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Obituaries for Oct. 9
(Obituary ~ 10/09/21)
Mary Frances Benson, 66, of Dyersburg, TN passed from this life Monday, October 4, 2021 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late Charles and Bernadine Homringhouse in Cedar Falls, Iowa on March 27, 1955. Mary has resided in Dyersburg for the last 21 years after spending time in California, Minnesota, and the earlier years of her life in Cedar Falls, Iowa. ...
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Have you heard of these three businesswomen in history?
(Business ~ 10/09/21)
October is National Women’s Small Business Month! If you know me, you know I’m super passionate about helping women start and grow their businesses, so I love that this is a nationally recognized thing. In honor of this month, I thought I’d highlight some amazing female entrepreneurs in history. I’m so thankful for all the hard work they put in. They’ve inspired me and millions of others to go after our own goals. Here are three historical businesswomen I really admire:...
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Dyersburg Lowe’s recognized by Gov. Lee for National Disability Employment Awareness Month
(Business ~ 10/09/21)
On October 7, Lowe’s of Dyersburg was recognized by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation program for their efforts during National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Recently, Lowe’s of Dyersburg hired Zackary Davidson and his service dog Nemo became the newest additions to the Lowe’s team. Zackary will be working as a receiver/stocker at the store...
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Three Oaks volleyball wraps up perfect season with sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/21)
The Three Oaks Lady Choctaws wrapped up a perfect 17-0 season on Thursday night in Memphis, defeating Maxine Smith Steam Academy in the semifinals then topping Northview in the TMSAA Class A Sectional Tournament Finals to win their second straight volleyball sectional title...
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Fall sports coming to a close one by one
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/21)
JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com With the month of October moving along, the fall season of the TSSAA sports calendar is slowly coming to a close. With golf ending before this past week’s Fall Break, more teams joined the linksters in heading into the offseason this week...
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Lady Choctaw soccer season ends with overtime loss in 14AA play-in
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/21)
Despite being able to rally late in regulation to erase a two-goal lead, the Dyer County Lady Choctaw soccer season came to an end on Friday afternoon in Newbern as the orange and white fell in overtime to visiting Obion County Central in the District 14AA Play-in Game.
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Unbeaten Trojans run through Warriors
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/21)
After their first home game in over a month last week and an important region win over Covington, the No. 3-ranked Trojans (7-0, 3-0) got big plays from all three phases of the game and moved to 7-0 on the season with a 49-6 win over B.T. Washington on Friday night in Memphis...
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At the Shelter
(Features ~ 10/09/21)
The Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Shelter has 79 pets available for adoption, so the number of sweet fur babies at the Shelter is building up again. If you can't adopt, would you be willing to foster an animal until this logjam breaks? At the least, would you come and walk a dog or play with a kitten?...
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