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Dyer County’s Hurt signs with Bethel
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/17)
JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com Dyer County quarterback Cooper Hurt will get a chance to showcase his skills at the next level as the senior Choctaw has signed to play with the Bethel University Wildcats next season. “I’m really excited,” Hurt said of signing with the Wildcats. “I like the facilities at Bethel and everything they had to offer...
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Lady Trojans win slugfest with Covington
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/17)
Throughout the first month of the season, Dyersburg High School head coach Matthew Shearon has said the Lady Trojan softball team is going to have to beat teams by scoring runs in bunches and Wednesday’s victory at Covington served as a good example of that, as Dyersburg scored 10 runs after the fourth inning during the Lady Trojans’ 15-11 victory over the Lady Chargers...
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Autry walkoff double pushes Dyer County past Lady Rebels
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/17)
For the second time in less than a week, the Lady Choctaws entered the seventh inning down to their final three outs down by a run and, after providing the game-winning hit last Friday night, DC senior Shelby Autry was the hero again as her bottom of the seventh double drove home the game-winning run during the Lady Choctaw 2-1 win over Obion County Central on Thursday night.
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Obituaries for April 7, 2017
(Obituary ~ 04/07/17)
Betty L. Autry, 88, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, April 5, 32017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born August 31, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Chester Lee and Agnes H. Tharwar Goens. She was a retired supervisor at Heckethorn and a member of Church Grove Baptist Church...
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River Basin Authority announces restoration and recreation area for West Tennessee floodplain
(Local News ~ 04/07/17)
NASHVILLE – The West Tennessee River Basin Authority (WTRBA), an agency within the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), announced recently that an 858-acre floodplain area north of Jackson has been acquired by the state and will be restored to include a recreation area...
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New novel by former judge rings with authenticity in tale of murder, justice
(Local News ~ 04/07/17)
RIDGELY, Tenn. – A gruesome double murder and the trial of a suspect who might be headed to death row consumes a community for a decade. Readers can follow the action from an anonymous tip through the process of justice in a new book recently released by Dog Ear Publishing. The novel may be ordered online at joegriley.com...
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DCHS student Isabella Trasolini selected for 2 Governor’s Schools
(Local News ~ 04/07/17)
Recently, DCHS sophomore Isabella Trasolini, daughter of Fabio and Sherri Trasolini, was accepted into not one, but two, esteemed Governor’s Schools, including Scientific Models and Data Analysis at ETSU and Sciences and Engineering at UTK.
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THP responds to accident on I-155
(Local News ~ 04/07/17)
At approximately 4 p.m. Thursday, The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to an accident along the southbound lane of Interstate 155 in Newbern. The accident involved two vehicles, a tractor-trailer and a black Buick passenger car.
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