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Obituaries for March 17, 2010
(Obituary ~ 03/17/10)
Mrs. Blanche Ross Branscum, 87, of Dyersburg, and a former longtime resident of Blytheville, died Monday, March 15, 2010, at the Dyersburg Regional Hospital. She was born in Dell to the late Jim and Janie Hardin Ross. She was a charter member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Blytheville, Ark., organized in 1957. ...
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Sales, prize drawing to benefit Relay
(Local News ~ 03/17/10)
A number of Relay for Life teams have planned fund-raisers, including one today at two local banks. The First Citizens National Bank Relay teams plan to sell cookies and coffee today in the lobbies of the main branch downtown and in Green Village Shopping Center...
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West Tenn. Drug Task Force destroys drug evidence
(Local News ~ 03/17/10)
Over the past several weeks, agents of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force have worked to compile drug evidence ready for destruction and have the proper orders signed so that the evidence could be destroyed. The drug evidence is the result of agents' hard work over the past few years in Dyer and Lake Counties...
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City Planning Commission recommends Clear Talk withdraw proposal for tower
(Local News ~ 03/17/10)
At the city of Dyersburg Municipal-Regional Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, March 11, Chairman Eddie Burks requested that representatives of Clear Talk Wireless withdraw their application to construct a proposed telecommunications tower until the project acquires FAA approval...
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Lady Eagles power past Spoon River
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/10)
Prior to the start of the season, Dyersburg State head softball coach Randy Hulme believed he had a talented roster ready to unleash a fury on opponents. After Tuesday's doubleheader sweep of Spoon River, Hulme's words appear to be coming to fruition...
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Dyer County defeats Dyersburg in season opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/10)
With temperatures hovering around the mid-40-degree mark, the respective DCHS and DHS softball squads took the field on Tuesday in the season opener for both squads. While both teams showed signs of early-season rust, in the end it was the Lady Choctaws laying claim to the first victory of the season as Dyer County rallied for three runs in the top half of the sixth inning to defeat the Lady Trojans, 3-1...
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Annexation and rezoning issues strike ominous chord with Newbern citizens
(Local News ~ 03/17/10)
A rather large crowd gathered at last night's Newbern Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. Larry Carpenter, a Nora Drive resident, addressed the board to voice his and his neighbors' concern and objection about a property that local real estate agent, Hunter Newbill was requesting be rezoned. Newbill was asking the property, at the corner of Nora Drive and Newbern-RoEllen Road, be rezoned from B-1 (general business) to R-4 (medium-density residential)...
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Residents urged to fill out census forms
(Local News ~ 03/17/10)
The 2010 Census forms should begin arriving in Dyer County residents' mailboxes around March 17. Dob Johnson has been going to city and county schools to help get the word out about the census, in hopes students will relay to their parents how important this year's census is...
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