Stories from Friday, May 11, 2012

FISK, Mo. - A wreck at 4:45 p.m. Thursday at US 60's South Outer Rd. about one mile east of Hwy. 51 left two people with serious injuries. Both were airlifted from the scene of the accident and taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 52-year-old Thomas J. Hubbert of Dudley was westbound on the Outer Rd. when he failed to negotiate a curve, ran of the roadway, became airborne and struck an embankment...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The Oran baseball team had plenty of chances to end the regular season with a win Wednesday afternoon, but Poplar Bluff kept swinging. The Eagles nearly turned a game-ending triple play in the seventh inning before escaping a bases-loaded jam later in the inning. They had Poplar Bluff down to its final out in the 10th inning...

The 2012 SEMO Conference all-conference baseball team has been released and the Dexter Bearcats are well represented on the roster. Infielders Chase Young and Jordan Miller -- along with outfielder Brad Potts -- made the first team, while Kennett's Daniel Lockhert and Notre Dame's Cody Heisserer shared Player of the Year honors...

KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians baseball team pushed across six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 10-10 tie on its way to a 16-10 win against the Kelly Hawks Thursday afternoon. "We really swung the bats well," Kennett coach Aaron New said. "Even when we made outs we made solid contact. We didn't pitch as well as we wanted to today and sometimes that happens. Our offense kind of carried us today."...

With one of the deepest slates in the state -- including two of the top three teams in Class 3 -- one can make a great case that the Class 3, District 1 Tournament at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau might just be the best district in the state top to bottom...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - A new date for completing construction of the $173 million Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center was announced during the Topping Out Celebration Wednesday. "We are very excited to announce we will open the doors and begin operations in January 2013," said Charles Stewart, market chief executive officer for PBRMC and the Missouri Region. "This is more than a year earlier than originally announced."...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Whittney J. Parks, 18, of Dexter, sustained moderate injuries Wednesday night in a wreck three miles east of Poplar Bluff on US Hwy. 60, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Parks was reportedly eastbound on US 60 just after 8:30 last night when her vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a post, then crossed over an exit ramp and overturned...

At the recent Founders Day Program for Beta Sigma Phi held at Cox Corner in Dexter, local members observed the 81st anniversary of the women's organization, which was founded in 1931. The purpose of the organization was to bring women together to expose them to a social, cultural and educational climate that was not available in the days following the Great Depression...

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours. At a news briefing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the mail agency was backing off its plan to close up to 3,700 low-revenue post offices sometime after May 15. ...

CAMP AS SALIYAH, Qatar -- A Dexter soldier is among Missouri National Guardsmen from two deployed units who are undergoing the rigorous Army Warrior Leader's Course while on a base security mission in the Middle East. Cody D. Benefield is one of the soldiers from the 3175th Chemical Company, based in St. ...

CHARLESTON - Gov. Jay Nixon made a stop in Southeast Missouri bringing good news for city and county officials: Additional funds to repair damage from last year's floods are on the way. The state will provide nearly $1.5 million in additional assistance to help several Missouri towns and counties in repairing or replacing roads, bridges and other public infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the devastating floods of 2011. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Stoddard County man accused of murdering his son made his first court appearance Thursday. Charles C. Goforth, 40, of Catron, was arrested early Saturday, May 5, 2012, and charged with the Class A felony of second degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield Board of Aldermen held a special meeting Wednesday evening to open bids on an upcoming paving project. Several of the city's rights-of-way are in disrepair and the city recently began looking into the possibility of having them redone...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Dexter man charged for his role in an officer assault at Dexter in 2011 has been given a four-year suspended sentence. Terry Mace was arrested in September 2011, and was charged with the Class C felony of second degree assault. He has since been at the Stoddard County Jail facing a $250,000 bond...

Nearly a century of experience will leave the halls of Dexter Schools at the conclusion of the school year this month. A Retirement Tea, hosted by the local Certified Teachers Association, honored four retiring teachers Thursday afternoon at the Bearcat Event Center...

Ale Clifford Cato, 86, a resident of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died at The Chateau Girardeau on Thursday, May 10, 2012. He was born on July 9, 1925, at Green-briar, Mo., to Lewis Wesley and Valley Mae Cato. He was united in marriage to Betty Eleanor Croy on June 10, 1946; she preceeded him in death on Mar. 30, 2008. He later married Virginia Parker...