Dyer County News

Members of the community joined together last year to put together over 400 boxes of food for local families in the annual Dr.

Joyce Campbell didn't realize elephant ears bloomed - until she saw it with her own eyes.

The Dyersburg Jaycees are preparing for this year's 61st annual Chimes for Charity event, which begins Monday.

Current county property taxes may be paid anytime between Oct. 1 and Feb. 28 - and most people delay paying at least until the end of the year.

The Dyer County Regional Planning Commission endorsed reopening a portion of Mitchell Road and agreed to re-study the county's major road plan.

Reagan Day Dinner Organizer and Dyer County Republican Party President Jewel Horner listens as Republican congressional candidate David Rice speaks.

Detectives believe just minutes before one of the suspects bought a flat screen TV, he stole a credit card from a car in Dyersburg and used it to make the purchase.

Several county governmental meetings are planned this week. The Dyer County Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the upstairs courtroom in the Dyer County Courthouse.

On the evening before state officials released Report Card results for school systems throughout Tennessee, Deputy Commissioner of Education Robert Greene visited Dyer County to report changes made by the state in the 11th hour that will affect this year's Report Card status for both local school systems.

Members of the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen learned that Dyersburg ranks No.

Many West Tennessee farmers are in a race with rising water in the Mississippi River to harvest their crops.

Holice Powell Elementary School was selected as a 2009 Blue Ribbon School. Only about 3.9 percent of schools nationwide have received this honor.

As children will be taking to the streets this Halloween, law enforcement officials are urging children and parents to exercise caution against sex offenders.

A man and woman are currently being held in the Dyer County jail on drug charges after a Monday evening search of a house with an active meth lab in it.

In Dyer County Circuit Court on Sept. 15: * Kendrick D. Akins, 18, 206 Pate St., pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated burglary, theft of property in excess of $1,000 and burglary of a motor vehicle.

TRC Dyersburg's Client of the Year Randall Burrow takes a few moments to tell his story and thank the center for helping him find a job that he loves.

The Dyer County Commission approved a loan agreement Monday night that will enable the county to build a new school.

Sgt. Ken Sutton talks to a truck driver that was stopped for an inspection. Trooper Robert Clemmons was one of six troopers taking part in the commercial vehicle inspections on I-155. The troopers had 10 commercial vehicles and three drivers that were placed out of service as a result of failed inspections.

The Dyer County Republican Party will have three candidates speak at their Reagan Day Celebration.

The Dyer County Commission's Transportation Committee voted Monday night to restore about 500 feet of a road to the county's road list.