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Obituaries for July 8, 2011
(Obituary ~ 07/08/11)
Martha Sue "Sue" Jackson, 80, of Memphis, formerly of Newbern, Tennessee, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis, Tennessee She was a retired employee of Sylvania and a Member of the Trimble Church of Christ. Services will be at 2:30 Saturday, July 9, 2011, in the Chapel of the Johnson-Williams Funeral Home with Rev. ...
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United Way of West Tenn. invests over $300,000 in agencies supporting Dyer County
(Local News ~ 07/08/11)
The Dyer County Advisory Board and United Way of West Tennessee Board are proud to announce the Community Impact Funding for 2011-2012. Over the next year, $326,306 will be invested into 40 local programs run by 26 partner agencies serving friends and neighbors here in the West Tennessee community...
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United Way CEO leaving West Tennessee
(Local News ~ 07/08/11)
The Board of Directors of the United Way of West Tennessee recently announced President and CEO Alan H. Turner II will leave his post in August. Turner has been selected as the new president and CEO for United Way of Southwest Alabama, headquartered in Mobile, Ala...
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Local recreation leaders take state leadership posts on obesity taskforce
(Local News ~ 07/08/11)
Two familiar Dyersburg faces have been tapped to help lead Tennesseans in the fight against obesity and childhood obesity. And these local boys face quite an opponent, with the Volunteer State ranking eighth in the nation in the obesity epidemic and life expectancy trailing the national average by six years in states and counties that make up the Delta Regional Authority...
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Man charged with attempted murder
(Local News ~ 07/08/11)
A suspect charged by Dyersburg Police with attempted first-degree murder was given a $250,000 bond this week after he allegedly shot a female over the weekend. Sederick Moses, 32, 122 Kist Ave., is charged with attempted first-degree murder, felony reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, possession of marijuana, violation of an order of protection, and felon in possession of a handgun...
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County discontinues Waste Tire Grant
(Local News ~ 07/08/11)
Dyer County has participated in the state of Tennessee's Waste Tire Grant for a number of years but as of July 1, the county decided to opt out of the tire grant program. "The state is just not reimbursing us at the level they were when the program first started," said Dyer County Building Official Daniel Cobb...
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