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Chick-Fil-A to host benefit for Caldwell baby Jan. 10
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
Chick-Fil-A will be hosting a benefit fundraiser for Jeremy and Kayce Caldwell and their baby boy from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10. All proceeds during that time will go to the benefit. Jeremy and Kayce Caldwell are expecting a baby boy in late January. The child has been diagnosed with gastroschisis, a birth defect where an infant's intestines protrude from the body through a defect on one side of the umbilical cord...
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Kiwanis Club's first Duck Blast raises more than $40,000
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
The Kiwanis Club recently completed its first Duck Blast, an event designed to promote the region's prime waterfowl hunting and raise funds to benefit McIver's Grant Public Library. The 2011 Duck Blast featured a dinner and an auction at the Lannom Center on Thursday, Dec. 15, with hunters participating in a duck hunt in the blinds of local landowners the following day...
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City Board to meet on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
With city offices closed on Monday in observance of New Year's Day, the city of Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold the first board meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan 3. The meeting will be held in the courtroom of the Municipal Building at 7 p.m...
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Swift case dominates stories of 2011
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
This is the list of the Top 50 stories of 2011. The results were compiled using statistics gathered from the State Gazette's website www.stategazette.com. The top story of the year was "Dyer County man describes finding Swift's body", which ran on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2011. The story garnered the most website pageviews than any other story of the year. The following list goes in descending order by the number of pageviews each story received...
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Vehicles with expired registration could be towed
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
That trusted SUV was a family favorite on road trips, ball practices and getting the kids to church events. When it has finally given its last leg, it is hard to part with it and you may choose instead to keep it as a treasured memento or possibly you might use it for spare parts for your next vehicle. If you do, just be sure to keep your vehicle registration current on it; even if you are not driving the vehicle...
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Home fire stirs neighborhood
(Local News ~ 01/01/12)
Residents on Bishop Street had a frightening experience to start the New Year when the residence at 315 Bishop St. caught on fire. The fire began shortly after 12:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when residents reported hearing what they could only describe as an explosion...
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