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The pads pop as preseason preparation continues
(High School Sports ~ 07/28/15)
With the kickoff of the 2015 football jamborees just a fortnight from Friday, both local high schools are participating in full-pad workouts for the first time in the preseason, beginning with practices on Monday. Dyer County opened its full-pad practice on Monday evening. The Choctaws will complete their week at home this Friday when they host Liberty in scrimmage action...
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Obituaries for July 28, 2015
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Rachel Fultz "MeMaw" Bibbs, 91 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Friday, July 24, 2015, at her residence in Newbern, Tennessee. Born Thursday, January 17, 1924 in Obion County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Frank Fultz and the late Gezelle Plunk Fultz. She was a homemaker, babysitter and member of the Main Street Church of Christ...
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County hosts Back to School Breakfast
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Approximately 260 educators and staff of the Dyer County School District attended a 2015-2016 Back to School Breakfast Monday morning at the Dyer County High School commons. Before the first bells of the school year have rung, the school district wanted to get together to celebrate the upcoming year, speak on school success and welcome new teachers...
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Former Crockett County Schools technology director indicted
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
JACKSON -- Special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for the former Crockett County School System technology director, charging the Halls man with theft, tampering with evidence and official misconduct. At the request of 28th District Attorney General Garry Brown, TBI Special agents, working in conjunction with investigators with the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, began investigating Ashley Jordan on June 23, 2014. ...
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BBQ Fest winners announced
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Organizers from last weekend's BBQ Fest Cooking Contest say the event was an overall success. The two-day cook-off featured 54 teams, which is the highest number of participants the event has had to date. Cooking teams traveled from surrounding states to be judged on a variety of categories...
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DPD seeks help in identifying vandalizing suspects
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
The Dyersburg Police Department needs your help in identifying suspects involved in vandalizing vehicles in the early-morning hours of Sunday, July 26. Officers responded to four separate incidents that occurred in the 700 block of Compress where a 2013 Chrysler 300 had the roof caved in by someone jumping up and down on the car and leaving muddy shoe prints. ...
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Bargery sentenced to consecutive life sentences
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
On Monday afternoon in Circuit Court, Joshua Hunter Bargery was sentenced to consecutive life sentences in the deaths of a Lake County couple. A jury convicted Bargery in May on all six counts involving the brutal deaths of Clarence and Sue Shell, including felony first-degree murder, second-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery...
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Rollover on Mall Boulevard
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
In an article in Tuesday's State Gazette involving a wreck on Mall Boulevard, it was reported a silver Mitsubishi reportedly pulled out and into the path a red Chevy pickup truck on Saturday. The two-car accident actually occurred on Sunday when a red Chevy pickup truck attempted to cross Mall Boulevard from the Dyersburg Mall parking lot straight across to the Walmart parking lot. ...
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