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Lady Choctaws, Choctaws cruise in sweep of Lake County
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/15)
The Three Oaks Choctaws and Lady Choctaws continued their winning ways on Thursday night as they took a pair of dominating games from Lake County at home. In girls' action, the Lady Choctaws took a 41-10 win while the Choctaw defense led the way for Three Oaks in its 54-21 victory over the Falcons. Above, Lady Choctaw Gracie Ayers battles with a Lake County player for a rebound as teammate Jametria Smith looks on.
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Obituaries for November 20, 2015
(Obituary ~ 11/20/15)
Rev. Charles Franklin McCright, age 80, died Monday, November 16 at Regional Hospital in Jackson. Visitations and Service will be held at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Chapel on Sunday, November 22, from 2 to 7 pm. The home-going celebration will climax on Monday, November 23, at 1 pm at Pilgrim Rest M.B. Church, Dyersburg. Rev. McCright will lie in state from 10 until time of service...
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Halls ministry donates handmade hats to St. Jude's, Carl Perkins Center
(Local News ~ 11/20/15)
Caring Heart Ministries donated 124 handmade hats to the children of the St. Jude Children's Hospital Nov. 12 in honor of a young cancer patient named Aidan Conway from Bartlett, Tennessee, who has battled a form of brain cancer, Pilocytic astrocytoma that formed brain tumors on his optic nerves. ...
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Dot Foods donates $2,000 to Community Cancer Fund
(Local News ~ 11/20/15)
The Community Cancer Fund board of directors along with members of the Midsouth Riders and Christian Riders recently met to go over the current numbers correlating to this year's fundraising effort. With expenses down and donations up, the organization has raised a total of $63,645.64 for the year 2015. This is over an $11,000 increase from last year's fundraising efforts...
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New Life Union Mission announces holiday volunteer opportunities
(Local News ~ 11/20/15)
It is that wonderful time of the year when the New Life Union Mission opens its doors to help individuals and families in the community with a hot meal at Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as Toys for Christmas. The Mission is making changes and impacting lives but can't do it without volunteers...
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State recognizes Dyer County archivist Holmes
(Local News ~ 11/20/15)
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) is proud to recognize six new graduates of the Tennessee Archives Institute. The archives development program at TSLA annually hosts this two-and-a-half day series of workshops on the principles and practices of archival management and records preservation. In order to graduate from the program with a certificate of archival management, archivists must complete three years of training...
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Residents voice complaints at Newbern board meeting
(Local News ~ 11/20/15)
At the recent meeting of Newbern's Board of Mayor and Aldermen, several town issues were addressed by the board including the Inclement Weather Policy, changes to Newbern's Safe Room operation manual, TOSHA ordinances, Newbern Police Department's shooting range and newly hired officers, the Community Watch program, integration of new billing procedures, AMTRAK updates, and Multi-Modal grant funds...
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