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TBI searches for escaped prisoner
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added an escaped prisoner to its Top Ten Most Wanted list. Authorities believe the inmate may be in Alabama or Florida. Arthur Gareth Milks, 38, is wanted by the Tennessee Department of Correction for escape. ...
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County fire committee grapples with rising costs
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
The cost of providing workman's compensation insurance for Dyer County's volunteer firefighters is expected to rise sharply in the 2010-11 fiscal year. County Fire Chief James Medling said he'd been told workman's compensation will cost about $21,000, or $4,750 more than it was last year...
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County E-911 Board discusses radio communication problems between agencies
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
The Dyer County E-911 Board had some discussion during their last meeting about radio communication issues between the city and the county. The discussion began when Emergency 911 Communications Director Mark Grant reported to the board that the Emergency Operations Center's tower sustained two lightening strikes on Monday evening when thunderstorms blew through the area...
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Second Wind Dream provides Oakwood resident with uplifting experience
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
Maxine Neel recently followed her dreams into the clouds. As a part of the Second Wind Dream program, Neel soared hundreds of feet above the ground - effortlessly gliding into the clear blue sky and arriving safely back on solid ground and into the arms of several generations of her family...
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Monday's City School Board meeting to address finding new superintendent
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
Members of the Dyersburg School Board are scheduled to set down some rules and discuss deadline dates for filling the Superintendent's position when it meets Monday night. Included in the discussion of selecting a candidate for the position left open by last week's resignation of Lloyd Ramer will be the process of evaluations and setting dates for public interviews...
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Mother of girl killed in murder/suicide sues state
(Local News ~ 07/31/10)
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was killed in a murder/suicide last year is seeking $300,000 from the state of Tennessee. Jessica L. Readen of Oregon claims that the Tennessee Department of Children's Services failed to protect her daughter in Dyersburg. DCS had placed the girl with a foster family after she complained that her father, Chris Milburn, was touching her inappropriately...
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