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Obituaries for Feb. 4, 2009
(Obituary ~ 02/05/09)
Willie Maurice Barham Jr., 78, of Union City, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Union City Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church in Union City with Bro. Jerry Leggett and Bro. Eddie Mallonee officiating. Burial will be in Obion County Memorial Gardens...
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At the shelter
(Features ~ 02/05/09)
We have many unsung heroes behind the scenes who should never be forgotten. Today we will talk about local rescue groups. Our shelter is a combination animal control/humane society. The nearest combination shelter like ours is in Florida. We have a contract with the city and county to furnish animal control because it is a city/county ordinance dogs cannot run loose. ...
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United Methodists mobilize to help ice storm victims
(Local News ~ 02/05/09)
If they weren't awakened in the middle of the night by cracking trees bouncing off the roof or through the window, residents of Western Kentucky and West Tennessee woke up to a different world Wednesday morning, Jan. 28. It looked as if a hand wielding a paintbrush 120 miles wide had slathered a thick covering of ice on every tree, bush and power line...
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DES offers help to neighboring utility services
(Local News ~ 02/05/09)
Since restoring power to their own customers, employees of Dyersburg Electric System have not slowed down to enjoy the downtime available after a job well done. Not with so many neighboring counties still struggling to regain power to their customers...
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Cable One drops WPTY, WLMT
(Local News ~ 02/05/09)
At midnight, Wednesday, Feb. 4, Cable One channels two and nine went dark due to a failure in negotiations with Newport Television Broadcasting Corporation. As a result, Cable One customers lost Memphis ABC affiliate WPTY and its sister station, WLMT, a Memphis CW affiliate...
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Excel Polymers lays off 65 employees
(Local News ~ 02/05/09)
Approximately 65 employees of Excel Polymers' Dyersburg facility were temporarily laid off effective Thursday morning, a move that will affect 21 percent of the workers in the local facility. According to Hugo Sandberg, the company's senior product and marketing communications manager in Ohio, it is undetermined how long the employees will be out of work...
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