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Damaged DES poles hit faulty drivers' pocketbooks
(Local News ~ 01/05/08)
Impaired drivers in recent days have slammed into and broken four Dyersburg Electric System poles, raising the total repair bill over the last year to more than $15,000. Depending on equipment damage on the pole and the time of the accident, repair costs could range from $500 to more than $10,000, said DES chief Jimmy Williamson...
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Investigators look into death of guest in home
(Local News ~ 01/05/08)
The death of a man found Saturday at a rural Dyersburg home is being attributed to natural causes, said investigators. Gabriel Eric Hamilton, 39, a German national, was found dead by Michael Ballard on Saturday after Ballard tried to wake him, said a Dyer County Sheriff's Department report. Hamilton had been staying with Ballard after undergoing a heart catheterization on Dec. 27 in Jackson...
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Habitat families, board celebrate holidays
(Local News ~ 01/05/08)
The family of Northwest Tennessee Habitat for Humanity joined together Dec. 13 for its annual Christmas gathering. "We've had a great year," said outgoing president Howard Guthrie. "I thank you for letting me serve in this position again." Guthrie introduced John Murray as the organization's incoming president for 2008-09...
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Obituaries for Jan. 4, 2008
(Obituary ~ 01/05/08)
Emme Blankenship, 83, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include a daughter, Annette Gough of Dyersburg; five grandchildren, Bobette Hart, Charles Morgan, Eva Farrell and Farrah Rosales, all of Dyersburg and Daryl Gough of Phoenix, Ariz.; and nine great-grandchildren...
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Obituaries for Jan. 6, 2008
(Obituary ~ 01/05/08)
Louise Harber Bryant, 86, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church, where she was a choir member, teacher of the Ladies' Sunday school class and a member of the Ladies' Quilting Club...
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Which presidential candidate do you support and why?
(01/05/08)
George Swader Dyersburg "I'm pulling for Mike Huckabee. He has a common-sense approach." --- Shurl Curtis Dyersburg "I know that I'm not pulling for John Edwards. He should have stayed home with his sick wife." --- Gus Curtis Dyersburg "I'm a Republican but I don't know if I'll vote for any of them. I'll probably switch parties this time around."...
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Judge considers if DNA evidence can be used in 1985 murder case
(Local News ~ 01/05/08)
The outcome of a 22-year-old murder case could depend on whether DNA evidence was legally obtained. A single blood sample collected from the murder scene proved not to be that of the victim, 50-year-old William "Junior" Pierce Jr. Investigators concluded that the blood must have come from the person who stabbed Pierce to death on May 17, 1985, in his discount store south of Four Points...
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