Stories from Friday, September 14, 2012

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A man who died while in Poplar Bluff police custody had bath salts in his system, according to Butler County Coroner Jim Akers. Charles A. Riels, 40, of Poplar Bluff died July 5 due to excited delirium syndrome aggravated by the use of bath salts, Akers said...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In a special ceremony held Wednesday in the Missouri Senate's Pershing Gallery, which houses portraits of former Senate President Pro Tems, Senate Leader Robert N. Mayer, R-Dexter, had his image added to the gallery's prestigious list of former Senate leaders...

The Environmental Protection Agency reached settlements with three area organizations over pesticide violations, the agency announced Thursday in a news release. All three cases involved the sale and distribution of plant growth regulators, which are controlled by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Roden-ticide Act. Mayberry Seed Co. of Essex, Mo., agreed to pay $17,160 for the distribution or sale of...

When 79-year-old Johnny Smith of Bloomfield became ill in July, his wife of 59 years thought it was just a bug of some kind. He visited his physician and was prescribed an antibiotic, but his condition did not improve. "He just kept getting worse," recalls Patricia Smith, "and he was running a temperature of 103."...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- The Advance volleyball team switched roles with Leopold on Thursday night, and the result switched as well. "Volleyball's an offensive game," Advance coach Dana Below said. "You really have to be offensive, and whoever's got the offense puts the other team on defense all the time...

A 9-0 run midway through the decisive third game helped lift Dexter to a 25-15, 25-27, 25-18, SCAA win over Bernie Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center. When these two SCAA rivals line up across the net from each other, they usually don't disappoint fans and this time was no different...