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Tennessee Career Center offers job-skills workshop
(Local News ~ 01/19/13)
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, the Tennessee Career Center at Dyersburg is offering a "Steps to Getting Hired" workshop from 1--3 p.m. The workshop will assist jobseekers with filling out an application, writing a resume, interviewing tips and networking. The workshop is being delivered by Career Center Coordinator Mike Whitson...
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Speaker remembers unsung heroes at MLK luncheon
(Local News ~ 01/19/13)
Dyer County residents attending the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon and Community Celebration on Friday were treated to a look at the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. An annual partnership of Dyersburg State Community College and the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce, the luncheon took place in the commons of the DSCC Student Center at noon, on Friday, Jan. 18...
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End draws near for death row inmate Thacker
(Local News ~ 01/19/13)
Steven Ray Thacker, who is serving death row sentences in Tennessee and Oklahoma, as well as a life sentence in Missouri without the possibility of parole for the murders of three individuals across the three states, has been set for an execution date of March 12 in Oklahoma. The announcement was made this past Wednesday after Thacker had exhausted all his appeals in Oklahoma...
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Carjacking victim speaks of recent experience
(Local News ~ 01/19/13)
Most people will never experience the sheer terror of being the victim of a carjacking or even kidnapped, but one Dyersburg resident is speaking up after her recent experience in hopes others will not fall victim. Thirty-five-year-old Ashley Maupin is a social worker, a mother, and just recently became the victim of a carjacking and kidnapping. ...
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