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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 09/30/20)
There are currently 60 deserving animals waiting to be adopted at the Shelter. Thirty-two of the available pets are cats or kittens. The Shelter is currently not taking cats and kittens because the Nicole Rae Incrocci Cat Sanctuary is filled to overflowing. If you have been considering adopting a cat or kitten, now is an excellent time...
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Several West Tennessee Non-Profits receive Tennessee Community CARES funding
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
State Gazette JACKSON, TENN. – On July 21, Governor Bill Lee, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced $150 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds would be made available to Tennessee non-profits to assist their efforts to address the ongoing health and economic impacts of COVID-19. Local leaders see this as a great success for those in West Tennessee...
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Local church spends Wednesday feeding the needy
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
On Wednesday morning at New Macedonia Church Of God In Christ, located at 725 River St. in Dyersburg, the mood for Pastor Earnest Washington and a large group of volunteers was festive, and with good reason.
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Business Spotlight: Fine Print celebrates 20 years of business
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
Fine Print Screen Printing, located at 1665 Hwy. 51 Bypass N. in Dyersburg, will be celebrating its 20-year anniversary this year. The family business opened in October of 2000 by Charles and Laura Goodwin, and their son, David Goodwin. Their son was a screen printer, and Laura Goodwin had worked as a bookkeeper for a screen-printing business. Charles Goodwin had the idea to open Fine Print Screen Printing with his family, after retiring as a means to keep himself busy...
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Clean audit reported for Dyersburg Electric
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
BRANDON HUTCHESON bhutcheson@stategazette.com On Wednesday, September 30, the Dyersburg Electric System Audit Committee met with Joe Enoch and Katie Little of Cowart Reese Sargent to review the audit for the year ended June 30, 2020. Upon review, the report did not contain any findings for DES...
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Hunters asked to donate their deer to feed Tennesseans in need during COVID-19
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program is now accepting deer donations for the 2020 deer season. More than 60 deer processors across the state are accepting donations of deer to feed Tennessee families in need...
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Dyer County COVID-19 update for September 30
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
With the release of the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) daily COVID-19 update on Wednesday, the department reported Dyer County as having a total of 1,430 COVID-19 cases, which consist of confirmed and probable cases. Additionally, the TDH said that Dyer County had 170 active cases with 1,243 recoveries/inactive cases.
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Mayor Young comments on recent White House Coronavirus Task Force report
(Local News ~ 09/30/20)
When the White House Coronavirus Task Force released their most recent report for the state of Tennessee on September 27, it listed the state 16th of 50 for COVID-19 cases. Additionally, the report stated 78 percent of all Tennessee counties have moderate or high levels of community transmission. Using numbers from the prior reporting week, Sept. 19-25, the task force has Dyer County listed 6th in the top 12 in the orange zone, one step below the highest level – red. Orange zone communities and counties, according to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, reported new COVID-19 cases between 51-100 per 100,000 population, and a lab-test positivity result between 8.0-10.0 percent, or one of those two conditions and one condition qualifying as being in the red zone.
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