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State health commissioner encourages fitness in visit to schools
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
Tennessee Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper breezed into schools in the Dyer County and Dyersburg City school systems like a breath of fresh air last week to promote GetFitTN. Those expecting a stuffy meeting with the first nurse to serve the state as Tennessee's Commissioner of Health were pleasantly surprised at Cooper's vibrant energy as she visited with students at Trimble Elementary School and Dyersburg Middle School...
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Man burned in Newbern fire
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
A man was burned in a fire on Nora Drive this morning in Newbern. According to reports from the Newbern Fire Department and Dyer County Sheriff's Department, the blaze was reported by a neighbor at 511 Nora Drive at about 7:05 a.m. The cause of the fire was unknown, as firefighters were continuing to fight the flames as of press time...
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Teachers of the Year named from city schools
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
The ballots are in. The votes have been counted. And Dyersburg City Schools has named its 2007-2008 Teachers of the Year. Four Dyersburg educators were recently voted Teacher of the Year, an honor bestowed upon them by the educators who serve beside them each day...
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Snow forecast from one to five inches
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
As many as five inches of snow is predicted to fall across the Dyersburg region after midnight tonight, the National Weather Service in Memphis reported. The snowfall, expected two weeks before the March 20 start of spring, would be the first appreciable accumulation this winter...
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Electric bills to increase April 1
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
Local electrical customers will face a 7-percent increase in their monthly utility bill on April 1 and an additional half-cent per kilowatt-hour fee. The double-whammy will affect the average Dyersburg residential customer by adding an average of $10-$14 to the monthly bill...
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Obituaries for March 6, 2008
(Obituary ~ 03/06/08)
Herbert Lynn "Herb" Harness, 74, of Tupelo, Miss., formerly of Bogota, died Monday, March 3, 2008. He was an employee and then owner of North Mississippi Finance Company and owned Betty's Flowers and Gifts, and was a Shriner. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with the Rev. Don Sparks officiating. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park...
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McCord fitting in nicely in second season with Choctaws
(High School Sports ~ 03/06/08)
For a man who has posted a career coaching record of 347-140 with a 71 percent winning percentage, big games are nothing out of the ordinary for Dyer County head Coach Derek McCord. He is in his second season at Dyer County and will lead his Choctaw army into Murfreesboro for the second consecutive year next Wednesday, but this time their will be a bulls-eye on the chest of No. ...
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'Road rage' show of gun leads to man's arrest
(Local News ~ 03/06/08)
A rural Newbern man was arrested on Thursday on his way to work in Dyersburg after reportedly showing a gun to a motorist. Gregg Alan Gregory, 7932 Trimble Rd., was lodged in the Dyer County Jail on an aggravated assault charge at 2:47 p.m after he is alleged to have proffered a handgun at a man driving in front of him on I-155 south of Newbern...
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