Newbern News

ABOVE:On Tuesday, Sept. 23, state and local officials were at the Dyersburg I-155 Welcome Center to kick off the National Child Passenger Safety Week with Ollie Otter.

Two west Tennessee area motorcycle enthusiasts were discussing all the underprivileged children in the area that might face a bleak Christmas with the current state of the economy. Nathan Talley of Eaton, and Lenny Stover of Newbern, decided to try to make a difference for those children this year. They solicited the help of a friend, Brian Stafford of Tatumville. An email to the Marine Corps Reserve Center in Memphis was all it took to launch them upon a mission of kindness.

On Saturday, October 25th, 2008, the first annual Mid-South Toys for Tots Motorcycle Run and Parade will be held at the “round-house” at Reelfoot Lake State Park near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The event site is located on Tennessee Highway 21 approx. 4 miles east of the Tiptonville city limits. Every motorcycle rider and every passenger participating is required to bring at least one new, unwrapped toy for donation to the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. Members of the Marine Corps will be at the event to receive the toys, which will be distributed to needy children in the area for Christmas. All bikes are welcome.

Registration will begin at 11:00 AM. The motorcycle parade will begin at 1:00 PM, escorted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Following the parade, the local musical group “Funky Finger” will donate their services to entertain the participants. Sandwiches and soft drinks will be available for purchase at the event. The event will end at approx. 5:00 PM.

Each participant making a $5.00 cash donation to the Toys for Tots program at the event will receive a commemorative lapel pin and two chances to win door prizes donated by area manufacturers and businesses, including a power washer donated by Briggs and Stratton Power Products of Newbern, Tennessee.

This event is officially sanctioned by the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

This is an opportunity for motorcycle enthusiasts to show that “bikers” care for kids. All mid-south motorcycle riders are urged to attend.

If the turnout for this event is large enough, Talley, Stover and Stafford have pledged to make this an annual event.

Tuesday evening, the two candidates vying for the District 77 state representative seat participated in a "Meet the Candidates" forum

Thursday's dedication and ribbon cutting for Dyersburg State Community College's new Student Center perfectly coincided with a prestigious visit by the Tennessee Board of Regents.

General Sessions Judge Jason Hudson is sworn into office as his wife, Lee, holds a Bible and Judge Steve Stafford of the Tennessee Court of Appeals administers the oath. The ceremony was held Friday with a standing-room-only crowd in the general sessions courtroom.

Communication between the city and county emergency departments was the key issue at Thursday morning's meeting of the city of Dyersburg's Public Safety committee, with representatives from the city and county ...

Members of the Dyer County Historical Society received a hands-on and mouth-watering lesson from member Bart Williams and his antique cider press.

The Newbern Board of Mayor and Alderman had several issues on their agenda at the monthly meeting on Tuesday.

Hurricane Ike's pass through West Tennessee on Sunday is expected to keep the Dyer County Highway Department busy for another day or two.

Dyersburg's 168th Military Police Battalion was alerted in April, that they would be deployed to the Middle East at the end of November.

Newbern - The Dyer County Election Commission provided a list of qualified candidates for the upcoming city election. The candidates for mayor are incumbent Mayor Dennison, Olen Parker and Haskin Ridens. Candidates for alderman include D. Watson, E. Bartee, M. Dycus, R. Hart, B. Parks, B. Rogers, L. Fesmire, B. Pharpe, B.C. Green, K. Clements and C. Odom.

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.