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Obituaries for January 10, 2018
(Obituary ~ 01/10/18)
Jeffrey Allan Ward, 55, of Newbern, Tennessee died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his residence in Newbern,Tennessee. Born Wednesday, May 16, 1962, in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Oliver Allan Ward and the late Janice Ernestine "Teen" Hill Ward. Mr. Ward was former manager of Western Sizzling, Wendy's Restaurant and was former employee of NSK...
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On the Record
(Court News ~ 01/10/18)
Jodeci Arnold- poss marijuana, 11/29 susp, 250 fine/costs, drug screens, supervised Brasker Bonds Jr.- failure to appear, 11/29 susp to 20 days, pay costs, supervised probation Rachal Leanne Boswell- theft- from building u/500, continue 11/29, pay cost, to be dismissed 11/13/17 if no further trouble, dismissed on cost...
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DPD enhances training in response to escalated number of domestic violence calls
(Local News ~ 01/10/18)
Local law enforcement agencies currently face the challenge of addressing an escalated number of domestic violence calls. Recently, DPD implemented de-escalation training for one of its supervisors and made valuable changes to its use-of-force policy to response resistance.
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DFD responds to multiple fires over weekend, encourages fire safety and smoke alarms
(Local News ~ 01/10/18)
On Sunday, Jan. 7, Dyersburg Fire Chief Tim Ware says the department was called out to a total of 3 fires, all occurring within a span of little more than one hour, with one of the fires (despite the presence of smoke alarms) claiming the lives of 2 local residents in a home located on St. John Ave.
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County OKs $1M Fast Track grant for Frazier Construction
(Local News ~ 01/10/18)
With a light agenda, the Dyer County Legislative Body briefly convened Monday evening for its regular session. Budget committee chairwoman Debra Bradshaw Hart asked the CLB to consider approving a $1,000,000 Fast Track grant for Frazier Construction [no match needed by county], a $22,900 DGA grant for the Dyer County Health Dept, $30,000 in CTE grant funds for Dyer County Schools, the reimbursement of funds from the City of Newbern to the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office totaling $31,476.52 [Dyer County Communications Center], and fund transfers for servers/software.. ...
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Yates steps down from school board, Allmon fills vacancy
(Local News ~ 01/10/18)
The Dyersburg City School Board convened Monday evening inside the boardroom at the system’s central office. Chairman Dr. Scott Self announced to those gathered that Vice Chairman Joe Yates would be stepping down from his position after 17 years of service...
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Choctaws win late against Munford
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/18)
The Dyer County Choctaws moved to 2-0 in District 13AAA and pushed their overall record to 18-1 this season with a 62-60 win over Munford on the Cougars home floor after a long jumper from Jefhry Taylor with under two seconds left on Tuesday night. “We wanted to get the last shot and ideally you want to take it with about five seconds left to get an offensive stickback in case you miss,” Dyer County head coach Derek McCord explained. ...
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Lady Trojans, Choctaws ranked in initial AP poll
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/18)
JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com A pair of local high school basketball teams were rewarded for their strong starts to the 2017-18 basketball season as they were ranked in the top 10 of the first Associated Press High School Basketball Poll of the season...
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Dyersburg opens district play with sweep at Obion County Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/18)
Both the Lady Trojans and the Trojans benefitted from big early leads on Tuesday night at Troy as the Dyersburg girls were able to fend off a late rally by Obion County Central for a 58-47 win in the district opener while the Trojans dominated the Rebels for their first district win by a score of 76-49...
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