Stories from Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Bobie Lee Beck, son of the late Robert Lee Beck and Ruby Ramsey Beck, was born on Nov. 15, 1943, in Flint, Mich., and died on April 27, 2012, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter at the age of 68. Mr. Beck was a former factory worker for many years and a resident of Bernie...

Katherine Boyt, daughter of the late Claude Matthews and Hattie Lee Matthews, was born on Aug. 8, 1921, in Hornersville, Mo., and died on April 29, 2012, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 90. Mrs. Boyt was the owner and operator of Kay Beauty Shop where she worked as a beautician. She was the second longest living member of the Dexter First United Methodist Church...

Linda Faye Schroeder, daughter of the late Herman Liggett and Iva Workman Liggett, was born on Aug. 18,1939, in Bell City and died in the Wilshire at Lakewood Care Center in Lee's Summit on April 20, 2012, at the age of 72. Mrs. Schroeder was a homemaker and resident of Lee's Summit, and was formerly of Dexter...

Misty Willems, with her son Gaige, were among many special guests at Monday night's Survivor's Dinner, an annual kickoff for the Stoddard County Relay for Life event set for this weekend, May 4-5, at West City Park. Gaige is cancer free after battling a diagnosis...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer No airborne asbestos fibers found BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield Post Office has now been closed for an entire week in an effort to remove asbestos from the building. Officials with the USPS say progress is being made, but they are not ready to give an estimate as to when it may re-open...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Local residents did their part to rid the area of unwanted and unused drugs Saturday as they took part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Drug Take-Back Program at the Dexter Police Department. "We collected a total of 117 pounds of medications," said Police Chief Sammy Stone on Monday. "The program was a tremendous success here in Dexter."...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Stoddard County Commission approved repairing the 150 KW diesel generator at the Justice Center at a cost of $14,186.10 at its regular meeting Monday. The commission looked at two other proposals for replacing the generator, both of which were substantially higher in cost...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Dexter man was injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon just south of Bloomfield, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Fifty-two-year-old Tony R. Roper, of Dexter, sustained moderate injuries when his 2001 Honda motorcycle ran off the right side of County Road 511 about a mile south of Bloomfield and struck a stop sign...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A rash of weekend vandalism across the city of Dexter has local police in search of the culprits who, at one point in the early morning hours of Sunday, were seen running from an area in the southwestern part of the city...