Stories from Sunday, October 7, 2012

Don and Vickie Seymore and Ray and Cerendia Woollums, all of Dexter, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Ashley Seymore, to Landon Miller, son of Keith and Pam Miller of Essex. Ashley is the granddaughter of Jack and Norma Jackson of Dexter, Wale and Betty McLarty of Oxford, Miss., and Don Seymore Sr. of Mobile, Ala. Landon is the grandson of Jim and Karen Miller of Dexter and Joyce Blaylock and the late Jack Blaylock of Essex...

Brian and Andrea Godsey of Senath Mo., would like to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Alecia Brianne Godsey to William Zachary Bacon. Alecia is the granddaughter of Hattie Sue Jones of Senath, Mo., and the late Billy Lloyd Jones and Carolyn Sue Godsey of Imperial, Mo., and the late Fred E. Godsey...

The Dexter Public Schools Foundation is pleased to announce that the Foundation has received a generous gift of over $37,000 to establish a perpetual memorial scholarship. The awarding of the "Pauline and Danzil Dowdy Scholarship" has been entrusted to the Foundation's Board of Directors. ...

SUBMITTED photo Don and Vickie Seymore and Ray and Cerendia Woollums, all of Dexter, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Ashley Seymore, to Landon Miller, son of Keith and Pam Miller of Essex. Ashley is the granddaughter of Jack and Norma Jackson of Dexter, Wale and Betty McLarty of Oxford, Miss., and Don Seymore Sr. of Mobile, Ala. Landon is the grandson of Jim and Karen Miller of Dexter and Joyce Blaylock and the late Jack Blaylock of Essex...

SUBMITTED photo Godsey-Bacon wedding announced Brian and Andrea Godsey of Senath Mo., would like to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Alecia Brianne Godsey to William Zachary Bacon. Alecia is the granddaughter of Hattie Sue Jones of Senath, Mo., and the late Billy Lloyd Jones and Carolyn Sue Godsey of Imperial, Mo., and the late Fred E. Godsey...

By KEITH LEWIS SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Oak Ridge Boys, one of the most beloved and longest-lasting groups in country music, will be coming to Cape Girardeau to perform at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Their performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Bedell Performance Hall...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer Dexter police are hunting for a suspect in relation to an armed robbery Thursday evening. According to the Dexter Police Department, a contract worker from Arkansas was staying at the Hickory House Inn on North Outer Rd. and reported the incident...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Dexter man accused of possessing child pornography has been bound over to appear in circuit court. Verl J. Cato, 41, was arrested on July 9, 2012, by the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department. He has been charged with six counts of the Class B felony of possession of child pornography...

By TINA C. STILLIONS Public Affairs Specialist-US Navy Lieutenant Colonel Rodger Pitt, a Dexter native and 1991 Dexter High School graduate, has been a member of the U.S. Army for more than 17 years and has served in various tactical, operational and strategic-level assignments throughout his career. ...