Stories from Thursday, April 11, 2013

Lisa Thrower, Executive Director of The Regional Health Care Foundation, announced recently that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In making the announcement, Thrower pointed out that not only during April, but throughout the year, the Foundation, in partnership with Mother-to-Mother, continues to encourage all individuals and organizations in Stoddard County to play a role in making the county a better place for children and families...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Prosecutor Russell Oliver filed a notice Wednesday of his intent to seek the death penalty against Matthew Cook. Cook, 29, of Dexter, was charged on Feb. 24 with the murder of Sean Crow. Cook is alleged to have lured Crow to an Advance McDonald's by texting him from a female's cellular phone...

Dexter's tennis team continued its strong play with a 8-1 win against Sikeston Wednesday at home. The Bearcats dropped one doubles match to open play, then swept the six singles contest to earn the win and push the team's record to 5-0 on the season...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dexter's golf team posted its best score of the season, but it still wasn't enough to card the win. The Bearcats scored a combined 169, but the Central Tigers came in at 163 to take the match played at the Cape Girardeau Country Club Wednesday...

Silas Sayre, son of the late Clyde and Winnie Davis Sayre, was born in Hayti, Mo., on Nov., 26, 1923, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on April 9, 2013, at the age of 89. He had lived in Malden and moved to Dexter in 1947. He had been self employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Church of God International. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during WWII...

Desmond E. Becker, son of the late Henry Becker and Agnes Braswell Becker, was born on Feb. 10, 1932, in London, Ark,, and died on April 9, 2013, at his residence near Sikeston, at the age of 81. Mr. Becker was a member of the First General Baptist Church of Morehouse. ...