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Hotel construction planned at Marketplace site
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
Construction is set to begin on a new hotel in Dyersburg. A $1.4 million construction loan was registered on Tuesday by the Sita Ram general partnership, an investment arm of the Patel family that owns the neighboring Comfort Inn. The Dyersburg Regional Planning Commission in March approved a plan for the hotel, a Sleep Inn, with 57 rooms, submitted by local hoteliers Ken Desai and Don Dills...
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Man gets six years for theft from firm
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison after he admitted to stealing $13,000 cash and a .25-caliber handgun from a local business. Ricky L. Reed, 29, 213 Newbern-RoEllen Road, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of property in excess of $10,000 on Tuesday, May 27, in Dyer County Circuit Court. A related burglary charge was dismissed...
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Elections called in November for Newbern, Trimble ballots
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
The Dyer County Election Commission called Nov. 4 elections for the City of Newbern and the Town of Trimble at a meeting on Monday at the Election Commission office. The Nov. 4 election will include the election of mayor and six aldermen to the City of Newbern's Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the election of mayor and five aldermen to the Town of Trimble's Board of Mayor and Aldermen...
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Students return orphaned ducklings into the wild
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
Dyersburg Middle School students recently experienced the empty nest with the end of a special project combining lessons in science and parenting. Students on Team 6A received 10 orphaned duck eggs from Dob Johnson on May 8, watching over them in a homemade incubator in their science lab...
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Illegal aliens arrested for stealing identity
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
Two Mexican nationals face deportation after they were arrested for identity theft on Monday at a local contractor's office. Ricardo Palomo-Coronado, 30, and Delfino Martinez-Sanchez, 54, were removed on Wednesday from the Dyer County Jail by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
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Four seeking election to chancery court post
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
Four local attorneys are vying in the August election for the vacant Dyer and Lake county Chancery Court post. As the noon Wednesday deadline for applicants to turn in their required petitions passed, Dyersburg attorney Mark Hayes, Dyer County General Sessions Judge Tony Childress, Lake County General Sessions Judge Danny Goodman and Dyersburg attorney Stephen Scofield had satisfied the requirements to be on the Aug. 7 ballot...
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Youths arrested after shots fired
(Local News ~ 06/19/08)
Two youths were arrested on Wednesday after Sellers Drive residents reported hearing gunfire. Dyersburg police officers caught two juveniles after a brief foot pursuit and detained four others. According to the report, one of the youths was sprayed with a chemical agent after struggling with officers...
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