Stories from Wednesday, September 5, 2012

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Lady Indians varsity girls tennis team improved to 3-0 against teams in its Class 1 district Tuesday afternoon with a 6-3 win against the Dexter Lady Bearcats. The loss snapped a 3-match winning streak for the Lady Bearcats who slipped to a 3-2 record on the season...

Freshman quarterback Ethan Stevens takes a hit from a pair of Poplar Bluff defenders during junior varsity play Tuesday night at Charles Bland Stadium. The junior varsity Bearcats battled the Mules to a 0-0 tie in overtime. The game was the second on the night as the Freshman Bearcats dropped a 28-0 decision to the visiting Mules. ...

Dexter's Carson Dean (No. 20) makes positive yards during Tuesday night's Freshman football game against Poplar Bluff at Charles Bland Stadium. Dexter lost the freshman game 28-0 but bounced back in the second game of the evening, a junior varsity contest, to salvage a 0-0 tie against Poplar Bluff. The freshman 'Cats will next be in action Monday at Sikeston for a 4:30 game. The junior varsity 'Cats will also be in action Monday at Sikeston in a second game scheduled to kickoff at 6 o'clock...

The Notre Dame volleyball team played five matches during the tournament it hosted over the weekend. The Bulldogs missed 44 serves and, to hear them tell it, allowed an unfathomable number of their opponents' tips to fall to the court on their way to winning the tournament's silver bracket...

Even after a 25-10, 25-9, win over Cape Central at home Tuesday, Dexter volleyball coach Carmen Morgan still feels here team is not playing up to its potential. Dexter got 11 kills from Jessica Lindsey and the team delivered nine aces from the service line as the Lady 'Cats dominated the Lady Tigers at the Bearcat Event Center...

Six people died in traffic crashes during the 2012 Labor Day holiday weekend -- none in Troop E, however. Last year, there were 13 fatalities. The 2012 counting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. During this period, the Patrol investigated 201 traffic crashes, which included 144 injuries and four of the six fatalities. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission approved the purchase of more shelving for the prosecuting attorney's office at a cost of $1,925 at its regular meeting held on Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday. The commission also was updated...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- At the Monday, Aug. 27 meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen, a city employee was given a pleasant surprise. It's doubtful that anyone who has visited the Bloomfield Public Library in recent years has done so without being greeted by Linda Myers...