Stories from Sunday, September 11, 2011

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The deadline for rice farmers across the county to file a claim in a proposed $750 million dollar settlement offered by Germany-based Bayer Cropscience AG is nearing, according to Don Downing, co-lead counsel and lead trial attorney for plaintiffs in a series of trials that began in 2009. The deadline is Oct. 10, 2012 , but the paperwork and process to become part of the settlement takes two to three weeks, Downing said...

From staff reports A Puxico teen, Matthew D. Rohan, 18, was killed in an early Saturday morning wreck in Scott County. According to the Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just before 1a.m. when Rohan, driving a 1997 Ford, was eastbound on County Road 538 just east of Miner and ran off the right side of the road, striking a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Ella Abernathy Pry was born just days after Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election, beating out Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft. Eight-hundred dollars would buy a brand new Studebaker, bacon was 16 cents a pound, and a thirst could be quenched with a seven-cent Sarsaparilla...

Industrial Appreciation Week The Dexter Chamber of Commerce prepared for Industrial Appreciation Week by inviting representatives of the various industries in the area to a mixer Friday morning at the Chamber offices. Also present were members of the Chamber and city officials. ...