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Obituaries for July 30, 2010
(Obituary ~ 07/30/10)
Cherry O'Neal Formby, discovering that she had breast cancer in 1981 courageously fought the progression of the disease for 29 years until she finally succumbed on her 76th birthday on July 29, 2010. She was an accomplished artist, mainly in oils and more specifically in stained glass art and created many stained glass windows, clocks, and other art pieces. She loved sewing and was an avid reader of historic novels...
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DPS welcomes Corduroy and Lillie to its First Day Celebration
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
Thursday was the first day of school for students throughout Dyer County, with partial days and casual first-day celebrations planned for schools in both the city and county systems. Cordury showed up at Dyersburg Primary School - all buttoned up and ready for the first day of school - along with Lillie and her famous purple plastic purse. ...
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Man with same name being confused for candidate
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
Election Day is almost here and one Dyer County resident wants it to be known that he is not a candidate, although his name is on the ballot. Investigator Calvin Johnson with the Dyer County Sheriff's Department says he is being confused with the Calvin L. Johnson running for the Dyer County Commission District A Position 1...
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Man walking across America makes stop in Dyersburg
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
Jonathan Dutcher made a stop in Dyersburg on Wednesday as part of his walking tour of America. The 19-year-old said he began his journey last August, when he left Caribou, Maine to walk to Miami, Fla. The trip is in memory of his grandmother, Marlene Dutcher, who passed away in 2006...
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Accused teen burglar in state custody
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
A 16-year-old Dyer County boy accused of participating in a string of burglaries last month has been committed to the Tennessee Department of Children's Services. The teen pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated burglary. He had been in state custody, ran away from his foster home and was facing aggravated burglary and theft charges in Tipton County at the time of his arrest...
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Police search for pharmacy burglar
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
Dyersburg Police investigators are searching for a suspect who broke into the Belew and Ray Drugs pharmacy, 470 Highway 51 South Bypass, early Sunday morning. Police were alerted to the break-in after a window to the drive-thru was noticed to be broken. Investigators viewed the store's surveillance video, which shows a white male breaking out the narrow window with what was possibly a hammer at around 3 a.m...
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Judge rules no new trial for convicted murderer Thacker
(Local News ~ 07/30/10)
Death-row prisoner Steven Ray Thacker may not have had a perfect trial, but a judge has ruled the errors were not significant enough to overturn his conviction. Retired Judge Allen Wallace denied Thacker's petition for post-conviction. He filed an order to that effect this month in Dyer County Circuit Court...
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