Stories from Friday, April 5, 2013

Dexter Police April 4, 2013 A summons was issued to Kathy House 47, of Dexter at 6:08 p.m. Thursday at WalMart for stealing/shoplifting. Stoddard County April 4, 2013 Billy Joe Eddington, 50, of Dexter was arrested on a warrant for felony DWI. Bond was set at $15,000 cash, and he remains in jail...

Ada Allstun, a resident of Dexter died on April 4, 2013 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 97. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

On April 3, 2013, at 7:40 p.m. in her son's home in Jackson, Mo., Bonnie Jean (Grubbs) Gromer, 69, peacefully lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her large, loving family and holding the hand of her husband of 47 years, Charles D. Gromer...

Janet Kinder, a resident of Dexter, died on April 4, 2013, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. at the age of 70. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...

Route ZZ in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as railroad company crews railroad crossing repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route 60 to Grant Street. Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m...

COREY NOLES-cnoles@dailystatesman.com Students at the Dexter Campus of Three Rivers College were recognized by the center during Student Appreciation Day on Thursday, April 4. Pizza was served throughout the day to students as they went to and from class. The center is home to more than 400 students who are pursuing degrees. For more information on TRC Dexter, call 573-614-1081...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- An Essex man is behind bars following an investigation into allegations of child molestation. Roger Tharp, 66, of Essex, has been arrested and charged with two counts of the Class B felony of first degree child molestation...

By ERIN RAGAN SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Missouri Senate votes in favor of sending to voters a 1-cent increase in state sales tax to grow funding for transportation are coming under fire from local conservatives. The Senate in March approved a proposal that if approved by voters would then come up for reauthorization every 10 years. ...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer PUXICO, Mo. -- Bloomfield doesn't have the only safe room in Stoddard County. In just a matter of weeks, a safe room at the Puxico School District will officially be complete and open for business. The Puxico project construction actually began before Bloomfield's...

By CANDICE DAVIS Mo. Dept. of Conservation MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. -- With a personality as sparkly and bright as her sunglasses, Leslie Bruner-Thresher plays multiple roles. She's a wife, mother, part-time P.E. teacher, Mary Kay sales lady, and fur trapper. Yes, fur trapper...

No violations at Dexter plant

Ada Eunice Allstun, daughter of the late George S. Stewart and Eunice Ann Gines Stewart, was born on August 6, 1914, in rural Bloomfield, Missouri, and passed away on April 4, 2013, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 98. Mrs. Allstun was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ and a longtime resident of Dexter. She was employed at Elder Manufacturing Company in Dexter for over 40 years...