Stories from Thursday, January 24, 2013

Edward Albert Boyt, son of the late J.H. Boyt and Marie Linnemann Boyt, was born on Oct. 14, 1932, in Dexter and died on Jan. 22, 2013, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 80. Mr. Boyt was a graduate of Dexter High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He taught art and shop classes in Bloomfield and in Dexter...

Robert Duane Stevens, 78, of Bement, Ill., died Jan. 10, 2013. He was the son of John and Mildred Stevens of Dexter. He was married to Ellen M. Burns. She preceded him in death on Jan. 23, 2009. Surviving are three children, a son, Robert Jr.; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca; three brothers, Leslie, Ralph, and Leon; one sister, Geraldine; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

JEFFERSON CITY Mo -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that one deer recently harvested by hunters in north-central Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which is fatal to deer. The adult buck was harvested in northwest Macon County, where five previous cases of CWD have been found since early 2012...

Dexter Police Jan. 23, 2013 Ashlee D. Davis, 23, of Dexter was arrested at 3:42 a.m. Wednesday on a Dexter municipal warrant for failure to appear on charges os stealing/shoplifting and license plates required. Her bond was set at $410. Jeri Ann Talley, 25, of Dexter was arrested at 9:32 a.m. at 707 W. Specialty Dr. for stealing/shoplifting. Her bond was set at $200...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer Joining a slough of other communities and counties, the Dexter Board of Aldermen voted to place a use tax on the April ballot. A special meeting of the Aldermen was held on Friday afternoon to allow the board to vote on the issue before the final deadline of Tuesday morning. In order for an initiative to be placed on the April ballot, it had to be at County Clerk Joe Watson's office by Tuesday, Jan. 22...

By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House members passed legislation Wednesday that would revise procedures for filling openings in statewide elected offices and clear up a presidential primary schedule that last year threatened to create confusion in the national nomination process...

By RON SMITH Doniphan Prospect-News Staff Writer DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Shannon County for the trial of a Ripley County woman charged in the 2010 deaths of Edgar Atkinson and Bonnie Chase. Melissa Youngblood, 35, is one of four people charged with the murders. She will be tried separately. She was not charged in a second murder case in which the other three also were charged...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor City Engineer Richard Cochran presented Supt. Dr. Thomas Sharp and Dexter School Board members with an overview of the proposed roadway project that will serve to provide easier access for both parental and bus traffic at T.S. Hill Middle School and Central Elementary. The plan, which has been discussed for several months, calls for construction of asphalt bus loops on both campuses where parent traffic will be prohibited...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Along with the hiring of Bethany Deal as Southwest Principal for the upcoming school year (see Wednesday edition of The Daily Statesman), the Dexter Board of Education accepted two retirements and a pair of resignations, and voted to renew Supt. Dr. Thomas Sharp's contract for an additional year...