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Obituaries for March 8, 2011
(Obituary ~ 03/08/11)
Michael L. "Bear" Howerton, 55, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a sergeant at Northwest Tennessee Correctional Facility. Cremation services are under the direction of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home...
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Walk Across Tennessee garners over 10,000 miles in 1st week
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Have you set your sights on logging enough miles in the Walk Across Tennessee challenge to equal a stroll across the Volunteer State? Teams wishing to walk the length of Tennessee must log 440 miles in the program to meet that challenge. But those entering the local competition might have to aim a little higher to keep up with the 642 participants currently involved in Dyer County's 2011 Walk Across Tennessee initiative...
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New England artist, writer gains inspiration from local horse lovers
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
For Linda Rae Joy, every experience is an adventure. A free spirit with a quick smile, Joy feels she neglected her artist's heart for far too many years. Like many others, she focused on her daily life, secure in the fact that there would be time to pursue writing and painting at a later date...
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Election commission approves new voters
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
The Dyer County Election Commission approved 368 voter registration applications from Dyer County residents during their meeting on Monday evening. The commissioners were given eight groupings of applications ranging from Sept. 25, 2010, through March 6, 2011...
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Trimble mayor addresses tie votes, meeting outburts
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
Trimble Mayor James Davis announced at Monday's meeting of the Trimble Board of Mayor and Aldermen that his past decision to vote to break a tie between the board may have been in error, but he was only following the tradition of past mayors. "I only did what's been done for 25 or 30 years," said Davis. "That's the first time in all these years that I've been mayor, that that's come up."...
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Trimble city board amends budget to accommodate lawsuit settlement
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
The Trimble Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed a budgetary ordinance concerning the lawsuit settlement of the former Trimble Police Chief Donna Faulkner. The full board met on Monday evening at Trimble City Hall to vote on amending the 2010-2011 budget by increasing the general government fund by $35,500 in the miscellaneous line item and decreasing fund balance by $35,500...
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Bargery refused bond for Lake County homicide charges
(Local News ~ 03/08/11)
There will be no bond for Joshua Hunter Bargery, 20, 414 North Headden Drive, Ridgely, Tenn., who appeared in Lake County General Sessions Court Monday morning on two charges of first-degree murder. Bargery was taken into custody late Friday evening, March 4, after the bodies of Clarence Shell, 70, and his wife, Sue Shell, 69, were found in their home at 3615 Owl Hoot Road in Lake County....
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Eagles swept in conference opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/11)
When heavy downpours washed out the first of a three-game conference series against Chattanooga State on Friday, the Eagle baseball team at Dyersburg State had to put off trying to build on a 5-1 start to the season. Once the series began on Sunday, an even bigger storm erupted and didn't stop pounding out pain until late Monday afternoon. ...
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