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Man arrested for public intoxication registers .356 blood alcohol content
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
A man arrested for public intoxication on Friday had one of the highest blood alcohol contents ever measured by the Dyersburg Police Department. Thomas Wade Canada, 30, 3988 Lenox Nauvoo Rd., registered a .356 -- almost four times the legal limit of .08 -- after he was arrested by police at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center emergency room at 11:29 p.m. ...
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Sanctity of Human Life ribbons available
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
Jan. 20-27 is Sanctity of Human Life Week, marking the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions that legalized abortion in the United States. Life Choices is making black ribbons available to be worn during Sanctity of Human Life Week. The ribbons are worn in memory of a baby who died as a result of abortion -- 45 million since 1973. The ribbons are free...
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Halls completes skateboard park in time for Christmas
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
HALLS -- Active youths here received an early Christmas present last month, with a new skate park completed on the day school let out for winter break. Though the park is already open for use, a formal grand-opening ceremony is set for January, with door prizes and an exhibition by professional skateboarders planned for the event...
- Dyersburg FCA helps Toys for Tots (Local News ~ 01/07/08)
- Hospital welcomes first baby of 2008 (Local News ~ 01/07/08)
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Guns taken in burglaries in county
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
Several burglaries of guns and other items were reported over the weekend. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department reports, Mike Whitaker, 18 Revell Rd., reported someone had broken into his Ford F150 while it was parked in the driveway sometime between 11 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday and stolen a Ruger 9mm handgun, Sony digital camera and Bushnell binoculars. The camera was found in a nearby shed...
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Obituaries for Jan. 7, 2008
(Obituary ~ 01/07/08)
Jewell Isabell Furr, 94, formerly of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 at Methodist Germantown Hospital in Memphis. She was a retired employee of the General Sessions Court in Memphis, volunteer Pink Lady at Methodist Hospital and a member of the United Methodist Church in Whitehaven...
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Election commission to meet to call primary
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
The Dyer County Election Commission is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday to call the Feb. 15 presidential primary election in Dyer County at its office at 103 W. Market St. The presidential preference primary election is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2008, with early voting from Jan. 16-31. The last day to register to vote is today (Monday, Jan. 7)...
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Suspect arrested for violent attacks
(Local News ~ 01/07/08)
A man with a history of violent attacks against his girlfriend was reported to have broken her daughter's back during a fight on Saturday night near the Chic community William Anthony Jones, 45, 466 Ruddy Rd., is lodged without bond in the Dyer County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, assault and domestic violence after reportedly attacking two women and a juvenile girl at 10:40 p.m...
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