Stories from Wednesday, May 15, 2013

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH SEMO News Service KENNETT, Mo. - The director of chaplaincy at Preferred Hospice of Dexter who formerly served as pastor in the Poplar Bluff area is charged with two counts of sexual misconduct following separate incidents in Dunklin County...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer PUXICO, Mo. -- A Puxico man is dead and his wife is charged with murder following a Tuesday morning incident at their Puxico residence. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said Tuesday afternoon that authorities have charged Victoria Isaac of Puxico, the victim's 48-year-old wife, with the Class A felony of first degree murder...

Two vehicles collided on Hwy. 25 S. at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday Police state Mia R. Greer, 23, of Dexter was northbound on Hwy. 25 and Bobby D. Gaines, 76, also of Dexter pulled from Hwy. AF onto Hwy. 25. The two collided where the four-lane ended. Police arrested Tessy M. Wood, 28, of Dexter at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday. She is charged on a St. francois County warrant...