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Five days and counting until we get our last preseason look
(High School Sports ~ 08/09/15)
The closer a team gets to Week 1 of the high school football season, the more distance there needs to be from where they started their journey toward improvement. For avid football fans at any level, this will not be an Earth-shattering revelation as it's never a good thing to see teams take a step back in their development, especially in this state where all-important region contests start happening in Week 2 for the high school teams...
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Choctaws, Dresden trade offensive blows in scrimmage
(High School Sports ~ 08/09/15)
Just a week away from traveling down Highway 412 to Jackson South Side for the SportsPlus Jamboree, the Choctaws met the Dresden Lions in an offensive scrimmage battle at Dyer County High School. "Dresden is a really good football team," Dyer County head coach Barry Kendall said. "They came up here and played with a lot of emotion. They came up here and played some good hard-nosed football, which is good for us."...
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Trojans see improvement during scrimmage
(High School Sports ~ 08/09/15)
The Dyersburg Trojans got another good scrimmage in the books on Friday evening as the black and gold welcomed long-time rival North Side to town for a battle on the turf at J.C. Sawyers Stadium. According to Dyersburg head coach Bart Stowe, the team saw improvement over last week's outing...
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Obituaries for August 9, 2015
(Obituary ~ 08/09/15)
Jerry T. Gibson, 78, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was born September 10, 1936 to the late Jim and Lurlene Lowery Gibson. He was in the National Guard for 6 years and was retired from Bradshaw and Company Insurors...
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Drug Free Celebration honors ladies at Transitions
(Local News ~ 08/09/15)
Transitions of Dyer County invites area residents to take part in the ministry's inaugural Drug Free Celebration, an event kicking off Dyersburg-Dyer County's Drug Free Week and offering special recognition to each lady who has remained drug-free for at least one year...
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First Christian Church: Willing to do what it takes
(Local News ~ 08/09/15)
Pastor Brian Grow, his wife Jen and family, first came to Dyersburg from Indianapolis in 2012. Before that they lived in Indianapolis where they had "planted" a brand new church, called Journey Church. It was with their guidance that Journey Church saw incredible success and hundreds and hundreds of people saved and baptized. Nobody in the church had been in church before. It was a church of nonbelievers entirely, and they all came to Christ!...
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Menu of downtown eateries growing
(Local News ~ 08/09/15)
Most everyone knows about the fast-food chains on Lake Road, but that is not the only place to enjoy food in Dyersburg. Chamber of Commerce Tourism Director Steve Guttery wants to remind community members of the several eating establishments located downtown...
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Dyer County once home to 81 schools
(Local News ~ 08/09/15)
Old country schools were once a common sight in Dyer County. In the 1930s there were more than 80 schools located in this area alone. Most schools were composed of one room during the decade. Children from several grades would sit in the room, often led by a teacher not much older than the students. Educators were not required by law in those days to have a college degree...
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DPD shows support to fallen officer
(Local News ~ 08/09/15)
Officers from the Dyersburg Police Department attended the funeral services for fallen Police Officer Sean Bolton on Thursday. There were thousands of officers in attendance from as far away as Milwaukee and New York City to show support for Officer Bolton, his family and the Memphis Police Department. DPD said there was a tremendous outpouring of support from the community as cars lined the roads, overpasses and Interstate 40, as Bolton was escorted to his final resting place at Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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