Dyer County News

The truck was a complete loss after the one vehicle accident occurred Thursday morning on Highway 412.

A Tiptonville man is being held in the Lake County Jail on multiple charges after assaulting a city and county officer Monday night and then setting his clothing on fire at the correctional facility.

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

A 31-year-old man convicted of killing two persons during a robbery received two life sentences and another 40 years in prison.

According to Dyersburg police, Ladarious Melton, 36, is charged with robbery and felony evading arrest.

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

Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Department of Safety show eight people were killed in traffic crashes on Tennessee roadways during the 78-hour July 4th holiday period.

Eight people died on Tennessee streets and highways during the 78-hour Independence Day holiday weekend -- three of them in West Tennessee -- the state Department of Safety announced today.

Local residents attending the 14th annual Dyersburg/Dyer County NAACP Freedom Fund banquet at the Lannom Center, on Saturday, Aug.

If an earthquake rocked Dyer County, it would cost an estimated $22,248,600 to rebuild 25 county-owned buildings.

Jay Earl Haynes is wanted by the Dyer County Sheriff's Department for aggravated rape and violation of parole.

The Dyer County School Board met for its June meeting with several items on the agenda for consideration, from handbooks to the 2009-2010 budget.

Incoming Dyer County Commissioner W.D. Hilliard is congratulated by Ralph Henson, the man he'll replace.

In Dyer County Circuit Court on April 20-21: * Vickie Gail Allen, 37, 2506 St. John Apartments, pleaded guilty to theft of property in excess of $500 and failure to appear.

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

During this month's Dyer County Election Commission meeting Chairman Joe Enoch announced he had been nominated to run for the office of president of the Tennessee Association of County Election Officials .

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

In Dyer County Circuit Court on April 13-14: * Darius Antwon Brown, 17, Rivers Street, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder.

Dyer County held a public hearing Friday on its proposed 2009-2010 budget but the public didn't attend.

Ralph Henson is stepping down from the Dyer County Commission on June 30. Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill said Friday morning that he has received a letter of resignation.