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Obituaries for January 14, 2011
(Obituary ~ 01/14/11)
Doris Lynn Richards, 59, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at her residence. She was a homemaker and attended Lenox Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Rudy Ring officiating. Burial will be in Sorrells Chapel Cemetery...
- Water fountain becomes ice sculpture (Local News ~ 01/14/11)
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NAACP prepares for King Memorial Peace March
(Local News ~ 01/14/11)
New Dyer County NAACP President Carolyn Smith Goings and First United Methodist Church Associate Minister the Rev. Robert Craig met recently to discuss events surrounding the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Peace March to the Courthouse. Organizers planning the Peace March on Monday, Jan. 17 will also present a program inside the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall after the annual march...
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Newbern Planning Commission elects officers
(Local News ~ 01/14/11)
The Newbern Municipal-Regional Planning Commission started off the new year by electing officers for the commission and discussing a proposed regional zoning ordinance. The commission elected to keep the officers as they were the previous year with Jerry Leach as chairman, Steve McDonald as vice chairman and John Gentry as secretary...
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Teacher, coach sentenced to federal prison
(Local News ~ 01/14/11)
A former Martin schoolteacher and coach was sentenced Tuesday to 71 months in a federal prison and 35 years of supervised release. Stanley Wren Vickers was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy in various places, including a shoe store in Sharon, a church parking lot, a football field concession stand and hotels in St. ...
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Durbin signs contract at called school board meeting
(Local News ~ 01/14/11)
Members of the Dyersburg City School Board made their selection of Neel Durbin as the school system's next superintendent official at a called meeting on Wednesday. City school board representatives approved Durbin's contract with two separate votes, awarding Durbin the title of incoming superintendent twice for good measure...
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Attorney assaulted by assailant outside courthouse
(Local News ~ 01/14/11)
Dyersburg Police are investigating an assault on a Jackson attorney that occurred on Thursday morning in the street in front of the Dyer County Courthouse. Around 8:59 a.m., Dr. Bede Anyanwu was in town to represent a client in court when he was allegedly attacked on North Mill Avenue by a man described as a black male in his mid 20's, approximately 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, wearing a green parka with a fur lining around the hood...
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