Stories from Friday, February 8, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- New gun control proposals in Washington, D.C. don't have a lot of supporters among Southeast Missouri sheriffs. When Carl Hefner was first elected Sheriff of Stoddard County, he knew his job brought with it a lot of responsibility...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Bernie man charged in connection with a 2010 murder has been declared mentally retarded and incompetent to stand trial. Allen McCoy, accused in the June 2010 murder of 67-year-old Aubrey Lee Finch, also of Bernie, appeared in court Wednesday, Feb. 6, as a result of the filing of three separate medical opinions regarding his mental state...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dexter's defense held Cape Central to just five second half points as the state-ranked Lady Bearcats delivered a workman-like 75-27 SEMO Conference win on the road Thursday night. Brittany Harris and Paige Patterson dominated the Lady Tigers inside as each produced a double-double effort and the Lady 'Cats improved to 19-2 on the season, 2-0 in SEMO Conference play...

Ruby Dell Taylor McConnell, daughter of the late Robert Speer and Annie Speer, was born on Nov. 12, 1912, in Antoine, Ark., and died Feb. 6, 2013, at the Winchester Place in Bernie, Mo., at the age of 100. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter and a former resident of Dexter...

Dr. Charles "Skip" Wallace, son of the late Charles Blake Wallace and Judith Prentice Wallace, was born on May 2, 1944, in Nashville, Tenn., and died on Feb. 6, 2013, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 68. Dr. Wallace was a veteran of the United States Army, a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter. He was the owner of Skip Wallace Chiropractic in Dexter...