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Lady Trojans celebrate Senior Night with win over Ripley
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/19)
JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With a busy end of the regular season schedule ahead of them, the Lady Trojans got their stretch run off to a good start on Monday as Dyersburg softball celebrated Senior Night with an 8-4 win over visiting Ripley as the black and gold scored in all but one frame during the victory...
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Lady Choctaw softball blanks Covington on Senior Night in non-district action
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/19)
As the regular season winds down and heads into the postseason at the beginning of May, the Lady Choctaws honored their two seniors with Senior Night on Monday night and picked up a 2-0 win over visiting Covington in Newbern. Dyer County threatened to get on the board early, getting back-to-back singles from Ava Ozment and Madison Garner with two out in the bottom of the first. But, the two were stranded when the next batter lined out to end the inning with the game still scoreless...
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Rose tosses no-hitter in 13AA win over Cavaliers
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/19)
With the District 13AA regular season slate winding down and the postseason looming next weekend, the Trojans picked up some momentum during the first game of the final home-and-home series of 2019, as Dyersburg senior Hunter Rose held Crockett County hitless over five innings as the black and gold offense did more than enough damage in the 10-0 win at Tom Mathis Field on Monday evening.
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On the Record
(Court News ~ 04/24/19)
Parnell Mims, 62 and Deana Camille Pitts, 51 Aldeon Wayne Gourley, 38 and Amber Lynn Foster, 31 Jason Richard Birkes, 38 an Whitney Michele Duffy, 32 Wilson Leslie Manges, 66 and Michelle Denise Gaines, 37 Calvin Justin Gunnels, 38 and Danielle Elizabeth Chiaudano Murphy, 35...
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Obituaries for April 24, 2019
(Obituary ~ 04/24/19)
Trumon Gwinn Allmon, 81 of Dyersburg, Tennessee died on Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Oakwood Community Living Center in Dyersburg,Tennessee. Born Friday, June 25, 1937, in Friendship, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Reggie Littleton "Litt" Gwinn and the late Robbie Mae Gwinn. Mrs. Allmon was the retired executive program assistant for the Dyersburg USDA/ASCS Office in Dyersburg, Tennessee. She was a member of the Tigrett Church Of Christ...
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Tabernacle Missionary Baptist to host day of celebration honoring Pastor Matthews
(Local News ~ 04/24/19)
Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church will have a day of celebration on Sunday, April 28, honoring the 11th anniversary of Pastor Mitchell Matthews and first lady, Sister Connie Matthews. Sunday School will begin at 9 a.m., followed by worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Eutibee Coats and New Fellowship Miracle Church of Memphis. The evening program will begin at 2 p.m. with Pastor James Powers and Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Mason. Dinner will be served and all members of the public are invited...
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DCHS hosts yearbook sale for years ranging from 1977 to 2018
(Local News ~ 04/24/19)
The Dyer County Yearbook staff has recently inventoried over 700 old yearbooks from the school that were never purchased, and are making these available to the public. The yearbooks range in years from 1977-2018. “We want to make these available to people that have lost their old yearbook in moving or maybe to a disaster, like a fire,” says co-editor Madison Davis...
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Alamo man arrested, charged in deadly Ripley shooting
(Local News ~ 04/24/19)
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Ripley Police Department and the United States Marshals Service has resulted in the arrest of an Alamo man in connection with a double shooting in Ripley. At the request of 25th District Attorney General Mark Davidson, on Sunday, TBI agents joined the Ripley Police Department in investigating a shooting that occurred that evening at a home on Church Street. ...
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3.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Dyer County
(Local News ~ 04/24/19)
Area residents preparing to leave for work, or perhaps even still asleep, were awakened Wednesday morning as a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook Dyer County. The epicenter was located 8 miles north of Dyersburg at the Obion County Bridge located on Hwy.78.
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Federal Jury convicts West Tennessee man of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm
(Local News ~ 04/24/19)
MEMPHIS – A federal jury has found a West Tennessee man guilty of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict Tuesday.