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Planning under way for Christmas parade
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
The Dyersburg Christmas Parade will follow its usual route through Downtown Dyersburg on Monday, Nov. 26, with the deadline to enter approaching quickly. Main Street director Steve Guttery encourages residents to stop by the Chamber of Commerce to pick up entry forms before the Thanksgiving Day deadline...
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Children assist with Union Mission Thanksgiving work
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, the fundamental lesson of giving unto others is being taught in classrooms and daycare centers across Dyersburg and Dyer County. Every year, Kim Mullins' second-grade class at Christ Classical Academy donates money earned by doing chores around the house to the Dyersburg-Dyer County Union Mission...
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IRS holding refund checks for several local residents
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
The Internal Revenue Service is holding more than a dozen checks for local residents returned as undeliverable by the Postal Service. According to the IRS, nine Dyersburg residents and a Newbern woman are owed a total of $5,848. The Dyersburg residents are:...
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Man stabs pit bull in attack
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
A man killed a pit bull on Wednesday with a butcher knife after it had mauled his dog. According to the Dyersburg Police report, W.G. McElrath, 131 Bowen Lane, said he was sitting in his living room when he heard his four-month-old puppy, which was chained to the front porch, begin to yelp...
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Drug, cash parcels intercepted by police
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
The Dyersburg hub for Federal Express has been the site of at least two cash and illicit drug seizures in the last month, police records reveal. Police and sheriff's department investigators and TBI agents intercepted a package of almost 11 pounds of marijuana on Oct. 31 after receiving information of the shipment...
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Couple charged with murdering child released from jail
(Local News ~ 11/16/07)
A couple accused of murdering their 2-year-old son were released from the Dyer County Jail after posting a reduced bond on Tuesday. Amanda Kay Walters, 27, and Ronald Keith Walters, 42, had been incarcerated since Aug. 31 on an indictment of first-degree murder. Their bonds had been set at $250,000 each...
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