Stories from Sunday, July 29, 2012

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer A man and woman from Dexter are behind bars today following a recent marijuana bust. According to Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner, on Friday, July 27, a search warrant was executed by his department and the Dexter Police Department on a home in Dexter...

SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Tickets for violations of Jackson municipal ordinances will be sent to a prosecution witness in the case against Clay Waller for the murder of his estranged wife and Waller's son, James Clay Waller III, after both were arrested for fighting Wednesday outside the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Much has been published in recent days regarding the signing of a federal bill into law earlier in July that bans the sale, production and possession of more than two dozen of the most common bath salt drugs. According to an AP story that ran in the Thursday, July 26 edition of Daily Statesman, producers of bath salts and their counterparts are constantly "tweaking" their recipes in efforts to come up with new drugs that aren't covered by local laws...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer The solid walnut cross features 15 sensor lights that automatically come on at dusk and go off at dawn. The cross stands next to the sign at the entrance to the Mount Pisgah General Baptist Church in Aquilla...