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Obituaries for April 19, 2009
(Obituary ~ 04/18/09)
Virginia Pierce Jenkins, 88, of Kenton, died Friday, April 17, 2009 at Gibson General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethpage Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Bethpage Cemetery in Kenton. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at Leitherland Funeral Home in Rutherford...
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Dyer County Historical Society's volunteer training begins Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/18/09)
The Dyer County Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 14, at the home of Timm Jonson. Jonson, the owner of The Java Cafe and two other coffee shops in West Tennessee, provided samples of his coffee and fried pies for members attending the meeting...
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DIS students Q.U.A.C.K. up for TCAPs
(Local News ~ 04/18/09)
Students at Dyersburg Intermediate School were treated to a fun pep rally on Friday morning to gear up for next week's TCAP testing. The statewide achievement tests will be taken Monday through Thursday of next week. Using a duck theme, the rally encouraged students to remember to "Q.U.A.C.K." during the testing:...
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Fitzhugh, Barker vow to keep proposed area road projects in budget
(Local News ~ 04/18/09)
State Reps. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, and Judy Barker, D-Union City, last week announced their support of the Tennessee Department of Transportation's Proposed Projects List for Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Crockett and Obion counties. "This list of new projects represents hundreds of new jobs and, once completed, will give West Tennessee the long-term infrastructure improvements we need to succeed," said Fitzhugh...
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Mistrial declared in 2004 murder case
(Local News ~ 04/18/09)
Nineteen-year-old Angelo Hernandez was shot to death in 2004. Five years later, one of his best friends was on trial for the murder. The evidence was all circumstantial, and jurors were forced to choose whose story was most believable. The eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for more than four and half hours before realizing they'd never come to a unanimous decision...
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