Dyersburg News

A representative of Kroger's engineering department was present at Thursday's regular meeting of the Dyersburg Planning Commission to present a site plan for a new fuel center in the parking lot of its Dyersburg store.

Dyersburg Fire Chief Bob Veal updated the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen on equipment purchased by Homeland Security and grants currently being applied for by the fire department at the board's regular meeting on Monday evening.

Lake County authorities joined Dyer County officers Thursday in a two-county search for a man charged with aggravated rape and violation of probation.

Olive Branch Mayor Sam Rikard has appointed Assistant Police Chief Don Gammage to the top law enforcement job in the city.

Jay Earl Haynes was arrested Friday, July 3, on charges of aggravated rape and violation of probation.

Ladarious Melton is charged with bank robbery and felony evading arrest in Monday's robbery of First South Bank, 602 Highway 51 Bypass.

Alderman Lewis Norman and his son, Kevin Norman , have placed American flags on Elm Street in Dyersburg.

The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen recently passed the city of Dyersburg's 2009-2010 budget while maintaining a tax rate of $1.99 for its residents.

This is the image the video surveillance camera captured as Stoney Anderson, 22, was in Wal-Mart allegedly using a stolen credit.

The city of Dyersburg will host its annual fireworks display at Dyersburg High School again this year.

Heartworm is a potentially fatal disease caused by infection with the parasitic roundworm Dirofilaria immitis.

In Dyer County Circuit Court on April 27-28: * Jerry Lee Fortner, 27, 624 Forrest St., was not prosecuted on a charge of assault.

Dyersburg police are searching for the person or persons involved in the burglary of vending machines in the St.

This illegal contraband was intended for a Tennessee Department of Corrections inmate who was at the Lake County courthouse for a criminal case.

Members of the city of Dyersburg's Gas and Water Committee heard from Utilities and Collection Manager Penny Rice concerning deposits, billing and cut-off procedures for city utility customers at a called meeting on Thursday morning, June 18.

Larry Walk and Willie Lee Taylor lead the fifth annual Juneteenth Celebration parade through downtown Dyersburg on Saturday.

Ford Construction Company is rebuilding the bridge at Crockett Creek on State Route 104 in Finley.

On Tuesday, Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, announced the layoff of just over 10 percent of its employees at the organization's Dyersburg facility.

Yvonne Myers shows Canterbury resident Nancy Fine a North American lion-head rabbit during the Canterbury's Animal Day.

Olive Branch Police Chief Art Heun has tendered his resignation, and announced that he is leaving his post of six years to assume the role of Chief of Police in Dyersburg, Tenn.