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Man with 6 habitual offender violations, 3 DUIs waives case
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
Driving while intoxicated charges against two persons were recently bound over to the action of a Dyer County Grand Jury. Kenneth Lumley, 33, 3845 Forked Deer Road in Gates, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Nov. 29 in Dyer County General Sessions Court. He faces a potential indictment on charges of third offense DWI, seventh offense of violating the habitual motor vehicle offender act and violation of the implied consent law. He was arrested Nov. 25 on Highway 51 south...
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Letters from church pastors ordered for nine teenagers
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
Eight teenagers cited for underage drinking were given a second chance in Dyersburg City Court on Friday. Judge Dean Dedmon agreed with city prosecutor Jim Horner that if each of five girls and four boys returned on Feb. 5 with letters from pastors confirming they had been counseled on the matter, the charges would be dropped...
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Halls OKs new radio gas-meter readers
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
HALLS -- At its regular December meeting, the city board here approved the purchase of equipment that will allow Public Works Department workers to read rural gas meters from their trucks. At the meeting, the Halls Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved an expenditure of $27,000 for over 500 meters and the software and training needed to implement the radio-transmitting program...
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Children found in filth on Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
Dyersburg police were called to a Cumberland Street house on Tuesday to find a man who had assaulted his four-year-old daughter and the residence in filthy condition. According to the report, police were alerted at 6:03 p.m. to 1811 Cumberland St. after a 911 call about a man who had hit a child. When officers arrived, they found Robert John French, 29, sitting on the porch crying. Police found the girl inside with a black eye and slap marks...
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Revoked driver chased through two states
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
A Troy man led law enforcement officers in three counties in two states on a chase that ended Tuesday after the driver became penned in a Missouri truck stop. According to Troy Police Chief James Cleek, William Tyrone Jenkins, 60, did not stop for a patrolman who knew the frequent violator had a revoked drivers license, and was driving without a license plate, at about 1:25 p.m...
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At the shelter
(Local News ~ 12/26/07)
Friends, the end of the year is just a few days away. It is not too late to make a tax-deductible donation to the shelter. We are the animals' voice. Please give to this worthy cause. If we as a society don't help them, who will? General donations, the Beagley Fund (heartworm treatment) donations and memorials may be mailed to the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society, P.O. ...
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Obituaries for Dec. 26, 2007
(Obituary ~ 12/26/07)
Mary Alline Barker Willis, 95, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Glendale Church of Christ. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Glendale Church of Christ in Newbern with Bro. Todd Walker, Bro. Ronnie Scherffius, Marty Byars and Bryan Walker officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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