- At the shelter (Local News ~ 10/24/07)
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Dyersburg Lions holding fund-raisers
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
Look for Dyersburg Lions over the next two weeks. The club will be conducting fund-raisers this Saturday and again on Nov. 2. A multi-family yard sale will be held from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Yates Furniture Warehouse parking lot, located on the Highway 51 Bypass in Dyersburg...
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Number of fall celebrations scheduled around the area
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
State Gazette Fall is in the air and many are ready to celebrate accordingly. A number of fall festivals and other events are scheduled now through Oct. 31. Here’s a look at what’s going on in the area: • Tonight -- Mt. Tirzah Baptist Church, 1730 Tatumville Rd., Newbern, will host a harvest party at 6 p.m. There will be games, food and fun. All area children and their parents are invited to attend. For more information, call 627-3763...
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196 workers at Quebecor lose almost 1,600 pounds
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
Take a look at the Quebecor World-Dyersburg plant and you’ll see losers. After 12 weeks of sacrifice, hard work and determination, 196 members of Quebecor’s 950-person workforce lost 1,596.1 pounds Their achievement was celebrated on Sept. 28 when winners in the Weight Loss Wars were announced...
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Halls names new fire chief
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
The Halls Board of Mayor and Aldermen has named Jason Winchester as fire chief. Winchester, a member of the Halls Fire Department for almost four years, had the honor of being nominated and voted in by the firemen he will be leading in his new position. Halls Mayor Trent McManus polled firemen in the Halls department and upheld their decision with the Oct. 1 appointment...
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Dyersburg Fairgrounds Flyers to host inaugural air show
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
The best of the best in model aeronautics will take flight this Saturday, Oct. 27, as dozens of Remote-Controlled (RC) Aircrafts perform skillful maneuvers during the first Dyersburg Fairgrounds Flyers Fall Fly-in. The daylong event will begin at 9 a.m. behind the Ed Wright Complex, located across from the Dyer County Fairgrounds...
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Criminal charges resurface after years
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
Not all criminal charges get resolved. Some fall into a void, quietly remaining on a person’s criminal record for years. Sometimes, these lost charges resurface. That happened to one man who was seeking a job. A background check found he’d been charged with aggravated assault more than five years ago, and the issue had never been resolved...
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College to honor nursing program
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
The faculty and staff of Dyersburg State Community College will come together on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the nursing program’s approval by the Tennessee Board of Nursing. “Dyersburg State is pleased to mark the 25th anniversary of one of our premier programs,” said DSCC President Dr. ...
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Suspects sought for store burglary
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
Dyersburg police investigators are seeking two men involved in a brazen theft from an electronics display at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Monday night. Nine Apple iPods were stolen by the pair at about 11 p.m., records show. Video surveillance footage details the suspects attempted to break first into the iPod display before moving onto the locked camera case. ...
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Board upholds dismissal of DAC employee over harassment offense
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
The Dyersburg City Board met on Tuesday morning in a special session to hear an appeal concerning the dismissal of Dyersburg Activity Center employee Randy Forsyth. The city presented four witnesses to relay the events leading up to City Human Resource Director James Baltimore’s decision on Oct. 4 to fire Forsyth for sexual harassment of Dyersburg Police officer Anna Carol McDowell...
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Obituaries for Oct. 24, 2007
(Obituary ~ 10/24/07)
Robert Stephen “Steve” Dugger, 49, of Union City, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 near Halls. He was a truck driver for Rogers Oil Company for 15 years and a member of Troy First Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Union City Second Baptist Church with Dr. Bobby Williams and the Rev. Eddie Mallonee officiating. Burial will be in Mount Ararat Cemetery near Troy. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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At the shelter
(Local News ~ 10/24/07)
Tiny "One-Eyed Jack" came to us a matted mess. At first, he slept curled in a tight little ball and was shaking and pitiful. He responded well to love and attention. One of our dedicated volunteers gave him a bath and clipped and groomed him and now he knows he is a beautiful boy and so proud of the way he looks. ...
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