Stories from Tuesday, March 5, 2013

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Jo Nell Seifert, theater teacher at Poplar Bluff High School, is taking a group of students and adults to New York City in July. The itinerary includes two Broadway musicals, one Broadway play, Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, a daily tour guide, and a Metro card...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- It was announced this week that the Bloomfield Public Library will once again be offering crochet classes to the public. The classes will begin on Monday, March 11, 2013. Classes will begin at 10 a.m. They are free to the public and open to anyone interested in learning more about the art of crochet...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- According to a news release from Troop E headquarters of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, on March 3, 2013, at approximately 10:15 p.m., a member of the patrol stopped a 2004 Volvo conventional truck and trailer for a traffic violation...

Patsy Sue "Pat" Laxton, 79, of Centerville, Mo., died March 2, 2013, at the Presbyterian Manor Care Center in Farmington, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home in Fredricktown, Mo.

Dexter's Lady Bearcats basketball team will attempt to move farther into the MSHSAA Class 4 playoffs as the team travels north to Park Hills for a sectional match-up against North County at Mineral Area College Wednesday night at 7:45 p.m. Dexter secured its third-straight District 1 championship Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center with a 48-46 win over Notre Dame Regional High School...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Constitution already enshrines the right to bear arms, but a state senator wants to expand that protection. The Senate General Laws Committee voted 7-0 Monday in favor of a proposal by Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer, of Columbia...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A federal judge ordered Cape Girardeau police officer Matthew Peters and the state of Missouri to pay more than $62,000 in attorneys' fees and costs in connection to an arrest he made in 2009 for flag desecration. U.S. District Judge Carol E. ...

With a number of projects in the works, the Monday night meeting of the Dexter Board of Aldermen consisted mostly of updates. City Engineer Richard Cochran, Jr. spoke extensively regarding several ongoing issues. A project aimed at bringing better water pressure to the Plaza Heights subdivision is closer to having all of the kinks worked out...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging a new system that makes a digital record of driver's license applicants' birth certificates and other documents has the backing of Missouri's lieutenant governor, who said the case raises "serious privacy concerns" particularly for residents seeking concealed weapons permits...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Liberty Township Board accepted the resignation of Herman "Jack" Jackson at its regular meeting last Thursday, and five people have filed their declaration of intention to run as a candidate in the April 2 election. Those filing the necessary declaration were Ricky Stearns, Terry Battles, Shelley Edwards McClintock, J. Allen Rowland and Joe Sells. This information was brought to the Stoddard County Commission at its Monday meeting...