Stories from Wednesday, October 12, 2011

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Two people are in custody and law enforcement officers are searching for three other people in connection with $10, $20 and $50 counterfeit bills that began turning up in area businesses Thursday. Jailed in the Butler County Justice Center were Brynet Nicole Trice, 19, of Poplar Bluff and Darius Allen Robinson, 22, of Huntsville, Ala...

The first edition of Newspapers in Education's (NIE) series for area students appears in today's Daily Statesman. Each year the Missouri Press Association sponsors NIE to provide students in grades four through 12 a better understanding of history in the United States. The publication includes a teacher's guide to implement the lessons in the classroom...

BERNIE, Mo. - Bernie School Board members approved the district's audit report, heard an account of AYP and APR data, accepted a letter of resignation, and approved two additions to the substitute teacher list in an hour-long meeting this week. Don Collins, CPA with Robertson, Scherer & Collins, LLP, was unable to attend Monday night's meeting, but addressed the board through written form regarding the district's recent audit...

As Wayne Lewis of Bloomfield, now 80, slowly makes his way to the shed in his back yard, a person can see his face light up. While he doesn't get around as fast as he once did, one look in his shop tells the tale of a man with a true passion for art and carpentry...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- The seedings have held true in both the varsity and junior varsity brackets after Tuesday's play finished up the first round of the SCAA Volleyball Tournament at Advance. Dexter's second-seeded varsity squad did get a little bit of a scare in Game 2 of its match with No. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri House passed a job incentive Bill Thursday that included some of the incentives and tax cuts in the Senate Bill, but differed on cutting some tax credits and included a cut in the corporate income taxes. The bill will head back to the Senate where it will be taken up on Tuesday when the Senate reconvenes. The differences between the two chambers is considerable, and it remains questionable as to whether the two sides can arrive at a compromise...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Brian Schaefer has performed in relative anonymity. That was until the Advance native and ex-Southeast Missouri State baseball standout landed a plum gig in a Hardee's commercial that recently flooded local airwaves for several weeks...

As Wayne Lewis of Bloomfield, now 80, slowly makes his way to the shed in his back yard, a person can see his face light up. While he doesn't get around as fast as he once did, one look in his shop tells the tale of a man with a true passion for art and carpentry...

Elizabeth "Beth" Spitzmiller, 63, of Advance, Mo., the daughter of Gerald and Virginia Shell Bird, was born Oct. 16, 1947, at Cape Girar-deau, Mo., and died Oct. 10, 2011, at her home. Beth was a homemaker. Beth and William "Mack" Spitzmiller were united in marriage on May 28, 1966, in Advance, Mo., and he preceded her in death on July 31, 2009...