Newbern News

Six weeks after he was arrested on several charges for leading Dyersburg police on a reckless vehicle pursuit, prosecutors on Wednesday moved to revoke Rosaire "Ross" Dubrule's bond on a federal drug fraud case ...

Certified Public Accountant Donna Selby has returned home to Dyer County to take the position of assistant director of the Tennessee Technology Center at Newbern.

Financial disclosure reports filed last week by candidates running for the Tennessee House of Representatives 77th District seat detail Union City attorney Judy Barker with a commanding lead in fund-raising. ...

The Dyer County E-911 Board began its regular June meeting on Monday afternoon with a public hearing for the organization's 2008-2009 budget.

The Lake County Banner is authorized to announce the candidacy of Steve Scofield for Chancery Court Judge in Dyer and Lake Counties in the August 7 General Election.

Additional winners of the Father-Son Look-Alike Contest were: Christopher and Will Wilson; Christopher and Benjamin Roberts; Jeremy and Mason Burns; Jason and Wyatt Sharp; Jonathan and Jonathan Jr.

A West Tennessee man who had previously shot himself is now charged with stealing a World War II-era rifle from a neighbor.

Newbern investigators arrested a man on Tuesday who police said confessed to stealing a World War II-era rifle and bayonet from a neighbor's house.

The Newbern Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday spent two hours hearing figures for the 2008-2009 budget before deciding to hold off on approving the numbers until a property tax figure is available.

A 29-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison after he admitted to stealing $13,000 cash and a .25-caliber handgun from a local business.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added the suspect who shot a Newbern man in March to the state's 10 Most Wanted list.

A Memphis man facing an attempted murder charge has been added to the list of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted.

The trial between a Bogota woman and Illnois Central Railroad Co. over a train accident north of Newbern that devastated her husband's health began Monday, more than four years after the November 2003 accident ...

About 1,650 Newbern Electric System and Gibson Electric Membership Corp. customers in the Newbern, Trimble, Churchton, and Maxie communities will experience an outage around midnight on Saturday, June 14.

The City of Dyersburg's new HR director is already a familiar face around Dyersburg.

A tractor-trailer driver was killed after he was hit by a car while crossing Highway 51 to get away from his burning rig south of Newbern on Saturday morning.

Authorities say a tractor trailer driver was killed near Newbern after he was hit by a car while crossing a road to get away from his burning rig.

The Tennessee Technology Center-Newbern's Automotive Program was honored this week as runner-up for the "Tomorrow's Technician School of the Year" award from Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.

More than 125 nursing students from seven area campuses gathered at the Dyer County Fairgrounds last week to celebrate their first Nurse's Week.

The Newbern beer board on Tuesday voted against a permit for the proprietor of a Smith Street club who was cited for illegally selling beer in April.