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Feral hogs becoming a nuisance for landowners
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
When Jack Pate tours his farmland these days, he always takes a rifle. He never knows when he'll have to use it. Vandals have been rooting up his fields, damaging his crops and even disconnecting his satellite television service. Why, they're absolute pigs...
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Store workers sit on chronic shoplifter until police arrive
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
Police arrived on Tuesday at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter in response to a shoplifter in custody to find employees sitting on the suspect near the jewelry counter. According to the Dyersburg Police report, Eric Fields, 28, 145 Craig Rd., fought with store managers after he was stopped with a hammer and set of tools as he attempted to exit the store without paying for the items. ...
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Brrr! Blustery weather, cold greet new year
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
Dyersburg area residents awoke today to record temperatures for the year two days into 2008 with thermometers reading in the upper teens and low 20s, but a wind chill in the single digits. A blustery new year posted wind speed readings at the Dyersburg Municipal Airport of 35 mph...
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Nightclub again cited for post-3 a.m. sales
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
The manager of a nightclub charged in December for violating the city's ordinance against serving drinks after 3 a.m. was cited for the second time on Jan. 1. Reginald Terry, 38, was cited after Dyersburg Police officers entered the club, located at 2019 Forrest St., after 3 a.m. to find drinks being served...
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Woman killed in head-on collision in Mississippi
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
A Tiptonville woman was killed in a head-on collision in Mississippi on Saturday. According to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Leither Avery, 48, was killed at about 12:48 a.m. Dec. 29 in Wilkinson County, about 350 miles south of Memphis in the state's southeast corner...
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At the shelter
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
Help! We have many more pets than we have people to adopt them! Please think of the shelter first when considering bringing a pet into your home. We have so many wonderful, deserving pets who dream of a home with a loving family. Please come to the shelter and meet our special pets. Every cage is full. Our shelter stays at capacity. Please give them a second chance at life...
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Vandals damage more than 100 monuments at historic cemetery
(Local News ~ 01/02/08)
More than 100 headstones were toppled and dozens more monuments broken apart in the city's historic downtown cemetery in an act officials describe of wanton vandalism. "It's terrible," said city cemetery directory George McCaig "Somebody's got a sick mind."...
- Historic, but derelict, house burns near downtown (Local News ~ 01/02/08)
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