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Local author's bookmarks audition for national contest
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
Local author Tiffany Hayes of Dyersburg has a chance to get her inspirational bookmarks on the shelves at Walmart through an online contest. Hayes, the owner of Mighty Change Publishing, has the opportunity to win a shot for her Marks From the Heart bookmarks to sell through Walmart's online site and on the shelves of the retail giant...
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Local artists featured at library
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
McIver's Grant Public Library has successfully transformed an abandoned grocery store into a state-of-the-art, ADA-compliant facility in the heart of the Dyer County community. And the transformation is still underway as library officials make use of their new space...
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PADD places new drug-disposal box at Newbern Police Dept.
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
Dyer County residents will now have a second option to dispose of unused, unwanted, or expired medication with a new drug-disposal box being available at the Newbern Police Dept. The box was recently installed in the lobby of the Newbern PD by the Prevention Alliance of Dyersburg and Dyer County (PADD). ...
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City board meets Monday
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold its regular board meeting on Monday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in the courtroom of the Municipal Building. Items on the agenda include: City Purchasing Agent Greg Williams will present bids for approval Alderwoman Jewell Horner will present street and sanitation committee minutes from Aug. 7...
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Newbern board to choose police chief Tuesday
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
The Newbern Board of Mayor and Aldermen will choose a police chief on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The city board will meet in the municipal courtroom at 7 p.m. for its regular monthly meeting, where board members will choose a police chief from two applicants who interviewed at a called meeting on Friday, Aug. 9. Applicants up for the position include the Newbern Police Department's interim police chief Jimmy Richards and Newbern patrolman Steve Everett...
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City to enforce rules on curbside garbage pickup
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
Dyersburg residents who have been abusing or misinformed about the city's curbside policy may be surprised when the city begins charging for additional items that are collected outside the curbside regulations. The city's street and sanitation committee met recently to discuss the challenges being faced by the street and sanitation department in following the curbside policy established in 2007. ...
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Sheriff's deputies arrest 4 men on meth charges
(Local News ~ 08/17/13)
Dyer County sheriff's deputies arrested four men this week after they were reportedly making meth in a shed on Field Road. Allen Ables, 30; Matthew Robertson, 29; and Brian Robertson, 25, 296 Field Road, Dyersburg, Tenn.; and Logan Rose, 25, 512 Christie St., Dyersburg, Tenn., are charged with initiating methamphetamine manufacture...
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