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Historical Society visits Veterans' Museum
Dyer County Historical Society president Danny Walden shows club members a map of more than 80 country schoolhouses that were once located throughout Dyer County.
Nine area high school players named All-State
West Tennessee had nine high school baseball players - six from Class A and three from Class AA - selected to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State Baseball Team on Tuesday.
Divide and conquer: Defining who we are creates stereotypes
The identity of a place usually reflects what its people have in common and the things in which they take pride.
Jones, Tyree take opposite views
It's been 18 years since Knox County voters have elected anyone other than Tim Hutchison for sheriff, and both contenders in the August general election are hoping they will get the public's blessing to head ...
Halls Memory Garden could mean big profits for highest bidder
A troubled cemetery will soon go to the highest bidder. The Halls Memory Garden became the focus of a fraud investigation after people complained their plots had been double sold.
Miracle Network champion, 7, dies
Emily Elizabeth Barger's favorite color was pink, and she had a fondness for puppies - especially the "runts," the ones that weren't expected to make it, her father said.
Supreme Court denies workers comp claim
A defunct Halls company is not responsible for a former employee's injuries, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 24.
KCSO: Suspect in killing at bar has lengthy record
The man charged in a deadly shooting at a Halls sports bar has an arrest record stretching back more than 15 years, authorities said today.
Hunter: At 20th anniversary, it's time to say thanks
There are debts that can never be repaid, people who cannot be thanked enough. In the late 1960s, an editor named Nick Meglin at Mad Magazine picked up a manuscript of light verse submitted by a kid from ...
Teenager pleads to aggravated assault
Ballistics tests and witness statements cleared a teen-ager of murder and attempted murder charges in Dyer County Juvenile Court.
Victim's friends react to fatal shooting at Halls bar
Friends Sports Bar and Deli in Halls was closed Thursday as employees and customers mourned a friend killed by a man who held officers at bay for more than two hours.
Charges bound over to grand jury
Two men reportedly involved in a hit-and-run attack on a Dyersburg police officer earlier this month face possible indictments.
Group seeks ideas for mobility plan
By Ed Marcum Saturday, May 31, 2008 The Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization wants people to do some soul-searching to help come up with ideas on how Knox and surrounding counties will be ...
Butterflies and mushrooms make good business for niche entrepreneurs By Carly Harrington Sunday, June 1, 2008 Amy Smotherman-Burgess Laine Wheatley, owner of Butterflies of Windbell Cottage, shows one of her ...
Fundraiser will help out family, organization A fundraising event to benefit a Halls family facing a medical crisis will take place 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today at the Fountain City Park Gazebo.
Daycare voluntarily closes after DHS says child wandered into parking lot
A north Knoxville daycare shuts down. That's after the Tennessee Department of Human Services say a two-year old escaped to the parking lot, and DHS says that's not all that was wrong.
Judge replaces man's lenient sentence with 6 years in prison
A man who originally received an unusually light sentence for violating the state's motor vehicle habitual offender law is now going to prison.
Mall's Mother's Day Look-Alike contest benefits Relay for Life
Winners of the Mother-Daughter Look-Alike category are: first place, Bernadette Seward of Dyersburg and Konisha Williams of Jackson; second place, Doris Davis and Melinda Davis, both of Halls; and third place, ... via State Gazette
November trial set for Halls teacher accused of sex with student
November trial set for Halls teacher accused of sex with student A trial date has been set for a suspended Halls High School teacher accused of having sex with a student at school and who faces charges of ... via The Knoxville News Sentinel
Dyersburg State hosts pinning ceremony for nurses
In a traditional ceremony, the lamps of student nurses are lit by members of the DSCC nursing faculty during the college's recent pinning ceremony at Hillcrest Baptist Church. via State Gazette