Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

RIPLEY COUNTY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed a photograph of a mountain lion taken by a trail camera on Oct. 27 taken from a deer camera in Northeast Ripley County. According to MDC's Mountain Lion Response Team, widely scattered mountain-lion sightings have been confirmed in Missouri and likely will continue. ...

Carla Knowles Moore Democrat Biographical information I have two daughters and three grandchildren. I am a life-long resident of Stoddard County and still live on the family farm outside of Bloomfield. I attended school at Bloomfield and graduated from Dexter High School...

Carla Knowles Moore Democrat Biographical information I have two daughters and three grandchildren. I am a life-long resident of Stoddard County and still live on the family farm outside of Bloomfield. I attended school at Bloomfield and graduated from Dexter High School...

By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Differences over voting requirements and ballot summaries for initiatives that appear before voters are playing a significant role in the campaign for the Missouri post responsible for overseeing elections...

Purchase this photo at dailystatesman.com NOREEN HYSLOP-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com Hundreds of children filed through the candy line at Dexter High School's 10th Annual Trunk or Treat on the high school parking lot. ...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer Stoddard County voters will be asked to decide whether the county should have a full-time prosecutor on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. The measure will appear on the ballot as Proposition One as submitted by the Stoddard County Commission. The county currently has a part-time prosecutor and an assistant prosecutor. If voters approve making the position full time, the change would take place in January after the next election for prosecutor...

From staff reports The Dexter Fire Department has released a reminder that when changing clocks back one hour, when Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday, November 4, 2012, to also change batteries in both smoke detectors/ alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors...