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Region's Crisis Support Team selects members, schedules training for local residents
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
The executive committee of the Crisis Support Team of West Tennessee has selected team members to serve residents of the area affected by traumatic events. Clinical Coordinator Dr. Johnnie Welch and Team Coordinator Dr. Robert G. Miller recently selected 13 applicants to serve on the team, and continue to encourage residents interested in serving to submit their applications...
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State tips smokers on how to break bad habit
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
Among New Year's resolutions, stopping smoking is among the Top 10 for many. Doing it though, is easier said than done. To help, the Tennessee Department of Health has begun several programs. Many of them began after the Tennessee Non-Smokers Protection Act took effect on Oct. 1, 2007...
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Handcrafted letter openers offer piece of local history
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
Whether you knew it as Dyersburg Cotton Products, Dyersburg Fabrics or Dyer Fabrics, the city block-sized mill facing Harrell Avenue played a large part in the history of Dyer County. While the building is no longer there in its former glory, a piece of it has been restored...
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Murry expected as keynote speaker for King luncheon at Dyersburg State
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
Dr. June Murry will be the featured speaker at the 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon on Friday, Jan. 18. The event will be held at noon, in the E.H. Lannom Jr. Gymnasium on the Dyersburg campus. Each year, between 120 and 150 community leaders and area residents attend the MLK luncheon. The event is co-hosted by DSCC and the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce...
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Man recites King speeches to celebrate past, influence future
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
James Riley "Tiger" Henning has created a powerful addition to local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations by performing speeches of the civil rights leader. "Of course I knew of the man," said Henning. "But when I went to prison, I began to read what he wrote, read his speeches."...
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Task force raid nabs reputed drug dealer
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
A reputed drug dealer with a lengthy criminal history in Dyersburg was arrested in Ripley after a raid by drug task force agents on Jan. 10. Quincy "Weezy" Johnson, 27, 227 Dandridge St., was arrested after 25th Judicial District officers found a loaded 9mm handgun, almost a pound of marijuana and almost $1,000 in cash...
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McKenzie 'dirty bomber' loses federal appeal
(Local News ~ 01/17/08)
The McKenzie man sentenced in April 2006 to 30 years in federal prison after his arrest for plotting to detonate a chemical weapon at a federal courthouse lost an appeal on Tuesday before the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court in Cincinatti. Demetrius "Van" Crocker, 42, appealed that an earlier motion for acquittal was wrongly denied because the parts to a bomb in his possession could not be quickly assembled into an explosive device...
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Dyersburg squads split contests with Milan on the hardwood
(High School Sports ~ 01/17/08)
On Tuesday night the Dyersburg Trojan and Lady Trojan basketball squads traveled to Milan for a pair of District 13 match ups, with each team leaving the site of the upcoming district tournament with different results. The Lady Trojans battled the Lady Bulldogs throughout the contest, but in the end Milan pulled away late in the fourth quarter to post a 71-62 win over Dyersburg, sending the Lady Trojan squad into sixth place in the district standings...
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Local hurlers to continue careers at Dyersburg State
(High School Sports ~ 01/17/08)
After signing three of the top local players to national letters of intent, Dyersburg State head baseball coach Robert White had plenty to smile about while sitting in the conference room at Dyer County High School Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morning White signed Dyersburg's Cole Dickerson and Tyler Childress before heading to Newbern during the afternoon to watch hurler Derek Sims sign his name on the dotted line to play with the up and coming Eagle squad after graduation as well...
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