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Newbern school hosts booster safety program
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
Students at Newbern Grammar School recently received a visit from a very special guest. Ollie Otter, Tennessee's booster seat and seatbelt safety mascot, visited the school to promote the use of booster seats, encourage students to wear their seatbelts and to raise awareness of roadway construction-site safety. Ollie's message to the students was "You 'OTTER' buckle up!"...
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Burglary, theft charges headed to grand jury
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
A Dyer County grand jury is expected to consider burglary and theft charges against a Yorkville woman. Ashley Nicole Tate, 21, 16 Dyer Highway in Yorkville, recently waived her right to a preliminary hearing in Dyer County General Sessions Court. She and two other persons are accused of breaking into the home of Andrea Milton, 1555 McCullough Chapel Road on Jan. 6 and taking two guns and other items...
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Two plead to robbery
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
Two men involved in an aggravated robbery were sentenced in Dyer County Circuit Court recently. Charles Pollock, 22, 2320 Old Highway 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery while Bobby Dewayne Blair, 34, 220 Layman Road in Trenton, pleaded guilty to facilitation of an aggravated robbery. The men were accused of participating in the robbery of David Schleifer's wallet and $800 on March 10, 2007...
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Motorcyclist seriously injured near Bruceville
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
A Halls area man was reported in serious condition after he was airlifted on Sunday to a Memphis hospital after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident on Bruceville Slab. Felix Reeves, 45, 232 Twin Rivers Rd., was hurt at about 7:30 p.m. when the 1999 Harley Davidson he was driving missed a curve in the 4200 block of Bruceville Slab and spun out of control for more than 100 feet. Reeves was thrown during the accident and fell near the bike after it had come to rest...
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3 hurt in two-ATV crash near Bonicord
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
Two people were airlifted to Memphis hospitals on Sunday after a four-wheeler accident south of the Bonicord community. Lindsey Alexander, 15, was transported by helicopter to LeBonheur Childrens Hospital from the scene with head injuries; Steven Wiler, 23, also was airlifted to The Regional Medical Center in Memphis...
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Man dies when car submerges
(Local News ~ 04/07/08)
A Union City man was killed on Sunday when the vehicle he was driving ran off the road and submerged below floodwaters near the city's airport. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol fatality report, Robert Charles King, 24, Melrose Street, was driving southbound on State Rte. 431, also known as the Martin Highway, in a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville when the car exited the roadway and struck trees before entering standing water...
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Obituaries for April 7, 2008
(Obituary ~ 04/07/08)
Harold A. Steward, 85, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was retired from the Federal Aviation Association, a member of Moose Lodge and New Madrid Methodist Church and was a World War II veteran. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid, Mo. with the Rev. Jeff Long officiating...
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