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Obituaries for May 3, 2012
(Obituary ~ 05/03/12)
Herman Louis Decker, 61, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at his residence. He was a retired employee with the Lake County Highway Department. He was a Baptist. As per Herman's request, there will be no memorial service. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
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Dyersburg octogenarian loving life, staying active
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
Mattie Lloyd Chandler has always sported a "green thumb." Some think she may have inherited this gift from her father, Clyde Lloyd. As a young girl, Mattie found every opportunity she could to work outside in the garden with her dad. During his lifetime, Mr. ...
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City School superintendent encourages thanking a teacher
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a prospective new teacher who had graduated from Union University. As we discussed what made "good teaching", I asked her who had been her best teacher. "My fifth-grade teacher" was her immediate answer. I asked why and she explained how the teacher cared so much about her students...
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Lock named Finley Elementary School Teacher of the Year
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
Fourth-grade teacher Crystal Lock was recently honored as Teacher of the Year by her peers at Finley Elementary School and the educator has proven she is equally popular among administrators, faculty and students at the school. "Crystal is very deserving," said Finley Elementary Principal Dr. Mary Ellen Watkins. "She has always been a leader of teachers, not just with her grade-level partners, but with all the teachers at the school."...
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Poor Boy's Diner to host cancer benefit this weekend
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
A benefit for Alvin Manring will take place Thursday, May 3 through Sunday, May 6, at Poor Boy's Diner at Four Points. A regular customer of the diner and a friend of owners Betty and Jimmy Anderson, 72-year-old Manring has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. He lives in the Unionville area. He has received assistance from the Dyer County Community Cancer Fund...
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14 suspects indicted in West Tennessee on federal drug-trafficking violations
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton, III, and Aaron T. Ford, Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the FBI, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 14 suspects with federal drug trafficking violations. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday during a roundup of drug suspects by multiple federal (FBI, DEA, ATF, and USMS), state (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Tennessee Highway Patrol), and local law enforcement agencies (Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, Ripley Police Department, Dyer County Sheriff's Office, Dyersburg Police Department, and Lexington Police Department).. ...
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Effects of 2010 flood still felt in Southtown
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
In January 1937, the Forked Deer River reached major flood stage cresting at nearly 31 feet. The historic flood devastated the Southtown area of Dyersburg. The residents reported that they did not think the event would ever be duplicated. They were right...
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Volunteers search for missing man
(Local News ~ 05/03/12)
A search-and-rescue operation is taking place after the capsized boat of a 49-year-old Bogota man was found in the Obion River. Search-and-rescue teams and law enforcement officials are conducting a search for Dewayne Garner after a friend of his reported him missing on Tuesday evening. ...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 05/03/12)
Friends, we will be celebrating the Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Society's 30th anniversary on May 12 at Bark in the Park at 3 p.m. Do you ever wonder what Dyersburg/Dyer County would be like without the humane society?
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