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Trimble Lions Club pancake breakfast scheduled Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
The Trimble Lions Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast at the Trimble Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. in order to raise money for the organization's scholarship program. The event is being chaired by Anita Taylor and will feature homemade pancakes and Williams sausage, with juice and coffee for $6 for adults and $3 for children 10 and under. ...
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Newbern First Baptist taking part in outreach
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
"We have a heart for you." That's the message members of the Tennessee Baptist Association will be demonstrating Saturday as they join together to meet needs and to share Christ's love in a variety of ways in their cities, towns and neighborhood. Formerly "Hands On Tennessee," "We Have a Heart for You" is a community-service day promoted by the Tennessee Baptist Association. ...
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Old city street name confuses GIS database
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
A quirk of local history was responsible for an incorrect 911 address displayed to dispatchers after they received a call from a caregiver. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department report, a woman in south Dyersburg called 911 at about 12:26 p.m. on Feb. 4 about a relative having difficulty breathing...
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Kids Club learns some healthy habits
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
What are two things you can't see but you can feel the effects of? This answer may surprise you. For Dyersburg Mall Kids Club members, the answer was wind -- and germs. Dyer County Health Department public health educator Kasey Sartin used the illustration on Jan. 22 when she spoke to them about healthy hygiene habits that can help them to stay well, especially during the cold and flu season...
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Suspect charged with rape of 5 girls
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
A 24-year-old man has been charged with seven counts of statutory rape and three counts of aggravated statutory rape in Lake County. Larry Higgins, who is also known as Larry Bonds, is accused of having sexual intercourse with at least five teen-aged girls on several different occasions in Tiptonville and Ridgely...
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Ryan's closes
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
Ryan's Family Steakhouse closed its doors at 9 p.m. Monday for the last time as a result of its parent company's January bankruptcy and the local store's underperformance. Employees were given notice on Monday that the local dining establishment, in Dyersburg since 1995, would close. The eatery employs 40, three of whom had been with the restaurant since it opened in 1995...
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City alderman appointed to 911 board
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill said he mistakenly offered up for vote to the Dyer County Commission in January the chance to fill a vacancy of the Emergency 911 Board; the vote is not the body's to make. "I acted illegally, as it turns out," said Hill. ...
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Commission votes to approve board members
(Local News ~ 02/12/08)
The Dyer County Commission took care of housekeeping duties during the 27-minute meeting on Monday night. Budget Committee members Thomas Reasons (East Dyersburg), Bill Cloar (North Dyersburg), and Terry McCreight (South Dyersburg) were re-appointed as was vice-chairman David Agee (Tigrett, Bonicord, Fowlkes) and chairman Debbie Bradshaw Hart (Courthouse)...
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Obituaries for Feb. 12, 2008
(Obituary ~ 02/12/08)
Donna Joyce Beard, 51, of Henning, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was a certified nursing assistant. Services were at 4 p.m. Feb. 10 at Currie's Funeral Home in Henning with the Rev. John McBride officiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens in Tiptonville...
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Lady Choctaws end season with loss to Lady Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 02/12/08)
The Dyersburg Lady Choctaws hit the road to Milan to take action in their first round game of the District 13 Tournament against a very athletic Milan Lady Bulldog team. The Lady Choctaws couldn't get their offense going and lost the opening round game 58-40, finishing their season with a 16-12 record...
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