Stories from Wednesday, September 12, 2012

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Members of the Poplar Bluff High School graduating class of 1962 will celebrate their 50th reunion with a two-day schedule of events Oct. 5 and 6 -- the same weekend as the high school's football homecoming game. On Friday, Oct. ...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The two men charged in connection with an August burglary in Bernie are now being charged in other burglaries around the area. Marcrease Delance Farmer, 27, of Malden, and Steven W. Ketchum, 21, of Malden, are each charged with the Class B felony of theft stealing (value over $25,000), five counts of the Class C felony of burglary- second degree, two counts of the Class C felony of theft/stealing of any firearm, the Class C felony of theft/stealing, the Class D felony of property damage first degree and the Class A misdemeanor of theft (value less than $500).. ...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Charges stemming from an alleged 2011 Dexter rape were dropped and re-filed following a Tuesday hearing in a New Madrid County courtroom. Moses Grayson, Jr., 33, is again charged with the Class A felony of forcible rape, the Class A felony of armed criminal action and the Class B felony of first-degree burglary...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bloomfield School Superintendent Toni Hill reported that the concrete footings for the new FEMA safe room were to be poured this week and presented a construction work schedule that showed a completion date of March 29, 2013, for the new building. The board of directors worked through a short agenda that included revisions to the Bloomfield School District Board Policy...

SUBMITTED photo Madison McGowan, daughter of Todd and Kriste McGowan of Dexter, is the retiring Miss Dexter. She returned to the stage at the recent annual pageant to crown the newly selected 2012-13 Miss Dexter, Taylor Owens.

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer Steve Duke has his office in the back of the old National Guard Armory in Dexter. Leaning on the wall is a guitar. One of his passions is music, especially Hank Williams, Sr. The other is golf, but there are no golf clubs visible in the office...