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ATV runs over Trimble boy 'playing in floodwater'
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
A Trimble teenager suffered a broken leg when he was run over by an out-of-control four-wheeler on Sunday. According to Trimble Police Chief Donna Faulkner, five teenagers. ranging in age from 13 to 15. "had decided they were going to wade in the floowaters" of the Obion River off Highway 211 north of the town...
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Past, present honored in Security Bank's renovation
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
Security Bank is paying tribute to the past with the renovation of its Downtown building. Now, a piece of the present will be also preserved in a cornerstone of the building, with a time capsule set to be sealed into the classic limestone and brick of the new façade...
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Arnett starts campaign for Pinion seat
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
Lake County educator Shelly Arnett again has jumped into the race for the 77th House District seat. The Samburg resident filed her petition in the Dyer County Election Office on Monday in the Republican primary. Arnett issued a press release on Monday night about her campaign...
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CRD Banquet to host 'Mr. B. Clean'
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
Ronald V. Parker, a student counselor at Omaha North Senior High School in Omaha, Neb., will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Community Resource Development Awards and Achievement Banquet this Saturday. The annual banquet, which will be held at Dyersburg Middle School at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, will focus on at-risk youth in the area, especially African-American males...
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Flow started as pipeline repaired
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
Oil again started to flow on Monday from Royal/Dutch Shell's 40-inch pipeline that was repaired over the weekend. Incident manager Gary Stovall said the company was taking the precaution of slightly altering the position of the massive pipeline, where it runs north of Highway 104 about two miles east of the RoEllen community...
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Police officer files criminal warrant against police officer
(Local News ~ 04/15/08)
The Dyersburg police officer reportedly assaulted at the department's training center by a DPD lieutenant in February has filed a criminal warrant against the alleged offender. Lynn Waller, who had been on the city force for two months when the incident occurred, filed an assault charge on Friday against DPD officer Jeff Powers...
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Obituaries for April 15, 2008
(Obituary ~ 04/15/08)
Ethel Sanders Forsythe, 83, of Dyersburg, died Monday, April 14, 2008 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Audobon Park Baptist Church in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Calvin Smith and Bro. Bud McPherson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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