- Local hoops teams close preseason in Saturday jamboree action (High School Sports ~ 11/13/18)
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High School basketball season tips off tonight for Dyer County and Dyersburg
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/18)
JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the weather cooling down it’s time for high school hoops fans to head into the gymnasiums to support their favorite teams as the high school basketball season begins tonight for teams from Dyer County and Dyersburg High School...
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Time to fill the homefield bleachers with black and gold
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/18)
It’s the most important game to hit Dyersburg in the last 10 years as Friday night the Trojans will host Haywood in the TSSAA Class 4A Quarterfinals. This will be the second time the Trojans will host the Tomcats as the two teams met back in Week 5 with the Trojans getting a huge win over Haywood, 48-14, as the fifth of what is now a dozen wins...
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Dyersburg Trojan Playoff Bound steak dinner set for Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/18)
The Dyersburg Trojan Playoff Bound Steak Dinner for the quarterfinal round of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs is set for Thursday at West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Trojan supporters are invited to sponsor a member of the 2018 Trojan football team, coach, cheerleader or dance team member as Dyersburg prepares for the quarterfinals of the state playoffs...
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Preparation begins for Friday's showdown with Haywood
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/18)
With the Trojans heading into the quarterfinals with a perfect record through a dozen games in the 2018 season, it’s only fitting that Dyersburg will be at home as they head into the third week of the TSSAA Class 4A State Playoffs.
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Lest We Forget
(Local News ~ 11/13/18)
On Veterans Day of this year, I took a stroll around the Dyersburg Court House Veterans Walk; I looked at the statues and thought of the veterans. I stopped in front of the World War II monument, a monument, which holds specific significance to me because I was involved with its placement in 2008...
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West Tenn. Healthcare honors veteran employees
(Local News ~ 11/13/18)
West Tennessee Healthcare – Dyersburg Hospital is proud to honor their employees who have served in the Armed Forces. Dyersburg Hospital also thanks all veterans for their service!
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Operation Christmas Child Collection Week underway
(Local News ~ 11/13/18)
BRANDON HUTCHESON bhutcheson@stategazette.com Monday officially marked the beginning of the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Collection Week. The collection week drop-off location is at Church Grove Baptist Church, located at 1060 Main St. in Newbern...
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Obituaries for November 13, 2018
(Obituary ~ 11/13/18)
Charles M. Brewer, 85, of Dyersburg, Tennessee died Sunday at West Tennessee Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Brewer will be 2:00 on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the New Life Tabernacle in Murphysboro, Illinois. Interment will follow in DeSoto Cemetery in DeSoto, Illinois Visitation will be Tuesday from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the New Life Tabernacle in Murphysboro, Illinois. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Charles M. Brewer...
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Deputies arrest two men in connection to rash of burglaries
(Local News ~ 11/13/18)
On Tuesday, November 6, deputies of the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department arrested two men in connection to a string of burglaries occurring at five residences along the county lines.
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Wreck on Hwy. 78 results in injury of 4 children; one child reportedly in serious condition
(Local News ~ 11/13/18)
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 13, THP responded to a one-vehicle wreck, which occurred on Hwy. 78, just outside of Obion County. According to Trooper William Butler, the incident involved 4 children and one adult driver, who were traveling southbound in a Ford F150 during the time the incident occurred. The name of the driver has not yet been released by authorities.