Stories from Wednesday, June 13, 2012

A Dexter man is behind bars this week following a weekend burglary at a local business. Tony Lee Stephens, Jr. has been charged with the Class C felony of burglary in the second degree, the Class C felony of stealing and the Class B misdemeanor of property damage in the second degree...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board awarded the contract for construction of a new FEMA safe room to Sides Construction of Cape Girardeau at a cost of $1,615,949.75 at its regular meeting Monday night. The contract calls for adding one alternative, a sports floor at a cost of $59,000, and also includes a $50,000 construction contingency fund to be used for any cost adjustments during construction...

BERNIE, Mo. -- It's about to get a little tougher for Bernie students to attend the district's annual Honors Banquet. Following a split vote by the Board of Education Monday night, students will now be required to carry an A- average during the first three quarters of the school year rather than the previous B+ average...

Dozens of items, many of them sports related, are included in the annual 18 Fore Life live and silent auctions each year. Other items are raffled off at the annual fundraiser. The 2012 event last weekend in Dexter was no exception, and once again the most anticipated raffle prize was a new golf cart and trailer -- over a $7,000 value...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Estimated at 70 mph, winds damaged an apartment building roof and blew down trees, causing power outages, blocking streets and smashing one vehicle in Poplar Bluff around 1:15 p.m. Monday. Winds peeled off the roof of the 505 Apartments building, at the corner of Fifth and Oak Streets, leaving residents scrambling to salvage their possessions from severe water damage...

The third of five sessions of the Rib City Shootout will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Bearcat Event Center and other Dexter Public Schools basketball venues. The girls will be featured this time around as 36 teams from Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Illinois are scheduled to participate...

The dates have been announced for the annual Bearcat Boys Basketball Summer Camp 2012. The four-day camp will be held at the Bearcat Event Center and begin on June 25th (Monday) and run through June 28th (Thursday), according to camp officials. There will be three sessions for different age groups. ...

Douglas Ray Mansfield, age 64, was born Feb. 24, 1948, and died at his home in Pacific, Mo., on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, of a sudden heart attack. Doug is survived by his wife Judy, his parents, Neal and Christine Mansfield, and sister Donna, of Dudley, Mo.; a daughter Lisa and son-in-law Steve Lucy of New Madrid, Mo.; two sons, David of Pacific, Mo., and Russell and daughter-in-law Stephanie of Wentzville, Mo.; and one granddaughter, Madison...