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Fitness Tip: Side Lunge
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
Hold a weighted ball with both hands in front of chest and stand with feet hip-width apart. Lunge to the left as you reach ball outside left shin. Step back to starting position. Repeat, switch sides (Lunge and reach to the right) to complete set. Targets: core, butt, and legs...
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Newbern Friends of Library hosts Reelfoot animals event at depot
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
The historic Newbern Depot is accustomed to the sounds of the Amtrak trains and its passengers stopping by. However, on Tuesday, July 16, the sounds of one of our nation's symbols and excitement of children and adults were heard instead. Reelfoot State Park Ranger Jerry Hall brought several animals to the depot, and picked up several as well, to help release back into the wild. ...
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Back-to-school movie night to be held at Parks Plaza in Trimble
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
The Trimble Community Friends of the Library will again host movie night in downtown Trimble, Tenn. at Parks Plaza on July 27 at 8 p.m. As summer break for most schools in and around Dyer County are quickly coming to an end, the library is inviting everyone to come out and enjoy a family-friendly movie evening...
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ELF program concludes second summer with big celebration
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
The Early Literacy for Families Program concluded its second summer of teaching kids under 5 the importance of literacy with a big celebration at McIver's Public Grant Library on Monday morning. Kids participating in the program and their parents were treated to a celebration that included tunes from child entertainer "Farmer Jason", a petting zoo courtesy of Maryanna McClure's Curly Acres Farm, games, prizes and popcorn...
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City Schools release information for start of school year
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
The start of the school year is nearly upon us and Dyersburg City Schools has released important start-of-the-year information that all students and parents should be aware of. Dyersburg Primary, Intermediate and Middle Schools will hold open registration for students who have not previously attended Dyersburg City Schools on Tuesday, July 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. ...
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State warns public of ID theft phone scam
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced a warning to citizens Wednesday about a phone scam involving driver's licenses. Several citizens in West Tennessee have reported receiving phone calls regarding an issue with their 2012-2013 driver's license renewals. The unidentified caller(s) has requested the citizens' Social Security numbers. There have been no reports that citizens have provided this information...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 07/18/13)
On the fence about fostering? I would rather cry watching them leave our home, to go live a full, good life in a loving, forever home of their own, than cry because no one stepped up for them in the shelter. Fostering is at least a two-week commitment. ...
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Obituaries for July 18, 2013
(Obituary ~ 07/18/13)
Barbara F. Barnes, 76 of Ridgely, Tennessee died on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Born Tuesday, June 8, 1937 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Roy Burton Waldron and Rubye Mustain Waldron. She was a retired licensed practical nurse with Parkview Hospital in Dyersburg, Tennessee and Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada...
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Man arrested for meth lab near Great River Road
(Local News ~ 07/18/13)
A Finley man is out on bond after Dyer County Sheriff's investigators arrested him for allegedly cooking meth in the Great River Road area of western Dyer County. Robert Hunt, 33, 10450 Bradley Road, Finley, Tenn., is charged with initiating methamphetamine manufacture, and manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance (meth)...
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