Open Mic Night offers local music from a charming downtown venue Who says there's nothing to do in downtown Dyersburg? The Dyersburg-Dyer County Arts Council hosted its first Open Mic Night on Saturday, October 12, at the downtown Pocket Park, a charming venue with plenty of room for the small crowd that came out to sit and listen to the night's act, while grabbing a cup of coffee from Misfit Militia or a...
County Commission talks water conditions, EMS costs, and grants during Monday’s meeting The Dyer County Legislative Body convened Monday night, October 14 for a lengthy agenda including conversations regarding a potential increase in the cost of EMS coverage, the condition of water from... Budget Committee OKs transfers, Cooperative Purchase Agreement The Dyer County Budget Committee convened briefly before the Dyer County Legislative Body meeting on Monday night, October 14 to discuss fund transfers and the Cooperative Purchase Agreement. Dyersburg Board of Education hears of DMS Women’s Choir achievementTEC opens period for communities to apply for free Recycle RoundupsHistorical Society to preview Ken Burns documentary on da VinciDyer County School Board says no to retroactive raise hike for teachers1Reelfoot Pelican Festival ready to land this weekendDSCC hosted prestigious TBR quarterly board meetingArts Alumni Exhibitin on display through Oct. 19Sheriff’s department chooses vendor for domestic violence offender GPS gear4Zaxby’s, Chipotle, and Aldi’s are making their way to Lake Rd.“Singo” night to benefit the DHS BandDyer County gets second viewing of Northern LightsFamily drops out; tunes into the real world—on horseback1 Meet Louise! This week's Pet of the Week Community Click here for more info and to register online.
County Commission talks water conditions, EMS costs, and grants during Monday’s meeting The Dyer County Legislative Body convened Monday night, October 14 for a lengthy agenda including conversations regarding a potential increase in the cost of EMS coverage, the condition of water from... Budget Committee OKs transfers, Cooperative Purchase Agreement The Dyer County Budget Committee convened briefly before the Dyer County Legislative Body meeting on Monday night, October 14 to discuss fund transfers and the Cooperative Purchase Agreement.
Dyersburg Board of Education hears of DMS Women’s Choir achievementTEC opens period for communities to apply for free Recycle RoundupsHistorical Society to preview Ken Burns documentary on da VinciDyer County School Board says no to retroactive raise hike for teachers1Reelfoot Pelican Festival ready to land this weekendDSCC hosted prestigious TBR quarterly board meetingArts Alumni Exhibitin on display through Oct. 19Sheriff’s department chooses vendor for domestic violence offender GPS gear4Zaxby’s, Chipotle, and Aldi’s are making their way to Lake Rd.“Singo” night to benefit the DHS BandDyer County gets second viewing of Northern LightsFamily drops out; tunes into the real world—on horseback1
Pics from the Reelfoot Arts and Crafts Festival 2024 (10/7/24) Locals head downtown for Courtyard on Main celebration and Pickin’ at the Park (10/4/24) Farmers Market; last day of season 2024 (9/28/24) MORE GALLERIES
Current conditions T-storm in Vicinity 72°F Weather page Forecast This Afternoon Partly Sunny High: 63°F Tonight Clear Low: 38°F Wednesday Sunny High: 60°F Low: 36°F Thursday Patchy Frost then Sunny High: 65°F Low: 40°F
Forecast This Afternoon Partly Sunny High: 63°F Tonight Clear Low: 38°F Wednesday Sunny High: 60°F Low: 36°F Thursday Patchy Frost then Sunny High: 65°F Low: 40°F
Obituaries Obituaries for October 15 Arthur “Bubba” Lee... Obituaries for October 12 Danny Lynn Vestal Danny Lynn Vestal of Waverly Hall, Georgia was called home to Heaven on October 6, 2024. Born on April 12, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, Danny was a beloved figure in his community. Danny... Obituaries for October 10 J.T. "Bubba" Burrus J.T. "Bubba" Burrus, age 97, of Tiptonville, TN, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2024, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, October 11, 2024, at... View more obituaries Court Records On the Record (9/16/24) Circuit Court 05/02/24 Jeremiah Leonte Nance – Evading arrest in motor vehicle with risk of death 08/20/24 Michael Tyler Ashley – Theft over $2,500 Titus Johnson – Felony Reckless Endanderment... View more records
Obituaries Obituaries for October 15 Arthur “Bubba” Lee... Obituaries for October 12 Danny Lynn Vestal Danny Lynn Vestal of Waverly Hall, Georgia was called home to Heaven on October 6, 2024. Born on April 12, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, Danny was a beloved figure in his community. Danny... Obituaries for October 10 J.T. "Bubba" Burrus J.T. "Bubba" Burrus, age 97, of Tiptonville, TN, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2024, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, October 11, 2024, at... View more obituaries
Court Records On the Record (9/16/24) Circuit Court 05/02/24 Jeremiah Leonte Nance – Evading arrest in motor vehicle with risk of death 08/20/24 Michael Tyler Ashley – Theft over $2,500 Titus Johnson – Felony Reckless Endanderment... View more records
Dyer County powers past Bolivar to advance to region championship Dyer County opened the Region 7AA Tournament on the road on Monday night taking just under an hour to sweep District 14AA runner-up Bolivar on the Lady Tigers’ home court in the tournament semifinals. Lady Choctaws win the title (10/12/24)Northview volleyball sweeps through pool play, enters winner’s bracket as top seed (10/11/24)Lady Choctaws make it a district four-peat (10/11/24)TSSAA enrollment numbers released with initial classification placement (10/10/24)Northview headed to TMSAA Volleyball Class A State Tournament (10/9/24)Dyersburg's Morris finishes 17th in Class A State Tournament (10/9/24)Northview runners end season at state meet (10/9/24)Dyersburg falls to Crockett County in 13AA Semifinals (10/9/24)Dyer County advances to fourth straight district title game (10/9/24)Lady Trojans open postseason with sweep (10/8/24)View more sports
Dyer County powers past Bolivar to advance to region championship Dyer County opened the Region 7AA Tournament on the road on Monday night taking just under an hour to sweep District 14AA runner-up Bolivar on the Lady Tigers’ home court in the tournament semifinals.
Lady Choctaws win the title (10/12/24)Northview volleyball sweeps through pool play, enters winner’s bracket as top seed (10/11/24)Lady Choctaws make it a district four-peat (10/11/24)TSSAA enrollment numbers released with initial classification placement (10/10/24)Northview headed to TMSAA Volleyball Class A State Tournament (10/9/24)Dyersburg's Morris finishes 17th in Class A State Tournament (10/9/24)Northview runners end season at state meet (10/9/24)Dyersburg falls to Crockett County in 13AA Semifinals (10/9/24)Dyer County advances to fourth straight district title game (10/9/24)Lady Trojans open postseason with sweep (10/8/24)View more sports
Letter to the Editor Congressman Kustoff: Support the SAFE Act to protect older Tennesseans Saturday, August 24, 2024 To the Editor, Columns Being who you are Much frustration results when a person tries to be someone who they are not. When this happens a number of factors are at play. Pressure to conform to the expectations of others, the desire for acceptance, and the yearning to emulate the lifestyles of others are some of them... Unique generation of our society In my day, high school seniors were known for three things: borrowing their parents’ cars, sleeping through the first period, and hoping their "C+" in Algebra II would somehow get them into college. Fast forward to today, and this new generation of seniors is making us all look bad—seriously bad... To connect, you’ve got to disconnect I say it, you say it, and we know it’s true—we need to turn off our devices and spend time in the real world. We get so disconnected from the Earth and our lives. We live in a virtual reality. What we think of as reality is an elixir of lies that has drugged us into thinking our lives are authentic. We are hypnotized. We have become slaves to self-imposed fictions. We are dead or dying inside. Self-service, blessing or a curse? Remember the good old days when someone actually helped you with things? You'd walk into a store, and a friendly human would ask, “How can I assist you today?” Now, you're more likely to get, “Please use the self-checkout!” from a machine that somehow manages to sound both helpful and condescending... Ambition Some people have ambition while others don't. But ambition isn't required for happiness. So, does ambition serve a purpose? Ambition is beneficial when it originates from your own desire. Ambition can be detrimental if it is externally imposed on you by another person... Is it possible? Not long ago, people would confidently declare, "That'll happen when pigs fly!" It was shorthand for "never," an amusing way of saying something was utterly, completely, and spectacularly impossible. Fast forward to today, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if there’s a startup somewhere developing jetpacks for swine... Mistakes " He who never made a mistake never made a discovery." - Samuel Smiles Although no one wants to, we all make mistakes. It's virtually unavoidable. Mistakes have a stigma associated with them. To many people, mistakes are synonymous with failure, and no one wants to be labeled a failure... Where all roads lead to chaos Ah, the 4-way stop—the intersection where time stops, logic crumbles, and humanity's faith in each other is truly tested. It's like the Bermuda Triangle of traffic, where even seasoned drivers with GPS assistance lose their bearings and suddenly forget how to function as rational beings. If you’ve ever approached one of these road conundrums, you know exactly what I’m talking about. First, let’s talk about the universally ignored rule: “First come, first served”... “Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there”—homelessness…here Around 2000, I traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for a wedding. It was less than a decade after Apartheid ended. My family and I stayed at a friend of a friend’s luxurious home. It sat on a high hill in a wealthy neighborhood. Exquisitely built into that hill, the house offered amenities like I’d never seen. The window in the bathroom looked down on the city and a stretch of beautiful beach. While you soaked in the deep tub, you could watch the waves roll in in. The floors were covered in smooth and polished stone. What if nothing works? As a reader of this column, you are striving to improve your life. You want to attain your goals and bring your dreams into reality. You want to break through your self-imposed limitations. So you follow all of the advice in this column. But you think nothing is working. ... Blogs Sarah Alley I wept (7/28/24) Sarah Alley It Takes Three (6/16/24) Lisa Chesney Let us not pass judgement (4/30/24) View more blogs
Letter to the Editor Congressman Kustoff: Support the SAFE Act to protect older Tennesseans Saturday, August 24, 2024 To the Editor,
Columns Being who you are Much frustration results when a person tries to be someone who they are not. When this happens a number of factors are at play. Pressure to conform to the expectations of others, the desire for acceptance, and the yearning to emulate the lifestyles of others are some of them... Unique generation of our society In my day, high school seniors were known for three things: borrowing their parents’ cars, sleeping through the first period, and hoping their "C+" in Algebra II would somehow get them into college. Fast forward to today, and this new generation of seniors is making us all look bad—seriously bad... To connect, you’ve got to disconnect I say it, you say it, and we know it’s true—we need to turn off our devices and spend time in the real world. We get so disconnected from the Earth and our lives. We live in a virtual reality. What we think of as reality is an elixir of lies that has drugged us into thinking our lives are authentic. We are hypnotized. We have become slaves to self-imposed fictions. We are dead or dying inside. Self-service, blessing or a curse? Remember the good old days when someone actually helped you with things? You'd walk into a store, and a friendly human would ask, “How can I assist you today?” Now, you're more likely to get, “Please use the self-checkout!” from a machine that somehow manages to sound both helpful and condescending... Ambition Some people have ambition while others don't. But ambition isn't required for happiness. So, does ambition serve a purpose? Ambition is beneficial when it originates from your own desire. Ambition can be detrimental if it is externally imposed on you by another person... Is it possible? Not long ago, people would confidently declare, "That'll happen when pigs fly!" It was shorthand for "never," an amusing way of saying something was utterly, completely, and spectacularly impossible. Fast forward to today, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if there’s a startup somewhere developing jetpacks for swine... Mistakes " He who never made a mistake never made a discovery." - Samuel Smiles Although no one wants to, we all make mistakes. It's virtually unavoidable. Mistakes have a stigma associated with them. To many people, mistakes are synonymous with failure, and no one wants to be labeled a failure... Where all roads lead to chaos Ah, the 4-way stop—the intersection where time stops, logic crumbles, and humanity's faith in each other is truly tested. It's like the Bermuda Triangle of traffic, where even seasoned drivers with GPS assistance lose their bearings and suddenly forget how to function as rational beings. If you’ve ever approached one of these road conundrums, you know exactly what I’m talking about. First, let’s talk about the universally ignored rule: “First come, first served”... “Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there”—homelessness…here Around 2000, I traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for a wedding. It was less than a decade after Apartheid ended. My family and I stayed at a friend of a friend’s luxurious home. It sat on a high hill in a wealthy neighborhood. Exquisitely built into that hill, the house offered amenities like I’d never seen. The window in the bathroom looked down on the city and a stretch of beautiful beach. While you soaked in the deep tub, you could watch the waves roll in in. The floors were covered in smooth and polished stone. What if nothing works? As a reader of this column, you are striving to improve your life. You want to attain your goals and bring your dreams into reality. You want to break through your self-imposed limitations. So you follow all of the advice in this column. But you think nothing is working. ...
Blogs Sarah Alley I wept (7/28/24) Sarah Alley It Takes Three (6/16/24) Lisa Chesney Let us not pass judgement (4/30/24) View more blogs
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Publications Hometown Heroes Hometown Heroes Destination Destination 2024 Student Life Student Life Spring 2024 Edition Newcomers 2024 Newcomers Edition Medical Guide Medical Guide 2024 SHE : A Magazine for Women SHE Magazine 2023 Dyer County Bicentennial October 13, 2023 Pigskin Preview Pigskin Preview 2023
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Last week's most readFamily drops out; tunes into the real world—on horseback Zaxby’s, Chipotle, and Aldi’s are making their way to Lake Rd. TSSAA enrollment numbers released with initial classification placement Dyersburg City Board acts on zoning issues; accepts scoreboard bid Obituaries for October 12 National NewsAfter hurricanes, the business of rebuilding lives means navigating the insurance claims process Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say Canada-India dispute over assassination allegations could impact Modi's global ambitions Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes Harris zeroes in on Black men as she and Republican Donald Trump seek to fire up key voting blocs Weird NewsA wild cat native to Africa and Asia is captured in a Chicago suburb After 67 days adrift, a Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead Snake slithers through Dodgers dugout during NLCS loss to Mets Conkers controversy: World tournament investigates claims of cheating with steel chestnut Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest
Last week's most readFamily drops out; tunes into the real world—on horseback Zaxby’s, Chipotle, and Aldi’s are making their way to Lake Rd. TSSAA enrollment numbers released with initial classification placement Dyersburg City Board acts on zoning issues; accepts scoreboard bid Obituaries for October 12
National NewsAfter hurricanes, the business of rebuilding lives means navigating the insurance claims process Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say Canada-India dispute over assassination allegations could impact Modi's global ambitions Trump uses interview on economics to promote tariffs and riff on his favorite themes Harris zeroes in on Black men as she and Republican Donald Trump seek to fire up key voting blocs
Weird NewsA wild cat native to Africa and Asia is captured in a Chicago suburb After 67 days adrift, a Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead Snake slithers through Dodgers dugout during NLCS loss to Mets Conkers controversy: World tournament investigates claims of cheating with steel chestnut Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest