Stories from Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Jackie Lawrence Cato, Sr., son of the late Doyle Cato and Opal Seachrist Cato Anders, was born on June 16, 1950, in Boydsville, Ark. and died at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Nov. 18, 2012, at the age of 62. Mr. Cato was a self-employed auto mechanic and a resident of Puxico...

Andrea Fuwell Garris, was born Sept. 29,1973, and died on Nov. 20, 2012, in Shreveport, La., at the age of 39. Funeral arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Meredith Nea, daughter of Mark and Amber Nea, was one of several youngsters who enjoyed Story Hour at Keller Public Library with Diana Mayberry leading storytime and crafts. Story Hour takes place each Tuesday at the library beginning at 10: 15 a.m. with special guests readers and activities each week...

Dexter's T.S. Hill Middle School Bearcats were at home Tuesday night and salvaged a split against the visiting Jackson Indians. Dexter's 8th grade team dealt the Indians a 47-32 loss while the 7th grade team struggled in a 51-15 loss in the opener.

Brian Tapp, director of outreach with the Douglas C. Greene Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southeast Missouri State University, told the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) that small business accounts for 80 percent of the jobs created in Missouri. His comments came at a meeting of the BRPC. He went on to state that "entrepreneurship is the direction for job creation" in Southeast Missouri and the state...

When emergency responders arrived on the scene of a wreck on Thursday, Aug. 22 just west of Dudley, they found a gruesome scene. A twin-cab truck pulling a four-horse trailer had run off the eastbound lanes of Highway 60, struck a bridge rail and then careened down into a water-filled ditch under a highway overpass...