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Obituaries for May 3, 2011
(Obituary ~ 05/03/11)
Agnesanne Hollomon Murdoch was born on July 22, 1928, in Trimble, TN. She is survived by two daughters, Jenny Graf of Springfield, and Suzanne Brown of Greenbrier; son-in-law, Bill Brown; one grandson, John Micah Moore; sister, Donna Powell Jones of Murfreesboro, TN...
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DMS to host Internet Safety forum tonight
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
Internet predators. Cyber bullying. Sexting. Just how dangerous can the Internet be for children and youth of the digital age? Parents and concerned residents can find out at the upcoming Internet Safety and Awareness session at Dyersburg Middle School. The open forum will take place in the school's lecture room from 6-8 p.m., on Tuesday, May 3...
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City Board prays for safety, welcomes scouts
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
Members of the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen announced two public hearings, awarded a bid for a truck for the sanitation department and approved the minutes of Street and Sanitation Committee meeting on Monday evening. At the first meeting of May, city board members welcomed Boy Scout Troop 88 to the audience. The scouts attended the meeting as a requirement for their Communications merit badge...
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City school board OKs new dress-code policy
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
The Dyersburg City School Board unanimously voted to approve a new dress-code policy during its regular monthly meeting on Monday. The board held three public forums to discuss the current dress-code policy that has been in place for three years. Many parents were vocal about the need to have a simplified dress code that was affordable and easily enforceable by the school administrators...
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Corps breaches Birds Point-New Madrid floodway in Mo.
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
At the direction of Maj. Gen. J. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission, technicians detonated explosive charges on Monday evening, removing a portion of the Mississippi River mainline levee at the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway at approximately 10 p.m. The decision to detonate was the final step of the operations plan for the Floodway...
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Water reaches Tiptonville
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
Lake County, as well as other counties, is also experiencing rising water levels, both from the Mississippi river and rainwater. Lake County Mayor Macie Roberson stated the northern part of Tiptonville has begun flooding and almost 50 residences have evacuated from the area...
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Flood Distribution Center opens in Cumberland Presbyterian gym
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
Local residents displaced by floodwaters and the threat of rising rivers are invited to the gym of Cumberland Presbyterian Church to receive non-perishable foods, baby items and toiletries. A Flood Distribution Center will open in the gym of Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 8 a.m., on Wednesday, May 4, for families in need of food or personal items. Hours for the facility have been set from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, until further notice...
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City Board discusses past, present flooding
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the historic flooding of South Dyersburg, members of the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen honored those who have helped flood victims over the past year. In the same meeting, city board members listened to concerns of possible flooding in the very near future...
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Rain adds to rising floodwaters
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
As heavy rains added more water to already rising rivers on Sunday and Monday, Dyer County sits posed to experience further flooding, but officials are undecided to what extent. Dyer County Emergency Management Director James Medling said the water continues to rise on the Forked Deer, Obion and Mississippi River. He stated the Mississippi River is forecast to crest on Saturday, May 7, at 49.5 feet on the Caruthersville, Mo. gauge, which is the closest river gauge to Dyer County...
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DHS's Evans to continue hoops career at Dyersburg State
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/11)
As it turned out, senior Lauren Evans didn't have to go very far to continue her basketball playing career once she graduates from Dyersburg High School later this month. With family members as well as members of the 2010-11 Lady Trojan squad by her side, Evans signed a scholarship to attend Dyersburg State Community College on Thursday at DHS, becoming the 23rd player in head coach Randy Coffman's 13-year career to sign to play at the next level...
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DC's Roberson staying in stride as high school career nears an end
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/11)
Dyer County track star Chelsey Roberson is putting together one of the great athletic seasons in Dyer County history and really giving the area something to cheer about along the way. Roberson entered her senior season as Tennessee's largest classification's (AAA) reigning champion in both the one mile and the two mile...
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Trojans enter District 13AA tourney as No.1 seed
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/11)
Prior to the start of the 2011 high school baseball season, Dyersburg head coach Tom Mathis was left scratching his head when thinking about where this year's band of Trojans would finish the regular season. Mathis knew after losing 11 players to graduation a year ago that there was plenty of work to be done and a load of spots that had to be filled in order for the squad to have the success found in years past...
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Barge collides with Mississippi River Bridge
(Local News ~ 05/03/11)
On Tuesday, May 3, around midday a barge was traveling upstream when it suddenly lost power and struck a pier on the Mississippi River Bridge. The collision forced a shut down of I-155 while inspectors from the Tennessee Department of Transportation ensured that the bridge was safe.....
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