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Newbern planning commission elects officers
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
In spite of a new mayor and a new alderman on the roster, members of the Newbern Municipal-Regional Planning Commission chose to start off the new year with very few changes. Planning commissioners re-elected the same officers from the 2012 calendar year and chose not to change the procedure for approving two lot subdivision requests at the organization's regular January meeting. The meeting took place at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 10...
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Library move under way
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
Settled behind the desk in her new office, McIver's Grant Public Library Director Dara Gonzales chats with Library Board member Porter Ryland and coordinates last-minute details of the move into the library's new facility. The library will be closed until next week as employees and volunteers settle into their new space.
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Sen. Finney to serve on state finance, health and judiciary committees
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
NASHVILLE -- State Sen. Lowe Finney was appointed to three state Senate committees in the 108th Tennessee General Assembly on Thursday. He will serve as a member of the Finance, Ways and Means Committee; the Health and Welfare Committee; and the Judiciary Committee...
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Sanderson named chairman of State Government subcommittee
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
NASHVILLE - Rep. Bill Sanderson (R-House District 77) was chosen by Speaker Beth Harwell to chair the House subcommittee for State Government for the 108th legislative session of the Tennessee General Assembly. Harwell announced the appointments at the end of the third legislative day on Jan. 10, 2013...
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County budget committee begins 2013-14 budget talks
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
The Dyer County Budget Committee got a jump-start on looking at the 2013-2014 budget on Thursday morning. Commissioner Benny Spain, who serves as chairman of the committee, called the meeting to make committee members aware of some information pertaining to the spec buildings, state-mandated salary increases for elected officials and the state of the county's fire trucks...
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DPD, TBI, US Marshals nab escaped burglary suspect
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
Dyersburg Police, assisted by the TBI and the US Marshals Service, arrested Timothy Rucker, 21, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, who had been on the run since his escape from police custody on Dec. 27, 2012. "We are thankful for the US Marshals and the TBI for their assistance in helping us get this dangerous felon off the streets," said DPD Capt. Steve Isbell...
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Obituaries for January 11, 2013
(Obituary ~ 01/11/13)
Katherine Cranford Garlock, 89, of Memphis, Tennessee died January 7, 2013. She was a retired executive secretary for Stratton -- Warren Hardware & real estate agent. A graveside service for Mrs. Garlock was held on Thursday, January 10, in Memorial Park Cemetery. ...
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Budget committee hears requests from fire, sheriff's depts.
(Local News ~ 01/11/13)
The Dyer County Fire Department is asking the budget committee not to remove the $50,000 appropriated to them as a one-time expense during the 2012-2013 budget hearings. Dyer County Fire Chief James Medling asked the committee during its meeting on Thursday morning if it would allow the fire department to retain those funds in its budget so it can address the deteriorating condition of the department's brush trucks and eventually their pumper trucks...
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DC falls to Gibson County in OT
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/13)
After trailing for the majority of the game against Gibson County in the opening contest of the Penny Hardaway Hoop Fest, the scrappy, never-say-die Lady Choctaws had a chance to win the game at the free-throw line. Sophomore Makayla Enochs stood at the charity stripe with 2.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter with Dyer County down by one. Enochs swished the first-of-two free throws to knot the contest at 62-62...
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Choctaws end thrilling Day 1 of Hoop Fest with 93-76 win over Charleston
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/13)
Playing in the final of four games on the opening day of the 2nd annual Penny Hardaway Hoop Fest, Dyer County faced Missouri's best to cap off a thrilling day of hoops action at DCHS. The opponent, a very talented Charleston program billed as one of the best Missouri had to offer, was better than advertised...
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