Stories from Friday, February 10, 2012

Shirley Williams, daughter of Lucille Dunlap Woods of Jonesboro, Ark., and the late Lloyd Woods, was born on Sept. 17, 1938 in Bono, Ark. and died on Feb. 9, 2012 at her residence in Jonesboro, Ark. at the age of 73. Mrs. Williams was a former resident of Dexter. She was the owner of Saveway Petroleum in Dexter...

Ruth Evelyn Holtz-houser, daughter of the late Virgil Marvin Bennett and Annie Laurie Moring Bennett, was born in Shook, Mo., on Jan. 10, 1930, and died at her residence in Bernie, Mo., on Feb. 9, 2012 at the age of 82. Mrs. Holtzhouser was a Med Tech at Elgin Mental Hospital in Elgin, Ill. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Better than last season's conference tournament championship That was the opinion of Kennett Lady Indians varsity senior center Audrey Wynne shortly after posing for a team photo with the first-place plaques following her team's 71-39 win against South Pemiscot in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship Thursday night...

After suffering a one-point loss on the road to Notre Dame Regional High School on Monday, the Dexter Lady Bearcats took out their frustrations on another Cape Girardeau school. The Lady Bearcats put up 32 points in the first quarter and never looked back on their way to a 79-33 win over the Cape Central Lady Tigers Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. - The City of Caruthersville's Chief of Police, Chris Riggs, who has been charged with allegations of forgery and stealing thousands of dollars from the city's Criminal Investigation Fund has pled "not guilty" to the felonious counts against him and will be continuing his case in Dunklin County Circuit Court following a change of venue request which was approved in late January...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' intentional breaching of a levee in Southeast Missouri last year was front and center on Capitol Hill on Thursday as U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill grilled the nominee looking to become the corps' next commander...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri education officials are moving closer to submitting a voluntary waiver application to the U.S. Department of Education which, if approved, would provide state and local education leaders with flexibility in meeting requirements of No Child Left Behind...

Statistics kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicate that methamphetamine-related incidents have gone down in some parts of Southeast Missouri since many cities began requiring a prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine. Nearly 60 Missouri communities have adopted laws that require prescriptions to get pseudoephedrine, a primary ingredient in meth. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - The date of Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, has been selected as the trial date for Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, Mo., who is accused of killing Senath's three-year-old BreeAnn Rodrigues. According to Stephen P. Sokoloff, Dunklin County prosecuting attorney, jurors will be selected in Phelps County Circuit Court on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7...

While vandalism is quite often a fact of life in public facilities, the City of Dexter is taking steps to put an immediate stop to a recent issue at one of the city's parks. While the city is not new to vandalism, it has taken extra steps to help remedy the current situation...

Arlue Cantrell was born on Oct. 8, 1932, in Arkansas and died at her home in Bloomfield, Mo., on Feb. 8, 2012. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield is in charge of arrangements.