Stories from Sunday, October 28, 2012

SIKESTON -- Work will soon begin on the Phase One of the new Three Rivers College campus in Sikeston. Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers College, addressed the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday at Tanner Street Church of God and gave those in attendance an overview of the plan of the campus in Sikeston...

The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors heard a lengthy presentation from Blake Clifton, president of American Response Vehicles, about the engineering and development of a multi-person emergency transport vehicle that would provide stretchers for four patients. The vehicle could be modified to hold up to 10 patients, Cilfton said. He estimated the cost of the vehicle at $350,000...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon touts more than $1.5 billion in spending cuts, the elimination of 4,300 government jobs and four years of balancing a budget without tax increases during the nation's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression...

Kenny Pope (Democrat) Biographical information I am Kenny Pope, residing in Dexter, and a lifelong resident of Stoddard County. After graduating from Dexter High School, I went on to further my education and gain an Associates Art Decree from Mid-America Funeral College in Jeffersonville, Indiana. ...

When voters go to the polls on Nov. 6 in Dexter, they will see a younger element involved in the roles of election judges than what has been the norm. For the first time ever in Stoddard County, high school students will be serving in the role of election judges. Making that possible is the Youth Election Participant Program, a unique opportunity authorized by Missouri Statute 115.104 and being implemented locally for the first time...

BRANSON, Mo. - The Missouri Press Association (MPA) has once against recognized The Daily Statesman and The North Stoddard Countian for excellence during the year 2011, with the presentation of 18 MPA awards in the association's annual Better Newspaper Contest...