Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Pauline Levart of Dexter escaped serious injury Tuesday morning when her vehicle left County Road 717 about half a mile south of Highway 114 east of Dexter and came to rest against a tree. It took members of the Dexter Fire Department's Extrication Team several minutes to free the woman from her vehilcle, which came to rest on the driver's side. Dexter Police, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the local Fire Department were all on the scene as the woman was freed form the vehicle...

Jimmy Hester, son of Beryl Irene Burroughs Hester and the late James Victor Harris, was born in Berry St. Edmunds, England, on Feb., 28, 1957, and died at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo., on Jan., 7, 2011, at the age of 59. On Sept., 15, 2007, he married Judy Kay Warren-Harris in Dexter, Mo...

Lowell Wallace, son of the late Rev. Tom and Maudie Honeycutt Wallace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., on June 24, 1924, and died at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid, Mo., on Jan., 6, 2012, at the age of 87. On Oct., 18, 1941, he married Edna Whitworth in Parma, Mo. ...

Bonnie Jean Lewis, daughter of the late James and Etta Belle Massey Daniels, was born in Kinder, Mo., on Oct. 24, 1939, and died at her home in Pux-ico, Mo., on Jan. 7, 2012, at the age of 72. She had lived in the Pux-ico and Kinder areas most of her life. She attended the General Baptist Church in Puxico, Mo. She enjoyed quilting, doing ceramics and needle work. She and her husband were the owners of Cliff's Market, and she also worked at the Puxico Nursing Center...

BERNIE, Mo. - Four vehicles were involved in a Monday afternoon wreck north of Bernie that left a Wingo, Ky., woman with moderate injuries. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Deborah K. Brannon, 49, the injured party from Kentucky, was southbound on Highway 25, two miles north of Bernie, when she crossed the center line and struck a northbound 2003 Freightliner driven by Jeffrey M. ...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor ASHERVILLE, Mo. - A Dudley man lost his life in a head-on accident on Rt. J Sunday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 58-year-old August J. Scherer was westbound when his 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2003 Ford driven by 84-year-old Georgia A. Graves, of Dexter...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The most recent Stoddard County Law Day wrapped up a number of ongoing criminal cases and sent a total of 14 people to prison. Following is a complete list of all prison sentences...

NOREEN HYSLOP - nhyslopl@dailystatesman.com Homecoming royalty will be named between games at Friday night's basketball match against Bernie. Nominated this year by the various Dexter High School teams are, seated from left, Stephanie Gee (Wrestling), Rilee Jones (Cheerleaders), Hannah Noe (Girls' Basketball), and Chelsey Massey (Wrestling). ...

By PATRICK T. SULLIVAN SEMO News Service When Brad Phillips lent his 1864 Springfield rifled musket to the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Mo., in 2003, he said he did so to prevent it from getting stolen from his home. The museum guaranteed it would securely house the gun and that he could retrieve it anytime he desired, he said...