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DMS ELITE Program makes laptops available to students
(Local News ~ 08/04/09)
Students at Dyersburg Middle School will have the opportunity to experience a brand new way of learning in the 2009-2010 school year. The school system has implemented the ELITE -- Engaging Learners in Technology Every day -- Program at DMS. Computer carts loaded with 30 Apple MacBooks have a new home in each of the nine team areas at the school. ...
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Joint committee meeting Wednesday to address guns in city parks
(Local News ~ 08/04/09)
The city of Dyersburg will hold a joint committee meeting of the Public Safety and Recreation committees concerning the guns in the parks legislation recently passed by the Tennessee State Legislature. Municipalities have until Sept. 1 to "opt out" of the law allowing the 220,000 Tennesseans with carry permits to carry guns into local parks...
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DPD awarded grants totaling over half million
(Local News ~ 08/04/09)
Mayor John Holden requested a special prayer from Dyersburg Police Department Chaplain Jim Ennis at the regular meeting of the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Alderman on Monday, Aug. 3. "I've asked Jim Ennis to come lead us in prayer this evening," said Holden after calling the meeting to order. "There have been some tragic occurrences in our community this weekend and last weekend. "...
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Obituaries for August 4, 2009
(Obituary ~ 08/04/09)
John A. Hadden Jr., 53, of Olney, Ill., died Thursday, July 30, 2009 at his residence. He was a carpenter and maintenance worker at Brookstone Estates in Olney, Ill. and was a member of Bethlehem Church. There will be no service, but Frank & Bright Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Three killed and one wounded in Sunday shooting spree
(Local News ~ 08/04/09)
Sunday, at approximately 7:37 p.m., Dyersburg Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired in the 800 block of Blake Cove. Officers discovered that four subjects had been shot, three were fatally wounded. Todd Randolph, 46, 895 Blake Cove, his wife Susan Randolph, 45, and a 15-year-old female were all found shot. Todd Randolph and the 15-year-old were pronounced dead at the scene. Susan Randolph was airlifted to the Med with gunshot wounds and was released later this morning...
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