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Fugitive wanted by Dyer County Sheriff's Department on federal charges captured
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
The Dyer County Sheriff's Department, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Dyersburg Police Department and the K-9 unit from the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department apprehended a man wanted on federal charges on Wednesday, around 6:15 p.m...
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Obituaries for March 31, 2009
(Obituary ~ 04/01/09)
Floyd Watson Garner, 71, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer and a member of Bogota Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Rick Burton officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...
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Crime Stoppers offers rewards in theft and vandalism cases
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
Dyer County Crime Stoppers is offering a $400 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the theft of a 16-ft. car trailer stolen from the property at 335 Earl Carter Road. The theft occurred on or about March 19 in the morning hours. The trailer is black with aluminum wheels...
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Couple serves time together following drunken foray
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
A couple who took turns driving the same vehicle while intoxicated then served jail sentences together. Donnie Ham, 60, and Wilma Doris Ham, 51, both of 227 High Ave., were arrested Nov. 29, 2007. Dyersburg Police reported that Donnie Ham hit a utility pole near the intersection of Parr Avenue and Tickle Street and left a trail of vehicle fluids all the way to the Wal-Mart parking lot on Lake Road, where he hit another pole...
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Commission hears plea for riverbank protection, access to boat ramp
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
The Mississippi River nibbles away at the Dyer County shoreline and, if nothing is done, will someday breach the Dyer County Little Levee. In the years that he's been watching the river, Jimmy Moody said he's seen the riverbank gradually move about a mile eastward. The problem area is just north of Poorway Road in the chute between Island 21 and the Dyer County mainland...
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Halls drug bust brings federal drug, firearms charges against 10
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
Ten individuals were arrested and charged in federal court for distributing crack cocaine in Halls after a four-month investigation ended on Friday, March 27. The Halls Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department worked together to conduct the investigation, which resulted in search warrants executed at five locations in Halls on Friday morning...
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