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Hosting World Series could be a shining moment for all involved
(High School Sports ~ 06/10/08)
As the regular season has now come to an end in Dixie Youth baseball and softball, the second season for members of respective all-star teams is on the horizon. For many players, fans, and parents this is a very exciting time. The preliminaries are over and the time has come for players off of different teams to gel together with the hopes of winning a state title, and even perhaps a World Series crown...
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Dyersburg State's White signs contract with Mets
(High School Sports ~ 06/10/08)
A 94 MPH fastball plus a devastating slider has made former Dyersburg State Eagle Johnathan White one of the nation's top pitching prospects. After two successful seasons leading the Eagles pitching staff, White signed a seven-year minor league contract with the New York Mets Sunday afternoon...
- Missionaries arrive to spread the Gospel (Local News ~ 06/10/08)
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Rare vacancy opens post of district chancellor
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
A rare judicial vacancy has opened in Dyer and Lake counties since Chancery Court Judge Steve Stafford was appointed on Monday to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western District. The process is not yet formally under way to select the next chancellor, but Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts public information office Sue Allison said on Monday applications will soon be accepted...
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Miracles revealed and hope renewed for ill child
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
Most pregnant women dream of the moment when the child they are carrying looks into their eyes and says, "Mama." Kristi Hogg was informed by physicians that moment would never come for her and her youngest child, Mayci Shea. But, in the past three weeks, God has been working miracles in the Hogg family that just might allow Kristi to live that dream. ...
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Murder charge dropped
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
A first-degree murder charge filed against a Ridgely man was not prosecuted Monday, June 9, in Dyersburg city court. Instead of pursuing the murder charge, the district attorney's office announced that Wilmon Sonnie Moses III would be charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery...
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Budget delayed as appraisals questioned
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
September is the probable month the 2008-2009 Dyer County budget will be presented to the county commission for approval, County Mayor Richard Hill said Monday. Budget talks have been suspended until local complaints to the county tax equalization board have been decided, said Hill...
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Ripley plant closing
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
One of Lauderdale County's largest employers is closing, leaving more than 500 people without jobs. The Siegel-Robert Automotive South plant, also called Tennessee Electroplating, is slated to begin layoffs in July. Ripley officials were notified of the pending closure last week, which will affect 524 employees...
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Obituaries for June 10, 2008
(Obituary ~ 06/10/08)
Johnny Steven Carroll, 64, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 9, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic and heavy equipment operator, a member of Newbern Assembly of God, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and an avid fisherman. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Keith Shelton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Murder suspect, 'Top 10 Most Wanted' arrested in Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/10/08)
The Dyersburg teenager who on Friday was listed on the TBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list was arrested in Jackson on Tuesday. Keaston Danterrian "Boss Man" Tipton, 17, was dressed in red shorts and a white T-shirt and secured by handcuffs and lag shackles when investigators returned him to the Dyersburg police station at about 2:50 p.m...
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