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Committee says basin authority on track
(Local News ~ 04/26/08)
The West Tennessee River Basin Authority is meeting its mission, according to a technical committee appointed to guide the agency. The basin authority appointed the committee in October, asking members to focus on strategic development and implementation of the basin authority's general principles and guidelines. The committee met for the first time on March 17; its findings were outlined for the basin authority's board of directors on Wednesday, April 16...
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Basin Authority backs West Tennessee Tributaries Project reformulation
(Local News ~ 04/26/08)
Efforts are underway -- again -- to make the West Tennessee Tributaries Project more environmentally friendly. The old flood control project focused on channelizing the rivers. Waterways were straightened, made deeper and essentially turned into glorified drainage ditches...
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Bennett running for state house seat to be 'voice of the people'
(Local News ~ 04/26/08)
Larry Bennett said he is perfectly suited to represent the citizens of Obion and Lake counties, and part of Dyer County, because his home in Cat Corner is geographically centered in the 77th District of Tennesseee's House of Repres-entatives "No where else can anyone throw a rock into Lake County, be the last telephone number in Obion County and be born and work land in Dyer County," said Bennett. ...
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Police officer drops assault charge against police officer
(Local News ~ 04/26/08)
The assault warrant filed by a Dyersburg Police officer against another Dyersburg Police officer was withdrawn on Friday. Lynn Waller voided the criminal warrant in General Sessions Court against Jeff Powers. Waller had alleged Powers intentionally assaulted and choked him during combatives training at the department's Milltown Precinct on Feb. 5...
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DPD leads with first Internet crime unit in region
(Local News ~ 04/26/08)
The Dyersburg Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in the region to staff a full-time officer for Internet crimes. "It's something we felt we needed," said Chief Terry Ledbetter. "It's another tool we can use to fight a new and growing type of crime."...
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Obituaries for April 27, 2008
(Obituary ~ 04/26/08)
Woodrow Box, 75, of Dyersburg, formerly of Haines City, Fla., died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. He was a heavy-equipment operator and a member of Lake Hamilton Free Will Baptist Church in Haines City, Fla. The family will receive visitors from 5:30-8 p.m. Monday at Johnson-Williams Funeral Home...
- Minister's body recovered from Carroll Co. lake (Local News ~ 04/26/08)
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