Halls News

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.

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.

A defunct Halls company is not responsible for a former employee's injuries, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 24.

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.

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 ...

Ballistics tests and witness statements cleared a teen-ager of murder and attempted murder charges in Dyer County Juvenile Court.

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.

Two men reportedly involved in a hit-and-run attack on a Dyersburg police officer earlier this month face possible indictments.

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.

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.

A man who originally received an unusually light sentence for violating the state's motor vehicle habitual offender law is now going to prison.

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 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

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

“This one flew in here, see his Martian red eyes?”

Hundreds of thousands of cicadas per acre will appear in Tennessee counties in the next few weeks. via WATE-TV Knoxville

“We had people from Ripley, Halls and Dyersburg hosting students”

HHS welcomed Student Council representatives from across the state to its Big Red Barn at the recent state TSCA Leadership Convention. via State Gazette

“I couldn't even see the ball for the last two or three tees for tearing up.”

By Jamie Satterfield Saturday, April 26, 2008 Amy Smotherman-Burgess Deena Christian shows photos of her daughter, Channon Christian, who was slain along with Christopher Newsom in January of 2007. via The Knoxville News Sentinel

“So, for the past 17 years, this facility has deteriorated and had become a safety hazard”

Greg Campbell and Donnie Hutcheson work together to demolish the old incinerator in downtown Dyersburg. via State Gazette