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Obituaries for April 4, 2012
(Obituary ~ 04/04/12)
Martha Coburn Williams, age 77, passed away at her home, April 2, 2012 in Brownsville. Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 10 AM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation for the Williams family will be Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 5 to 8 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home...
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Trimble sells small plat to Ballard for distillery
(Local News ~ 04/04/12)
As construction is under way on Michael Ballard's Full Throttle moonshine distillery, this week the Trimble Board of Mayor and Aldermen gave their approval of Mayor James Davis' sale of almost a tenth of an acre of property the town owns to Ballard...
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Literacy program seeks volunteers, sites, children
(Local News ~ 04/04/12)
Dyersburg City Schools is moving into local communities to offer a program, titled Early Literacy for Families, or ELF The program will be offered free of charge to 3- and 4-year-old children this summer. But the program, designed to be a communitywide initiative, will need the help of volunteers throughout the city to provide an early boost for the children in their communities. ...
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A Day of Games to raise funds for McIver's Grant Library
(Local News ~ 04/04/12)
Brunch, Bridge and Bunko are just a few of the features of an upcoming fundraiser for McIver's Grant Public Library. A Day of Games, slated to take place at the Lannom Center on the last Saturday of April, will feature a hearty brunch, a silent auction and bridge and bunko tournaments...
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Andrews, Wright lead Lady Trojans past Ripley
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/12)
One day after edging past TCA, the Lady Trojan softball team won both five-inning games of a doubleheader at DHS against visiting Ripley on Tuesday. The Lady Trojans snapped a 0-0 deadlock with five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning in Game 1 to win 5-0. In the second game, the Lady Trojans led 6-0 before Ripley plated three runs in its final at bat to lose 6-3...
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Choctaws fall short in bid to cage Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/12)
Facing Brighton in its district opener, the Choctaw soccer team was without three players to start the contest. Forced to play several players out of position to begin the game, Dyer County paid the price for the missing players when the Cardinals scored two goals in the first three minutes of the contest...
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DC's Harris tosses no-hitter in emotional outing
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/12)
When Dyer County baseball coach Preston Ozment received the news that Riverside standout Stephen Gant died early Tuesday of a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound, he picked up the phone and called senior ace Colton Harris to tell him the tragic news...
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