Stories from Sunday, August 11, 2013

Dexter Police Aug. 9, 2013 A report of illegal dumping on E. Stoddard Street was under investigation. Brandon Propst, 19, of Dexter, was arrested on a warrant service. Susan Barnett, 32, of Dexter, was arrested on a warrant service. Jerrad Presson, 34, of Holcomb, was arrested on a warrant service...

Staff Reports Dexter Police have jumped on board a national 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign, targeting drunk drivers. From mid-August through Labor Day, local police will be out in force as part of the annual nationwide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown on drunk driving. The crackdown, which will include high-visibility enforcethroughout Dexter, will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. 2, 2013...

DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is predicting that voters will get a chance to decide next year whether to halt a labor policy that requires union dues as a condition of employment in some Missouri workplaces...

By SAMANTHA KLEUSNER SEMO News Service BENTON, Mo. - The body of a Scott County woman was found in a burning car along a farm road off County Road 323 near Kelso on Wednesday, sparking a homicide investigation that became public knowledge Friday. The body was found by the Scott County Rural Fire Department after firefighters called to a car fire at about 6:30 p.m. ...

Noreen Hyslop photo Abundant this summer in the Bootheel is this variety of flower, or perhaps weed, with blooms of both pink and white. Efforts thus far have failed to identify the blooms. Anyone who might be able to confirm this specimen's identify is asked to email their finding to nhyslop@dailystatesman.com or call The Daily Statesman at 573-624-4545...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Ricky and Sandy Zheng work hard, spending 10-hours a day, seven days a week at their Dexter restaurant, the Peking, on the west end of town. But they know well the alternative in their native China, and they agree, now as American citizens, that they are where they belong...