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Suspect in police dragging turns self in
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
The man wanted for attempted murder in the Monday dragging injury to a Dyersburg Police officer turned himself into authorities on Wednesday. Deangelo D. Liggons came to the main lobby of the police station on West Market Street with his family at 6:29 p.m. and was taken into custody...
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Man pleads guilty to meth ring conspiracy
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
One of three men accused of conspiring to develop an illegal market for methamphetamine in Dyer and Obion counties has pleaded guilty. Danny Espinoza, 24, of Dresden, entered his plea Friday, May 30, in U.S. District Court in Jackson. He is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 29...
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Dyersburg Electric files lawsuit against Bekaert
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
Dyersburg Electric System fired back at Bekaert last week in federal court with a countersuit seeking more than $600,000 in past due and forecast unpaid electric bills. The complaint, filed May 30 in U.S. District Court in Memphis, is the latest salvo in the year-long legal battle between DES and Bekaert, the Belgium steel cord maker that closed its plant in the city in 2007...
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Library closed as interior hits 100+ degrees
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
Patrons at McIver's Bluff Public Library on Tuesday were sweltering from the stifling heat inside the historic building since a breakdown last week of the air-handling system. "People have been very understanding," said librarian Sharon Simpson. "But it's been getting warmer and people seem to be coming in and leaving sooner than they usually do."...
- Recovering Downtown history (Local News ~ 06/04/08)
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Assignments, amendments set for next academic year
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
In addition to passing the system's 2008-2009 budget, members of the Dyersburg City School Board approved several consent items and recognized many students at Monday night's regular meeting. School Board representatives present at the meeting authorized Superintendent Lloyd Ramer to:...
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City school budget less in '08 than prior year
(Local News ~ 06/04/08)
The Dyersburg City School System passed a 2008-2009 budget that is $200,000 lighter than last year's budget at Monday night's regular school board meeting. A reduction in state funding and three percent pay increase for employees of the school system caused City Schools Superintendent Lloyd Ramer and officials at Central Office to make adjustments in the budget shortly before it was passed by both the school board and the city board on Monday evening. ...
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Obituaries for June 3, 2008
(Obituary ~ 06/04/08)
Charles Milton Britt, 78, of Tigrett, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Graveside services were at 1 p.m. Friday in Nebo Cemetery in Henderson County with Chaplain James Watford officiating. Friendship Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Obituaries for June 4, 2008
(Obituary ~ 06/04/08)
Mary Nina Ottinger, 87, of Friendship, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Bells Nursing Home. She was a retired employee of Kellwood Manufacturing and Crockett County Nursing Home and was a member of Bethany Church of Christ in Trenton. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Funeral Home with Chaplain Joan Dean officiating...
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At the shelter
(Features ~ 06/04/08)
Friends, we have several wonderful heartworm positive dogs at the shelter that need treatment in order to live. Please consider giving to the Beagley Fund to support this worthy cause. You may recall the Beagley Fund was started several years ago when a Beagle was discovered in a tree after the tornado in Millsfield. ...
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Dyersburg State's Copley signs with Southern Miss
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/08)
After anchoring a star-studded pitching rotation for the Dyersburg State Eagles this season along side teammates Johnathan White and Shawn Smith, the flame throwing Derek Copley signed a national letter of intent to continue his education and promising baseball career at the University of Southern Mississippi...
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Former Dyer County standout joins Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/08)
When it came right down to it, the choice to leave the University of Memphis baseball program and return home to become a member of the nationally ranked Dyersburg State squad was an easy one for former Dyer County standout Dylan Cupples to make. Cupples received a medical red-shirt last season after a stress fracture in his right elbow was discovered. The injury brought to light just how cut throat D-1 baseball can be according to Cupples, especially when dealing with a 35-man roster...
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