Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The City of Dexter has long been on top of emergency technology in various areas, but not in all. Currently, three of the city's storm warning sirens range between 30 and 40 years old. "Technology has changed a lot since then," said Fire Chief Don Seymore of the city's ailing warning system...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- An Aid man is behind bars today following an investigation leading to a drug arrest this week. Acording to Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner, as a result of an ongoing investigation into illegal drug use in the county, a search warrant was served on a residence near Aid, Mo...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Three people are behind bars today following the seizure of a half-pound of marijuana and various items of drug paraphernalia in Bloomfield. Those arrested were: Candis Lee, of Bloomfield, who has been charged with the Class C felony of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of the Class A misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child. Her bond is set at $50,000 cash-only...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has requested some minor changes from the Dexter Board of Aldermen regarding speed limits in Dexter. MoDOT asked that the city consider changing the speed limit on Bus. Hwy. 60 from Hwy. AD to Hwy. 25 to 35 miles per hour...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- It will be No. 1 Advance against No. 3 Dexter in the championship game of the Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) softball tournament after both teams came through with impressive semifinal wins Tuesday at Bloomfield. Advance used pitching and defense as much as the bats to take a 9-0 win over No. 4 Bernie, while Dexter outlasted No.. 2 Woodland for a 13-8 win in semifinal play...

Dexter's Lady Bearcats track team continued its impressive season by winning as the host school Tuesday at the Dexter Invitational own meet Dexter's boys finished in seventh place. Taylor Martin was part of four of the Lady Bearcats total of nine first place finishes. the senior won the 100 and 200 and was a member of the winning 4x100 (Martin, Lindsey Hindman, Brooke Baker and Samantha Midgett) and 4x200 (Martin, Baker, Midgett and Courtney Potts) relay teams...

Margie Worley, daughter of the late Charles Clinton and Lola Blanch Taylor Boyt, was born in Como, Mo., on Nov. 28, 1922, and died at her home near Doniphan, Mo., on April 17, 2012, at the age of 89. Mrs. Worley had been a resident of Stoddard County, Mo., most of her life. She moved to Doniphan three years ago. She was a member of the Grandin Full Gospel Holiness Church in Grandin, where she served as a board member. She worked at Elders Manufacturing and at area nursing homes...

A. C. Lay, son of the late Albert Charles Lay and Mabel Clara Ramsey Lay, was born on Aug. 4, 1924, in Bell City, Mo., and died on April 16, 2012, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 87. Mr. Lay was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Dexter, worked in several factories in Dexter, was a former employee of the First Baptist Church in Dexter, and was a resident of Dexter...