Stories from Thursday, May 31, 2012

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, has announced the Memorial Day weekend traffic crash and enforcement totals for the Troop E area, which consists of 13 counties in Southeast Missouri. Troop E officers investigated 48 traffic crashes, which resulted in 24 injuries and zero fatalities. ...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Bloomfield teen sustained serious injuries in an ATV accident six miles south of Greenville late Wednesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Andrew T. Bond, 16, was a passenger in a 1997 John Deer Gator ATV driven by 17-year-old Claude E. Clinton, of Greenville, when the ATV left the roadway and struck a utility pole...

In the event of a major disaster in Stoddard County -- an earthquake, a pandemic, a powerful tornado, or an ice storm like the one that devastated the area in 2009 -- it's good to know there are resources in the form of trained personnel to assist emergency responders. Thanks to a special training offered in Dexter this week, those resources are growing...

Three enterprising young ladies were found on a sunny Wednesday afternoon earning a little summer spending cash by operating a lemonade/Kool-aid stand at the corner of Catalpa and Bain streets near downtown Dexter. From left are Grace Shaw, Hannah Smith, and Celina Smith. The three plan to go either skating or swimming with their hefty profits...

The Dexter Dragons avenged an earlier loss to the Campbell team on the road with a 23-4 win at home Wednesday. Look for more photos from the game in the Photo Galleries at the Daily Statesman's web site.

Stoddard County cotton farmers are planting slightly less than last year due to the extremely dry spring that has enveloped the Bootheel. Cotton farmers enjoyed a very good year in 2011 with good crops and high prices. Most cotton that was planted early in the spring season is faring well, but many farmers have had to shift gears and any substantial rain has evaded the area since March. Some farmers are planting soybeans where they originally hoped to plant cotton...

Thomas H. Young, son of the late Samual M. Young and Grace London Young, was born on June 28, 1925, in Fred-ericktown, Mo., and died on May 29, 2012, at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 86. Mr. Young graduated from Randles High School, Cape Business College and later attended Washington University in St. Louis where he studied Personnel Manage-ment and Labor Law...

DEXTER -- Word is getting out. In just it's third year of existence, the Rib City Shootout has expanded nearly four times its original size adding countless teams to it's summer basketball camp lineup. Starting Friday, the first of three girls weekends kicks off the summer with the boys beginning June 8-9...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Tens of millions of dollars annually will flow from Missouri casinos to state-run nursing homes for military veterans as a result of legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jay Nixon. The legislation taps the per-patron fees paid by casinos to provide a permanent, dedicated funding stream for the state's seven nursing homes that serve about 1,300 veterans...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Bloomfield teen sustained serious injuries in an ATV accident six miles south of Greenville late Wednesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Andrew T. Bond, 16, was a passenger in a 1997 John Deer Gator ATV driven by 17-year-old Claude E. Clinton, of Greenville, when the ATV left the roadway and struck a utility pole...

Local educators participate in disaster reaction training

Stoddard County cotton farmers are planting slightly less than last year due to the extremely dry spring that has enveloped the Bootheel. Cotton farmers enjoyed a very good year in 2011 with good crops and high prices. Most cotton that was planted early in the spring season is faring well, but many farmers have had to shift gears and any substantial rain has evaded the area since March. Some farmers are planting soybeans where they originally hoped to plant cotton...

Thomas H. Young, son of the late Samual M. Young and Grace London Young, was born on June 28, 1925, in Fred-ericktown, Mo., and died on May 29, 2012, at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 86. Mr. Young graduated from Randles High School, Cape Business College and later attended Washington University in St. Louis where he studied Personnel Manage-ment and Labor Law...

Three enterprising young ladies were found on a sunny Wednesday afternoon earning a little summer spending cash by operating a lemonade/Kool-aid stand at the corner of Catalpa and Bain streets near downtown Dexter. From left are Grace Shaw, Hannah Smith, and Celina Smith. The three plan to go either skating or swimming with their hefty profits...