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A soldier comes home
(Sports Column ~ 08/21/12)
In most cases, it has been very easy to sit in the chair I occupy at the paper and write weekly columns from my little corner of the building. I enjoy it more than most can imagine. Whether it's sharing an opinion on various topics that happen in the sports world or even things that don't, it has been an enjoyable eight years...
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Trojans cruise past Wildcats 40-12
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/12)
J.C. Sawyers stadium was the scene of a dominating performance by the Dyersburg High School Trojans on Friday night. The home team dismantled a weaker Fayette Ware football team early, and rolled to a decisive 40-12 victory in the season opener. The cool evening began with a stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by the Dyersburg High School choir while vintage World War II airplanes flew overhead just before the black-clad Trojans took the field. ...
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Choctaws dominate Wolves, 42-0
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/12)
The Dyer County football team and a large crowd made sure Friday night that new head coach Barry Kendall wouldn't forget his first game spearheading the program. When the final whistle blew and the Choctaws had secured an easy 42-0 victory over Cordova, Kendall found little wrong with his squad's performance, while liking a lot of what he saw from start to finish...
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Obituaries for August 21, 2012
(Obituary ~ 08/21/12)
Christine Shrader Rundles Maxwell, 86, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Oakwood Community Living Center in Dyersburg. She was a Baptist and worked at Colonial Rubber for 31 years. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Mac Daniels officiating. Interment will follow in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Workforce Board hosts annual meeting
(Local News ~ 08/21/12)
The Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board has embraced the Olympic spirit. In spite of a year of challenges, Local Workforce Investment's Area 12 is "Going for the Gold" -- and achieving it. The NWTWB held its 2012 annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms. The meeting celebrated the accomplishments of the participants, employees and programs of Area 12's 11 West Tennessee counties...
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Wings Over Halls Air Show features history, aerial theatrics
(Local News ~ 08/21/12)
Vintage aircraft once again took to the skies over Halls this weekend as the Dyersburg Army Air Base Association presented its annual Wings Over Halls Air Show. A West Tennessee tradition, the air show celebrates the history of the Dyersburg Army Air Base, a former B-17 training facility located in Halls during World War II. The show featured exhibits, re-enactors, booths, simulators, food vendors, rides in helicopters and selected aircraft, and highly anticipated aerial shows...
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City board hands out fines, suspension to beer-permit violators
(Local News ~ 08/21/12)
Customers of Parkview Amoco on Parr Avenue will be unable to purchase beer at the gas station for the next 30 days. On Monday evening, the city board unanimously voted to suspend the gas station's beer permit after it violated the City's Beer Ordinance for the second time in less than one year by selling alcohol to an individual under the age of 21. ...
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Suspects nabbed in undercover operation by DPD Narcotics Unit
(Local News ~ 08/21/12)
In an effort to rid illegal drugs in the community the Dyersburg Police Department's Narcotic Unit recently conducted an undercover drug operation, which resulted in the indictment of 23 individuals. The five-month undercover operation ran from November 2011 through March 2012...
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