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On Saturday, May 18, a car show is scheduled to be held to benefit local resident Craig Parker, a 16-year-old student at Dyer County High School and son of Lynn and Melanie Parker, diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. The event is scheduled to occur from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Omni Tech, located at 1050 S. Main in Dyersburg, along historic Route 51...

For the past 8 years, therapy dogs have become a mainstay at Dyersburg City Schools, particularly at Dyersburg Primary and Dyersburg Intermediate. Beginning in 2012, man’s (and students’) best friend has provided a listening ear, de-escalated issues, and opened minds and hearts of many students through the BaT (Bonding and Training) Program.

On Sunday, April 7, Finley Baptist Church, located at 9 Magnolia St., invites the whole community to come celebrate the church’s 85th anniversary during a Homecoming Worship Celebration set to begin at 10 a.m. The event will continue until noon, with fellowship and food. Additionally, Finley Baptist will be honoring Charlie Halliburton, who has served as the church pastor for the past 35 years...

Just in time for spring break, Discovery Park of America unveiled something new throughout the museum and heritage park in West Tennessee. In addition to seeing surprises around every corner, guests will be hearing them as well. As they explore the museum, they will hear the sounds of dinosaurs in Dinosaur Hall, real audio from NASA’s Voyager in the Science, Space and Technology gallery, vintage radio commercials in the Transportation gallery and the sounds of Reelfoot Lake around the aquarium. ...

During an alleged burglary in progress, 22-year-old Dylan Sherrod of Dyer County was arrested at Total Package in Newbern on March 20, after a police officer reportedly observed Sherrod placing items into a nylon bag through the store’s drive thru window.

On Wednesday, March 20, Congressman David Kustoff stopped in Dyersburg to while driving through District 8 to discuss concerns over rising insurance premiums, healthcare and prescription costs.

Each year scores of young people and their parents make their way to the Dyer County Courthouse for the Annual Mayor Young’s Easter Egg Hunt. On Saturday, April 20, the Courthouse lawn will be readied with some 4,000 Easter eggs stuffed with candy and some stuffed with special prizes...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s (TDEC) mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be held in Dyer County on Saturday, April 27, from 8-noon. The location of the event will be at the Dyer County Fairgrounds, Pepsi Pavilion, located on 296 James H. Rice Rd. The local contact for this collection event is Dyer County Building Official John Pleasant at 731.287.07750.

In an effort to increase the number of work-ready residents in the state, Country Music Television (CMT) has joined forces with TBR - The College System of Tennessee, for a free multi-city concert tour targeting rural areas of the state this spring to encourage Tennesseans to pursue higher education. The tour will begin on April 3 and travel to four Community Colleges across the state...

A fish fry and auction benefitting St. Jude Children’s Hospital is set to occur Saturday, March 23. The benefit will take place at the Yorkville Community Center from 5-7 p.m. Suggested minimum donation is $10. For additional information, call Deborah at 731-445-1946...

On Monday, March 18, the City of Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Alderpersons convened at 7 p.m. inside the Municipal Building courtroom for their regularly scheduled meeting. All members of the board were present with the exception of Alderman Dennis Moody. With many items of new business, the agenda began with a review of the 2017-2018 Dyersburg audit.

On Saturday, April 27, Dyer County Recycles will be hosting the 2nd Annual Earth Day Festival at the Main Street Dyersburg Farmers Market from 10- 2 p.m. Join Dyer County Recycles for a day of free upcycling, workouts, facepainting, food and recycling! This year’s event will feature craft vendors and merchants, as well as live music performances from Tyler Grooms, Casey Bizzle and Pearl Snap...

Discovery Park of America and the Obion County Chamber of Commerce have announced they will present the 2019 Northwest Tennessee Tourism Summit on Tues., March 26, at Discovery Park of America, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The event is being held for those in the Reelfoot Lake region who are interested in increasing tourism in this area. ...

The Dyersburg-Dyer County Arts Council will be hosting an Arts Show Saturday May 11, 2019 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Dyer County Fairgrounds. Artists may rent booths to sell or display handmade items. Booths will rent for $20 to $35, according to the size of the booth...

The Dyer County Finance committee convened at the Election Commission Tuesday morning to discuss the refunding of 2009 bonds in the total amount of $9.935M.

The Dyersburg Police Department is continuing to search for 2 local missing individuals, Jimmy C. Bingham, 45, and Shelby Hubbard, 24. Bingham was last seen on or around June 24, 2018, while Hubbard was last reported being seen the night of Feb. 14, 2019. Dyer County Crimestoppers recently announced they are offering $1,000 for information in connection to the missing persons.

On Friday, March 15, two fundraising events were held for retired Sgt. Heath Walker, who has been suffering from an unexpected medical condition.

Tech Time Tuesday, held in partnership by McIver’s Grant Public Library and Tencom Services, will continue today as attendees participate in the ‘Getting to Know Your Personal Computer’ course. The class will occur at the library from 10 a.m. – noon with Tencom Services’ Allen Jones instructing...

On March 15, Northwest Correctional Complex was called into action to help assist the city of Tiptonville save some equipment from damaging floods at the wastewater treatment plant. The equipment at risk was a lift station that helps keep the water treatment plant lagoon from overflowing. If water reaches the lift station’s pumps it would be at risk of shutting down, which could lead to a major disruption in water and waste services to the city and potentially the Correctional Complex...

Northwest will be in Newbern at the Rescue Squad on March 22 for commodity signups from 8 a.m. until noon and in Trimble from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the community center. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is designed for low-income individuals who are under 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. It is necessary to bring your proof of income. Those on food stamps are eligible for commodities...

On Sunday, March 17, at approximately 5:17 p.m., Dyersburg Police responded to a robbery of an individual in a room at Motel 6, located at 2331 Lake Road. An officer responding to the scene observed the suspect vehicle on Lake Road and Wade Hampton. Multiple DPD officers stopped the suspect vehicle on Wade Hampton, taking 5 individuals into custody.

The City of Dyersburg Street and Sanitation Committee convened Friday at 9 a.m. in the upstairs conference room at City Hall. All members of the committee, including Aldermen Ricky Hammond and James Baltimore, Alderwoman Mary Claire Hopper, and Mayor John Holden, were present and discussed various property maintenance issues and curbside garbage violations seen during last month’s bus tour.

The Southern Accent Chapter of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA) hosted its Annual 'Girl's Night Out' event on Thursday, March 14.