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Obituaries for May 4, 2011
(Obituary ~ 05/04/11)
Joe Thomas Boone, 37, of Dyersburg, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a self-employed construction worker. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Bro. Mac Daniels officiating...
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County Fire Committee discusses truck replacement, flooding
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
The county fire committee met on Tuesday morning and discussed the replacement of their mini pumper truck, which was totaled in a collision in December. Dyer County Emergency Management Director James Medling reported to the committee that the insurance settlement for the truck was $12,000. ...
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Disaster Recovery Services updates city board on 2010 flood
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Dyer County Disaster Recovery Services President Gary Meade provided members of the Dyersburg City Board with a summary of the organization's efforts to aid victims of the 2010 flood. The presentation took place at the regular board meeting on Monday, May 2...
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Red Cross shelter open
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
The Red Cross Shelter at Dyersburg First Church, located on the corner of East Court and Broadway is open and receiving residents and families displaced by the rising floodwaters. Meals, food and personal items are also available to area flood victims...
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Medling: County residents near rivers should be ready to evacuate
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
As Dyersburg residents are beginning to evacuate from areas that are experiencing flooding, Dyer County Emergency Director James Medling said some county residents need to be watchful of rising water in the coming days. Medling stated Bogota is beginning to see quite a bit of water and they should be cautious and ready to move if water from the Obion River begins to rise...
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Governor, state officials tour flooded region
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam did an aerial tour of Northwest Tennessee on Tuesday to survey the flooding taking place in the region. He also asked President Barack Obama to authorize emergency funding of $10 million to assist the state and local jurisdictions with evacuation preparedness and activities in West Tennessee due to flooding that began April 21, 2011, a result of the record rainfall on the Mississippi, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. ...
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City of Dyersburg issues evacuation warnings
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
After two days of heavy rainfall, Tuesday's sunshine gave little comfort to residents as the city of Dyersburg issued an evacuation warning for Southtown, Evansville, the southern end of Cotton Villa at Rosemont Cove, River Ridge Cove, and Delta Pine Avenue due to rising floodwaters from the North Fork of the Forked Deer River. The warning comes exactly one year to the day when residents and businesses had to evacuate from last year's rising floodwaters...
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