Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Dexter eighth grader Cheyenne Mosby (right) eyes a shot in the paint during middle school action Tuesday at Kennett. Dexter's 7th grade team suffered a 18-16 loss in the final minute of play when Kennett's Megan Pickens hit two free throws for what proved to be the game-winning points. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- For the second straight Presidential election in Stoddard County, voters turned out at a rate of more than 60 percent. Of the county's 20,408 registered voters, 13,052 (64 percent) cast ballots on Tuesday. Impressive turnout was only a portion of the night's story, though...

James Allen Lykins, 68, of Circle City, Mo., died on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ann M. Ginn, daughter of the late George A. and Lola I. Clark Tackett, was born in Pontotoc Co., Miss., on May 24, 1932, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Mo., on Nov. 5, 2012, at the age of 80. Ann had lived in Fisk, Wynne, Ark., and Dexter before moving to Puxico where she had lived the past few years. She had worked for Missouri Family Services as a center coordinator. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and loved to garden and read...

Edith Glenda Johnston, 93, died on Nov. 5, 2012, at her Jackson, Mo., home. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins & Sons Funeral Service.

Roy G. Kunkle, Jr., 83, of Bloomfield, died at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Nov. 5, 2012. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Dexter.

Jo Ann Hogan, 74, of Morehouse, died on Nov. 5, 2012, at home. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.