Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Thomas James Patten, age 80, died in Waterford, Mich., on Nov. 16, 2011. Mr. Patten, formerly of Dex-ter, left many friends and family members in the Dexter community. Funeral Services were conducted in Michigan, and he was interred at Great Lake National Cemetery in Holly, Mich...

Geneva Eva Fortner, daughter of the late Sherman Edward and Dona Mae Christian Fortner, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on April 9, 1925, and died at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Dec. 12, 2011, at the age of 86. Mrs. Fortner had lived in the Advance area all her life, except for a brief time when she lived in St. Louis, Mo. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Church in Dexter, Mo...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - It's that time of year again. No, not the Christmas season, but election season. Filing for the April 2012 Municipal Election officially opened and is in full swing. The final date for candidates to file for election is on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A story that aired Saturday on KFVS12 this past weekend regarding an antique weapon missing from the Stars and Stripes Museum/Library has officials up in arms. The Board of Directors volunteer treasurer Sue Tippen spoke exclusively with The Daily States-man/North Stoddard Countian Tuesday afternoon about the issue...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Dexter man pled guilty Monday afternoon in federal court on child pornography charges related to him allegedly exploiting a teenage relative by taking nude videos of her. Michael Lee Wilson, 37, pled guilty to two felony counts of possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield School Board hired Toni Hill as the new superintendent during an executive session Monday night at the Administration Building on the school campus. Hill is the current superintendent of the Portageville School District. She will be replacing Dr. Nicholas Thiele, who informed the board in October that he will be retiring after the 2011-12 school year...