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City board to meet on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold its regular meeting this upcoming Tuesday instead of the traditional Monday due to the observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the courtroom of the Municipal Building...
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City board to consider revised sign ordinance
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
The official election campaign season kicked off with a proliferation of signs along the intersection of Lake Road and U.S. 51 Bypass this past weekend. The intersection is often seen as an ideal destination for sign placement because of its high traffic volume. However, that may soon be changing, as the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen will be considering revisions to the sign ordinance on Tuesday at their regular board meeting...
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Ill. man convicted in death of Dyersburg native
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Jurors in west-central Illinois have convicted a Beardstown man of second-degree murder in the death of a carnival worker last July. Jared Staake was convicted Thursday afternoon after jurors deliberated for an hour and 45 minutes...
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Dyersburg bank robbery suspects captured in Crockett Co.
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Three bank robbery suspects are in custody after First State Bank in downtown Dyersburg was robbed on Thursday afternoon. According to Dyersburg Police Capt. Mark Moody, DPD investigators have charged Joshua Darrell Gooch, 22, 213 St. Joseph Avenue, Dyersburg, Tenn.; Victor Anthony Holder, 47, 111 McGuire Road, Dyersburg, Tenn.; and James Darnell Williams, 49, 213 St. Joseph Avenue, Dyersburg, Tenn. each with one county of felony robbery...
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DCHS gets excited, ready for HoopFest
(High School Sports ~ 01/17/14)
In anticipation of hosting the third annual American Residential Services Penny Hardaway HoopFest on Jan. 24-25, Dyer County High School held a pep rally on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to get the student body excited about the upcoming event. The entire student body as well as numerous event sponsors including John Flatt, Gerald Tidwell, Patrick Williams and Newbern Mayor Olen Parker attended the rally, as well as event organizers Travis Haddock, CEO of Haddock Sports and Steve Woodward...
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Obituaries for January 17, 2014
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Brenda Joyce Shirley Henson DePriest, 72, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and attended Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Ridgely, where she was a life long resident. Services will be at 12 p.m. today at Abundant Life Fellowship Church with Pastor David Gray officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. McCreight Funeral Home of Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...
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