Stories from Thursday, May 24, 2012

From left, Trooper David Crank, Corporal Shane Stewart and Sgt. Richard Sanders are shown as they were being presented the Missouri House of Representatives "Outstanding Missourians" Award recently in Jefferson City.

The Stoddard County Republican Club awarded two $500 scholarships to local students Monday night at their meeting. Shown in the picture from left to right are Joy-Lee Ward, Republican Club vice-chairwoman Kristin Bush, and Dustin James. Joy-Lee, the daughter of Michelle Ward, is a graduate of Dexter High School and is planning on attending Baptist Bible Collage in Springfield, Mo. ...

SEMO News Service CHAFFEE, Mo. - Chaffee's former police chief is back on duty this week despite a three-day postponement of any hiring announcement claimed Monday by the city's mayor. A Chaffee police officer confirmed Wednesday that Jim Chambers, who was fired by the city council in March, was his supervisor when he was asked to work a 24-hour shift Tuesday, which he said he did because the department came up shorthanded. The officer requested that his name not be used for a news story...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. (SMNS) -- Marble Hill is asking voters to change how revenue from a sales tax can be used by the city. In August 2010, voters approved a half-cent sales tax that would be used for capital improvements. When it was approved, the city repealed personal and real estate property taxes...

SUBMITTED photo Charles and Edith Shipman will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 26, 2012 from 2 until 5 p.m. at a reception in their honor at the fellowship Building of the Dexter Church of Christ on N. One Mile Road in Dexter...

SUBMITTED photo Julia Hahn, a Dexter eighth grade student, presented her science fair project at the Cape Area Engineers Club picnic held on May 8. Julia's project, "Can't Stain This" won first place at the local science fair and won the Cape Area Engineers Award at the Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair...

NAYLOR, Mo. -- The Oran baseball team sealed its invitation to an 11th Class 1 final four with the help of some timely good fortune Wednesday afternoon. Oran coach Mitch Wood hopes that trend, which helped his team secure a 4-1 victory over Naylor, will continue and allow the Eagles to bring home their first state championship...

State-ranked teams are set to collide for the right to represent the southeast Missouri region in the Class 3 high school baseball final four. The Lutheran South Lancers will host the Kennett Indians in a Class 3 state quarterfinal contest Friday at 4 p.m...

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State baseball team continued its late-season surge Wednesday night. Southeast's most recent impressive performance allowed the Redhawks to end an unenviable streak at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Sixth-seeded Southeast captured its opening game at the OVC tournament for the first time since 2008 by rallying past third-seeded Jacksonville State 4-1...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Jasmine L. Pyles, 16, and Amber M. Brown, 17, both sustained injuries in a wreck on Mo. 74 south of Cape Girardeau just before midnight Wednesday. The patrol states the two were passengers in a 2005 Dodge Ram driven by Ethan J. O'Conner, 22, of Cape. The vehicle reportedly ran off the roadway and overturned. O'Conner was uninjured. Another passenger, Brandon Younger, 22, of Advance sustained minor injuries...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A former Dexter man charged in connection with a May 21, 2011 rape in Dexter has had his case set for trial. Moses Grayson, Jr., 33, will stand trial beginning on Sept. 20 and running through Sept. 21 before Judge Fred Copeland in a New Madrid County courtroom. A pre-trial hearing was also scheduled for Sept. 11 to take up any final motions before trial...

From Staff reports COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Anna Eftink of Bloomfield has been named the 2012-2013 Area 15 State FFA Vice President. Eftink is a member of the Bloomfield FFA Chapter. Her advisor is Chad Upchurch. Her parents are Kenneth and Rebecca Eftink. Eftink's Supervised Agricultural Experience consists of a small flock of sheep, which she exhibits at district and county fairs. Sheep are sold at auction or as breeding stock following exhibition...

Over the past several years, the Dexter Show Choir, under the direction of now retired Dexter Music Program Director MaryRuth Boone, has taken their musical song and dance performances on the road to Chicago, New Orleans, Orlando, and last year to New York City...