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Route 91 to be reduced to one lane traffic as repairs take place
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. - Route 51 in Bollinger and Stoddard Counties will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews overlay the roadway. This section of roadway is located from Rt. 51 in Bollinger Co. to Rt. C in Stoddard Co...
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Local FFA Chapter does their part for Soles4Souls Campaign
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University's Horticulture Club and Collegiate Farm Bureau co-sponsored an initiative to collect new and gently used shoes recently as part of the Soles4Souls shoe campaign, and Dexter's FFA Chapter was one of the participating organizations...
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Michael D. Henley
(Obituary ~ 04/10/12)
Michael D. Henley, 44, of Dexter, Mo., died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Henley was born Aug. 30, 1967 in St. Louis, Mo. He had lived around Dudley and Dexter all of his life. He had been employed by Florida Marine Tank and Ken Minton Farms...
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Hali Mikhel Rice
(Obituary ~ 04/10/12)
Hali Mikhel Rice, daughter of Kevin Rice and Leslie Pattillo, both of Bloomfield, was born on March 3, 2010 at St. Louis and died at Missouri Southern Health-care in Dexter on April 6, 2012 at the age of two. Besides her parents, Hali is survived by one sister, Havyn Rice of Bloomfield; her paternal grandparents, Carey and Matthew Cossey of Hillsboro, and Allen and Jean Rice of Bloomfield; her maternal grandparents, Richard and Stephanie Pattillo of Malden, and Lisa and Darrell Tittle of Malden; her paternal great-grandparents, Norene Harvell of St. ...
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2 dead, 1 jailed after vehicle plunges into Black River at Poplar Bluff
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - A night of drinking ended the day before Easter with two men dead in the Black River and a Poplar Bluff woman jailed on suspicion of manslaughter. Joshua Phelps, 25, of Poplar Bluff and Jason Carrington, 29, of Malden, Mo., drowned in a submerged vehicle shortly after a one-vehicle accident at 4 a.m. Saturday, Butler County Coroner Jim Akers said...
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Broadband network to launch around June 1, Big River says
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
FARMINGTON, Mo. - Big River's new 4G LTE broadband network will be ready for customers in some areas this summer. As it gears up to launch this $33 million network, the company celebrated the grand opening of Big River Broadband's headquarters in a renovated fire station in downtown Farmington...
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Missouri Woman sentenced to 5 years for embezzlement
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) _ A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for embezzling nearly $880,000 from a manufacturing company where she worked as a payroll administrator. Forty-four-year-old Lisa Ervin, of Cape Girardeau, pleaded guilty in January to wire fraud and money laundering. The sentence she received Monday in U.S. District Court also requires her to pay restitution to her former employer, Nordenia USA...
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1,500 Mo. veterans have been hired under Show-Me Heroes program
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - When it gets hot in the welding shop at Ole Hickory Pits, Justin Stuhr doesn't mind. He developed a tolerance for heat during the 15 months he spent at Fort Liberty in Iraq with the U.S. Army. He was in the surge of 20,000 troops sent to Baghdad in 2007...
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Martin paces Lady 'Cats at Jackson Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Taylor Martin placed first in the 100 and second in the 200 to pace the Lady Bearcats at the Jackson Invitational Saturday. The girls 4x800 relay placed 5th (Morgan Cliff, Katie Justice, Kelsey Wood, and Alexis Smith). Smith also ran her best 2 mile and placed 8th...
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Notre Dame improves to 8-0 with win over PB
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
The Notre Dame baseball team has used strong pitching, solid defense and opportunistic offense to carve out a perfect record. That formula did the trick again Monday as the Bulldogs eased past visiting Poplar Bluff 6-1. "Our defense is working and our pitching has been good," Notre Dame junior catcher Chase Simmons said. "We haven't hit the ball as well as we can, but we work every day in the cages on our hitting."...
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Kennett bangs out win over South Pemiscot
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Kennett Indians starting pitcher Jon Rooney knows it is unlikely he will have to throw a shutout to collect a win on the mound this spring. "It's great to go out there and know right away you are probably going to be the winning pitcher," Rooney said of pitching for Kennett, which is averaging nine runs per game this season offensively. "We are hitting the ball great and scoring runs. We are just rolling."...
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Out at home
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
Dexter's Chase Young and the ball appear to be headed for home plate at the same time during SEMO Conference action Monday. Young was called out on a close play, but it was Dexter that took the game, 5-4. Sikeston's catcher on the play is Trent McMillan...
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Dexter's Stevens takes 2nd at PB Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Carr Vernon bounced back from a bad bounce Monday to take medalist honors at the Poplar Bluff Invitational. Vernon's second shot on No. 11 at Westwood Hills Country Club sailed over the green, hit a cart path and landed across the street. It didn't slow the Poplar Bluff senior, who shot a 2-under-par 69 to lead the Mules to the team title...
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Bearcats nip Bulldogs in conference play
(High School Sports ~ 04/10/12)
Logan Northern's throw to the plate nailed the potential game-tying runner and locked up a 5-4 win for the Dexter Bearcats over the Sikeston Bulldogs in SEMO Conference action Monday afternoon at the East park ball field. Dexter was trying to hang on to a slim one-run lead in top of the seventh inning when with two outs, the Bulldogs Drew Harper singled and Tim Wilson walked to put the potential tying run at second base. ...
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Analysis: Missouri ballot initiatives face hurdles
(State News ~ 04/10/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri voters could get a say this fall on a bevy of big issues. Should the state's income tax be replaced with a higher sales tax? Should the tobacco tax be raised? Should the minimum wage be raised? Should payday loan rates be limited? Should St. Louis gain control over its police force?...
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Blfd. woman appointed to 911 Board
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Stoddard County Commission appointed Donna Deardorff to the Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors and tabled action on the renewal of phone service to the county offices at their regular meeting Monday morning at the Government Building...
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Local teen faces drug charges
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
Dexter Police arrested Dusty Aaron Fields, 19, of Dexter Sunday on a county road just east of the city. He faces numerous drug-related and traffic charges. Fields was picked up on County Road 717 at 2:11 p.m. on a Stoddard County warrant charging him with the Class B felony of attempting to manufacture/produce a controlled substance, the Class A misdemeanor of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, and the Class D felony of possession of any methamphetamine precursor drug with intent to manufacture meth.. ...
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Community Fair slated for Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
The third annual Community Fair to benefit the Stoddard County Relay for Life event will be held this Saturday, April 14 at Dexter's West City Park, where the Relay event is slated to take place on May 4-5. The Community Fair, sponsored by the Spark of Hope Relay team, will feature local vendors with food, artwork and crafts...
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Local man dies in Sunday fire
(Local News ~ 04/10/12)
A Dexter man, 44-year-old Michael Henley, died Sunday evening in a fire at his residence on Jennings Lane, according to Fire Chief Don Seymore. Firefighters responded to a call at 8:20 p.m., after a neighbor in the duplex apartment in which Henley lived witnessed smoke coming into their apartment from the adjoining unit...
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