Stories from Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Poor shooting from the field doomed the Bearcats as the visiting Jackson Indians dealt Dexter a 56-24 loss Tuesday night at the Bearcat Event Center. Jackson enjoyed a huge height advantage over Dexter with a lineup that included a front line of players ranging from 6'4 to 6'8. The disparity in height forced Dexter to the outside where the 'Cats shot a dismal 22 percent (8-of-36) from the field, including just 1-of-14 from behind the 3-point line...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- The Advance boys basketball team thought it let one slip away against Scott County Central during the championship game of last month's Oran tournament. The Hornets made sure that didn't happen in Tuesday night's rematch. The squads waged their second well-played thriller in less than two weeks, Advance coming out on top this time with a heart-stopping 79-78 home win...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Charges against a Columbia, Mo., man, who was arrested following the July 2011 confiscation of hundreds of packets of synthetic marijuana from Stoddard County convenience stores, have been dropped. The Columbia Tribune reports in a Dec. 3 article that the Stoddard County Circuit Clerk's office confirmed the dismissal of charges. The charges originated in Stoddard County and were filed by Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...

Thelma Mae Dyle, daughter of August VanDamme and the late Lorraine Sherriff VanDamme, was born on Jan. 28, 1945, in St. Louis, Mo., and died at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Dec. 9, 2012, at the age of 67. Mrs. Dyle was affiliated with the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Dexter. She was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...

Lindell "Chuck" Dale Curneal was born Dec. 18, 1938, in Essex, the son of Carl and Edith (Scudder) Curnea, and died on Dec. 8, 2012, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 73. On Feb. 7, 1969, Lindell married Gloria (White) Curneal, who survives in Desloge, Mo. ...