BENTON, Mo. — An investigation by a Scott County special prosecutor has resulted in the federal indictment of a Sikeston man for the murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless. Lawless, 19, was murdered around 1 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992, in the vicinity of the 80-mile marker, northbound exit ramp of Interstate 55 and Missouri Highway 77 in Benton/Scott County...

DEXTER – On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his technicians at Tyson Foods who, through tears, told him the company’s plant in Dexter was shutting down. Hundreds of jobs at the poultry slaughterhouse would be lost and farmers like Hinkle, who contracted with Tyson to raise egg-laying hens, would be out of business...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen met in a special meeting Dec. 9 to discuss the minimum wage increase and disaster damage to be turned into FEMA. The damage is a result of the storm damage to the Dexter area earlier in the year. Parks and Recreation Director Jamie Rowe said she has been looking a ways to offset the minimum wage increase. Rowe suggested increasing the entry fee at the pool from $8.50 to $9.00 per person or adjusting hours...