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Obituaries for October 19, 2012
(Obituary ~ 10/19/12)
Alvon Glenn "PawPaw" Cariker, 75, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at his residence. He was a former maintenance superintendant at Gulf Coast Gain Company and a member of Three Oaks Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Neely's Chapel Cemetery...
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Lowe's Safety Saturday offers fun, fire facts
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
Residents of all ages turned out for Lowe's seventh-annual Safety Saturday on Saturday, Oct. 13, making it the largest event in the history of the Dyersburg store. In addition to adults perusing the booths and taking advantage of free blood pressure checks, safety information and door prizes, organizer Mary Ann Lock of Lowe's said close to 300 children attended the event...
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Presentation on Islam draws full house
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
The dining room of the Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms was filled to overflowing on Tuesday evening when the Dyer County Republican Party hosted Dr. Bill Warner, author and international speaker on Islam. Warner, who holds a PhD in physics and math from North Carolina State University, has served as a university professor, businessman and applied physicist. His lifelong interest in religion and its effects on history has led to decades of study on the source texts of major religions...
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Damascus hosts 2nd-annual banquet
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
Last fall, interested members of the community gathered together at the Lannom Center to take part in the first-ever banquet for the Damascus Project. The organization's mission at the time was, and still is, to fund a 24-hour facility to assist men who are seeking a new road in life, and need treatment for their destructive addictions. ...
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DPD officer apprehends suspect wanted in Ark.
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
A traffic stop by Dyersburg Police for an excessively loud muffler landed a Newbern man in jail this week for a parole violation. On Sunday, Oct. 14, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Dyersburg Police K9 Officer Brent Hill stopped a vehicle on Frank Maynard Boulevard for violation of the noise ordinance. The vehicle reportedly had an excessively loud muffler and was stopped...
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Woman arrested after threatening to blow up city hall
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
Dyersburg Police arrested a woman this week after she threatened to blow up Dyersburg City Hall. Kayla Brimer, 26, 148 Ross St., Dyersburg, Tenn., was arrested at her residence on Tuesday and charged with disorderly conduct. Brimer is accused of entering City Hall on Oct. ...
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Husband and wife arrested after vehicle and foot pursuit
(Local News ~ 10/19/12)
A husband and wife were apprehended along Great River Road on Thursday afternoon after attempting to evade law enforcement officials in a stolen vehicle. Derrick and Savannah Prince of Tiptonville, Tenn. were taken into custody and charged with felony evading arrest. Savannah Prince was also charged with reckless driving and several misdemeanor traffic citations since she was the driver...
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Lady Trojans blank Lady Rebs, advance to title game
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
In a win and advance or lose and end the season contest against Obion County in the semifinal round of the Region 7 A-AA tournament, Dyersburg decided they would rather stick around for at least a couple more games. The Lady Trojans -- after struggling to a 3-2 win over the Lady Rebs during the regular season that required a second-half comeback -- made sure on Thursday that any second-half heroics would not be needed...
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Lady Trojans make quick work of Fairley, earn berth at state
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/12)
As the Dyersburg volleyball team made its way onto the floor at DHS on Thursday to face Fairley with a berth at next week's TSSAA state tournament on the line, the Lady Trojans appeared relaxed and focused on the task at hand. Dyersburg had already run the table in the district during the regular season and won the district and region tournaments in convincing fashion while facing quality competition along the way...
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