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Former police officer delays hearing before merit board
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
A Merit Board hearing scheduled Thursday for Dyersburg Police Department patrolman Aaron Brezinski was postponed due to scheduling problems. Brezinski received a two-day suspension without pay from the department for alleged sexual harassment. A letter dated Oct. 13 informed the Merit Board of Brezinski's intent to appeal the punishment, which was offered due to an incident that took place on Sept. 21...
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Schools addressing health scare
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
As reports of drug-resistant staph infections within school systems across the country continue to make headlines, the Dyer County School System is mailing information packets to parents in an effort to raise awareness about MRSA. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of skin infection that has become resistant to common antibiotics including penicillin. ...
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VFW encourages vets to wear dog tags as reminder to pray for soldiers
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
With Veterans' Day around the corner and November set aside as Veterans' Month nationally by the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, this week seems the perfect time for a reminder to pray for soldiers currently serving on foreign soil. Members of VFW Post 1972 in Dyersburg are encouraging all veterans to wear their dog tags this month in an effort to remember soldiers currently serving in the Iraqi war...
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Veterans group, DSCC encouraging warriors to share their histories
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
While November has been set aside by the National VFW organization to honor veterans of all the military campaigns in American history, local members of the Greatest Generation will be the first included in a local oral-history project. On Thursday, VFW Post 1972 and Dyersburg State Community College joined together to produce the first of many interviews of World War II veterans in the area...
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IT chief: City data could be breached
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
Dyersburg's city information technology director painted a picture of potential loss of confidential information from holes in the security of the city intranet linked to a volatile meeting in September. Leslie Moore, the city's IT chief who has filed a harassment complaint against 911 Emergency Communications Director Mark Grant, cites Grant's mismanagement of his department's technology needs as the cause of the potential breach...
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Chimes for Charity auction begins Monday
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
You can do one-stop Christmas shopping and help Dyer County children next week with the 58th annual Chimes for Charity. Dyersburg Jaycees will host the 2007 event Nov. 12-18. "We're amazed at the people interested in Chimes," Amy Kaye Clark said. "From the littlest to the oldest, they can't wait for it to start...
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Suspect in '04 murder returned to city charge
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
The suspect wanted for the 2004 murder of a Dyersburg man returned Thursday to face charges after serving more than two years in a Louisiana prison on drug charges. Leslie "Free" Sherman, 29, was lodged in the Dyer County Jail on Thursday on charges of first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and failure to appear...
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Man arrested after agents find fuming meth lab at house south of Churchton
(Local News ~ 11/09/07)
Production from an active methamphetamine lab was halted by West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force agents in a house near the Churchton community on Thursday. Lodged in the Dyer County Jail without bond and charged with the offense is Chad Hunter Wilson, 22, of 6003 Tatumville Rd. ...
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Obituaries for Nov. 9, 2007
(Obituary ~ 11/09/07)
Vernelle "Nell" Ashley, 94, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 at her residence. She was a homemaker, a member of Newbern First Baptist Church, Berean Sunday School and spent two years at Fisher Aircraft in Memphis building B25. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Klutts officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
- Show benefiting St. Jude begins Thursday (Local News ~ 11/09/07)
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