Stories from Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Determination is an essential component of all accomplishments. Determination is the drive that keeps you going in spite of obstacles and adversity. Determination is your mental adrenaline. When the going gets tough, determination will keep you going. If you feel discouraged, tap into your determination...

Special to the State Gazette Numerous Dyer County High School [DCHS] students were recognized for their artwork. They were awarded March 15, 2024 during the UT Martin High School Juried Art Show, where students from around the state submitted over 400 works of art to be exhibited in the UTM gallery for a week. 12 DCHS students, with other students from across Tennessee, participated in college art classes throughout the day, followed by lunch and awards. ...

Keval B. Patel, 28 and Soniya M. Patel, 31 Payton Ross Gibbons, 25 and Hilary Nicole Kelley, 21 Trevor Moore Seratt, 32 and Leigh Anne Moskovitz Stanley, 41 Roy Wayne Pleasure II, 34 and Kelsey Nicole Brantley, 30 Rohit Kumar Katkuri, 25 and Shereta Evette Sanez, 36...

Betty Barnhill Betty Barnhill, 86, of Florence, SC, passed away on October 30, 2023. Mrs. Barnhill was born the daughter of the late Exie Crawley Goodman and Oscar Goodman.  She attended First Church Free Will Baptist, Florence, SC.   She is predeceased by her husband, Vernon Barnhill; sisters and brothers, Polly Swims, Tom Goodman, Dorothy Little and O. C. Goodman.  ...

Can it happen here? Sure. When? Anytime. Are we prepared? Probably not. Is our government prepared? Probably not. Remember, we still have the same inept government style that handled the Hurricane Katrina crisis. You make the call. Locally, we are only a few miles from the second most dangerous earthquake fault in the United States, the New Madrid fault line...

On April 1, 2024, at approximately 7:19 p.m., an officer with the Newbern Police Department stopped a Honda SUV for a traffic violation on Washington Street. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Amber James, 30, of Newbern.

According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) the I-155 bridge between Dyersburg and Caruthersville, Missouri has little risk of repeating what happened in Baltimore, when a cargo ship lost control and struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Members of the Dyer County High School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of  America chapter attended the Tennessee State FCCLA Leadership Conference on March 19-22 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 

The Dyersburg City Board of Mayor and Alderman met on Monday night, April 2, and voted on granting beer permits to the restaurant Takos Y Mas and to two concerns for individual events. Additionally, the board voted to award a bid for fencing at the Soccer Complex.