Stories from Tuesday, February 5, 2013

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A former East Prairie, Mo., church pastor was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to child molestation charges. Kenneth Neal Allen, 36, former pastor of Grace Apostolic Church in East Prairie, pleaded guilty Jan. 10 to two counts of first-degree child molestation in Scott County, where he had been given a change of venue, according to a news release from Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man now faces second-degree murder charges after a man he allegedly assaulted Jan. 15 died Wednesday afternoon. Matthew D. Jenkins, 27, was originally charged with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of felony armed criminal action in an assault on his parents...

Alberta Henderson, a resident of Dexter, died on Feb. 5, 2013, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 95. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Lois White Mills and her twin brother Flois (Sam) White were born on May 25, 1919. She died on Feb. 3, 2013 at the age of 93. She was born and raised in the Bethany community and remained a vital and active part of this community until she was stricken with Alz-heimer's...

Lester Strauser, son of the late Charley and Lovie Wilson Strauser, was born in Leora, Mo., on May 20, 1937, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on Feb. 3, 2013, at the age of 75. He had lived in St. Louis for many years where he worked as a supervisor for McDonnell Douglas before returning to Dexter where he worked in insurance sales...

Betty Stanfield, daughter of the late Virgil Edmonds and Lydia Pinkard Edmonds, was born in Phil Campbell, Ala. on Aug. 6, 1945, and died at her residence in Bernie, Mo. on Feb. 3, 2013, at the age of 67. Mrs. Stanfield had worked at Brown Shoe Company in Bernie and later at Paramount Hat in Dexter. She was of Baptist faith...

Brittany Harris and Alison Jarrell combined for 37 points to help the Dexter Lady Bearcats to a convincing 74-42 win over Notre Dame Regional High School Monday night at the Bearcat Event Center. Everyone was expecting a lot of fireworks as two of the state's best Class 4 teams laced them up for what could be a preview of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament finale. ...

Dexter's Paige Patterson (No. 22, above) gets on the floor for a loose-ball battle with Notre Dame's Kaitlin Welter, while Katelynn Frazier (below) eyes the floor while maintaining her dribble during action Monday night at the Bearcat Event Center. Dexter defeated Notre Dame, 74-42...

EMINENCE, Mo. -- A Shannon County jury deliberated nearly five hours Thursday in convicting a Doniphan, Mo., woman of the 2010 murder of an elderly couple found dead inside their burned home. The nine-woman, three-man jury reached its verdict after beginning its deliberation last week as to whether Melissa "Lisa" Youngblood, 35, was guilty of two Class A felonies of first-degree murder in connection with the July 10, 2010, deaths of Edgar Atkinson, 81, and Bonnie Chase, 69...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Stoddard County Commission approved a resolution opposing Senate Bill 13 which eliminates solid waste management districts and turns over management of the Solid Waste Management Fund to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Solid Waste Management Program. The resolution was passed by a 2-0 vote with Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis previously signing off on the resolution. The action came at their regular meeting Monday...

Police responded to a report of assault at a residence on Leota Street Friday where they discovered marijuana, marijuana paraphernalia, and other items commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. As a result, two individuals were arrested, and a child who was in the home at the time was taken into protective custody...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A pursuit by the Missouri State Highway Patrol led to the capture of a man wanted in connection with a home invasion and shooting. At 12:08 a.m. Sunday, on Route AA, three miles east of Poplar Bluff, Highway Patrol officers spotted a vehicle being driven by Rodney Joe Green, 40, of Poplar Bluff, who was wanted for two counts of first degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, all felonies...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Today the St. Louis Cardinals consider themselves in the same place they were at the beginning of 2012 - not expecting ace pitcher Chris Carpenter to throw a pitch. In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, General Manager John Mozeliak, accompanied by Manager Mike Matheny, made the announcement...