three people were hurt at the Dyer County Fair on Friday night when a compressed air tank exploded from the ground near the fairgrounds office. Injured from the explosion and taken by ambulance to Dyersburg Regional Medical Center were Eddie Anderson, Hunter Jackson and Darrell Gillon. Anderson was transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on Saturday with a broken leg and contusions from the blast...
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When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
(09/10/07)
Lori Lowrance Newbern "I wanted to be an oceanographer." --- Jenna Lowrance Newbern "I want to be a ballerina when I grow up." --- Roy Cothran Dyersburg "A baker, just like my dad." --- Emily Westmoreland Dyersburg "An actress I guess." --- Michael Jowers...
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MUSTANGS BROKEN: Dyer County shuts out Huntingdon, 26-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/07)
The Huntingdon Mustangs came to Dyer County as Tennessee's third-ranked 2-A team, the far and away favorite, charged up from their comeback win over rival Milan. They left Dyer County with four quarters worth of nothing. That's because the Choctaws put up yet another strong defensive stand in Week 2 and added a rock-solid offensive line to the mix to humble Huntingdon, 26-0...
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Defense guiding local squads to early wins
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/07)
Standing on the sideline during the first half of the Dyersburg, Haywood game Friday night, I was prepared to lick my wounds and move on believing the Trojans had made too many mistakes to get a win over a very good Haywood squad. I couldn't help but think of the anonymous email I had received earlier in the week letting me know Dyersburg wasn't really a good football team. ...
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Dyersburg overcomes offensive miscues to win double overtime thriller over Haywood
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/07)
It would have been easy for the Dyersburg Trojan football team to simply throw in the towel Friday night against Haywood County after the offense turned the ball over five times in the first three quarters. Doing so however would have taken away from an outstanding performance by the Black and Gold defense. ...
- 'Crack tax' ruling could take $100,000 from police (Local News ~ 09/10/07)
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Lyons prepares to turn pro in Mixed Martial Arts
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/07)
This time of the season two years ago, Austin Lyons was just beginning his senior campaign on the gridiron for the Dyersburg Trojan football team. Lyons would go to finish his high school career after playing the entire season through sever pain due to a blown anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right leg...
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I-69 chosen as 'future corridor'
(Local News ~ 09/10/07)
The proposed I-69 was chosen on Monday as one of six "Corridors of the Future" by the U.S. Department of Transportation and awarded $800,000. "I am thrilled we made the cut," said Tennessee I-69 director and former Dyersburg mayor Bill Revell. "I was hoping we would. This shows the importance of I-69 in alleviating transportation bottlenecks."...
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