-
Obituaries for March 30, 2012
(Obituary ~ 03/30/12)
Melba Lois Rice Ellis, 66, of Dyersburg, died on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Born Wednesday, February 20, 1946 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Rice and the late Stella Westmoreland Rice...
-
Community Holy Week service set for Monday
(Local News ~ 03/30/12)
Area residents are invited to kick off Holy Week with a service that celebrates the many ways to worship in the Dyer County community. The Dyer County Ministerial Organization will present a community Holy Week Service at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, April 2. This year's event will be hosted by Cumberland Presbyterian Church...
-
City updated on cemetery upkeep
(Local News ~ 03/30/12)
The City Cemetery Committee met for the first time in over 18 months on Wednesday morning and the first order of business was to select a chairman. The committee members include Alderman Bob Kirk, Alderman Dennis Moody and Alderman Robert Taylor Jr. ...
-
County begins budget talks
(Local News ~ 03/30/12)
Last year was a particularly difficult year for the Dyer County Budget Committee. It spent nearly two months ironing out the 2011-2012 budget that had a significant revenue shortfall from the previous year. It received feedback from state consultants suggesting that the county raise taxes in a year where the county government was avoiding placing any undue burden on its citizens who were struggling in the aftermath of two consecutive years of flooding. ...
-
Former teacher acquitted of sexual battery charge
(Local News ~ 03/30/12)
A former Dyersburg City schoolteacher has been found not guilty of the charge of sexual battery of a minor after being indicted by a Dyer County Grand Jury last year. Stephen Williams, 30, was acquitted on Wednesday after a jury found him not guilty in Dyer County Circuit Court...
-
Trojans rout Rebels in home opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/12)
Facing McKenzie in its first home game of the season, there were no Rebel yells heard during the 10-0 Dyersburg win. There were several reasons for the large Trojan crowd to celebrate, however. Led by all-state returners Nick Berry and Sean Stapleton, the Trojans scored early and often against the Rebels en rout to their fourth straight victory of the season...
-
Massie, Choctaws make quick work of Pioneers
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/12)
When opening the home schedule on Thursday, Dyer County faced Gibson County. The Pioneers provided little resistance to the talented Choctaws as DC cruised to an easy 7-1 victory behind seven solid innings from Andrew Massie. The right-hander was solid from the start, allowing a mere two hits while fanning nine. Massie surrendered one hit in the top of the first and one more in the sixth; other than that the hard-throwing senior went unscathed throughout the contest...
-
Strike Out Cancer benefit today at DCHS
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/12)
It says a lot about a community when it comes together to support one of its members going through tough times. Longtime Dyer County supporter Mike Chilcutt is one of those members, and today beginning at 5 p.m. at DCHS the community will have the opportunity to show support for Chilcutt and his battle with cancer...
Stories from Friday, March 30, 2012
Browse other days