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Bogota's Hee Haw show raises over $15,000 for St. Jude
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
Back in November, the Never Ready for Primetime Players set out to do something they hadn't before with a Hee Haw show -- provide a talent show set up giving the audience the opportunity to vote, through their wallets, for their favorite. In the end, "Bogota's Got Talent" did what all Hee Haw shows have done -- helped others...
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'National Wear Red Day' today; hospital puts spotlight on heart health
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
You're going to see red when you drive by, or even walk in to, Dyersburg Regional Medical Center today. The reason for going red? "We're trying to build awareness," said Dyersburg Regional Medical Center marketing director Judy Boehmler. That awareness is of cardiovascular disease, which kills a woman every minute, making it the leading cause of death among women...
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Modern Woodmen lends aid to Halls tornado victim
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
Local Modern Woodmen of America members recently provided assistance to Christy Davis, a Halls resident who recently lost her home to a tornado. The Ripley Modern Woodman Camp donated food and clothing to Davis as a part of the organization's Care and Share program...
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Many accept 'Lose to Win' challenge
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
Tuesday's afternoon storm didn't stop folks from signing up to become losers. Despite driving rain and wind, and the final 1 1/2 hours of the Lose to Win Challenge sign-up being held in the dark, 54 teams, or 216 competitors, signed up during the course of the day...
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Man of God, or con artist? 'Walking Preacher' arrives in Dyersburg
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
Man of God or con artist? That seems to be the question about James Bowman, who calls himself "The Walking Preacher". Bowman, who turned 52 on Monday, has been walking through the area trying to give his testimony to area churches. A newspaper article published by the Kennett, Mo. Daily Dunklin Democrat last week pointed out that after speaking at an area church, some people were not convinced of Bowman's sincerity...
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Jailhouse attorney granted new trial
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
Kenneth Lee Anderson may have lost a recent trial on drug charges, but he won an opportunity to do it all over again. Anderson represented himself in an Oct. 24 trial and was found guilty on two counts of selling less than half a gram of cocaine. He was sentenced to four years in prison on each count, with those sentences running concurrently...
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Child pornographers lose federal appeal
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
A federal appeals court has declined to reduce the sentences of two convicted child pornographers. Walter Franklin Vowell, 42, and Katherine Sue Pratt, 34, had received reasonable sentences, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced on Tuesday...
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Obituaries for Feb. 1, 2008
(Obituary ~ 02/01/08)
Dorothy Lorraine Walker Edmaiston, 83, of Memphis, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. She was a retired employee of St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, a lifetime member of West Frayser Baptist Church, 20-year volunteer with St. Joseph Hospital Hospitality service and a part-time employee of Aircon Corporation of Memphis...
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Reese family departs for Super Bowl
(Local News ~ 02/01/08)
On Sunday afternoon while millions of football fans worldwide prepare to watch the annual Super Bowl in the comfort of their own homes, the family of Jerry Reese will have the honor of attending the game in person. Reese, senior vice president and general manager of the New York Giants and native of Tiptonville, has supplied the tickets for his family to witness what will be an upset according to odds makers should the Giants come away with the victory...
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