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Obituaries for April 20, 2010
(Obituary ~ 04/20/10)
Jimmie Johnson Bryant, 69, of Continental Country Club, Wildwood, FL, passed away April 15, 2010. He was born in Dyersburg, Tenn., March 13, 1941, the son of Johnnie and Janie Bryant of Newbern, Tenn. He and his family resided for many years in Newbern where he owned and operated Bryant Construction and Supply. ...
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Mayors sign proclamation for Great American Cleanup
(Local News ~ 04/20/10)
Members of the Dyer County Keep Tennessee Beautiful committee continue moving forward with local cleanup efforts and plans for the Great American Cleanup on Saturday, May 1. At the committee's regular meeting on April 6, Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill, Dyersburg Mayor John Holden, Newbern Mayor K.W. Dennison and Trimble Mayor James Davis signed a proclamation designating May as Great American Cleanup/Keep Tennessee Beautiful Month...
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City Board grants beer permit, OKs attorney invoice
(Local News ~ 04/20/10)
Members of the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Alderman granted a beer permit, approved an attorney's invoice and listened to a recreation committee report at the city board's regular meeting on Monday evening. Dyersburg Police Chief Art Heun recommended granting a beer permit to John Robert Daniels Jr. for Robbie's Karaoke Lounge, located at 1140 Hwy 51 Bypass, in Dyersburg...
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Preliminary hearing held for suspect in robbery, shooting
(Local News ~ 04/20/10)
Charges against one of three Missouri men arrested in a robbery and shooting have been bound over to the action of a grand jury. Christopher Howard, 33, of Sikeston, Mo., faces a possible indictment for especially aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery. He and two other men have been accused of robbing two Dyersburg men at gunpoint April 8 in the Pizza Hut parking lot. One of the victims was shot in the leg...
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Recovery operation for missing hunter scaled back
(Local News ~ 04/20/10)
The Dyer County Rescue Squad has scaled back its operation in the recovery effort of the missing hunter from Dyersburg. Sunday marked the eighth full day of the search and recovery for Ronnie Cobb, 49. Dyer County Rescue Squad Director J.C. Cutler said volunteers from his team would continue to drag the Forked Deer River with one boat as long as its depth would allow. Also, one of Cobb's relatives will continue to search the river from his boat...
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Eagles rise to the challenge, sweep series
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/10)
With two weeks left in the regular season, Dyersburg State entered a 3-game weekend series with Volunteer State needing desperately to win the series in order to stay alive and prevent having to play a play-in game to start the state tournament. Eagle head coach Robert White challenged his squad to come out and play the type of baseball he had been waiting to see all season long...
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Big inning, Massie lift Choctaws past Indians
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/10)
After a busy weekend playing in Creekwood against some pretty solid competition, Dyer County returned to the friendly confines of Newbern on Monday night to face North Side in a matchup of the top two teams in District 13-AAA. The Indians entered the contest with one district loss while the Choctaws were undefeated...
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DNA evidence links Missouri man to rape of Dyersburg teen
(Local News ~ 04/20/10)
Dyersburg police investigators have charged a Hayti, Mo., man with the rape of a 14-year-old Dyersburg girl after DNA evidence linked him to the crime. On Aug. 8, 2009, a 14-year-old Dyersburg girl reported that an adult man had raped her inside an apartment on Peach Avenue...
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