Stories from Friday, September 20, 2013

BERNIE, Mo. - Dexter Bearcats volleyball coach Carmen Morgan encouraged her offensive weapons to take care of business when she burned her final timeout after Bernie went on an 8-2 run to tie set 1 at 16-16 Thursday night. "We quit hitting the ball and started playing it safe," Morgan said. ...

A Dexter man is behind bars, charged with possession of a controlled substance after a confidential source alerted local police to drug activity being conducted at his Dexter residence. Patrolman Kevin Cluck of the local force was informed on Wednesday, Sept. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two Stoddard County murder suspects are moving forward to trial in separate counties. Matthew Cook and Glen Scott Evans are both charged for their role in the Feb. 19, 2013 murder of Sean Crow at McDonald's in Advance. Each are charged with one count of the Class A felony of murder in the first degree, one count of the Class A felony of robbery in the first degree, and two counts of the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

KENNETT, Mo. -- A Puxico man charged with leaving the scene of an accident in May will not have his case heard in Stoddard County. Tommy Andrew West, 28, was sought by police for several days before he was located and jailed. West appeared in court before Presiding Judge Robert Mayer Wednesday and formally requested a change of venue. Mayer allowed the motion without objection...

For 11-year-old Gaige Willems, the Sunday, Sept. 15 game at Busch Stadium was a dream come true. Gaige is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for the second time in his young life. Most of his time these days is spent receiving treatment at Children's Hospital in St. Louis...

JACKSON, Mo. - The Dexter varsity girls tennis team outlasted Jackson 7-2 in its closest match of the season Thursday afternoon. Dexter also won the junior varsity contest 10-4. Dexter (8-2) will return to action Monday when it hosts Farmington. View complete results from Thursday's match below:...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules baseball team hit three home runs and tallied multiple runs in every inning on its way to a 15-5 six-inning win against the Puxico Indians Thursday afternoon. It is the sixth time this season Bernie (11-2) has tallied at least 10 runs in a game...

Leonard Norman, a resident of Bernie, died on Sept. 19, 2013, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.

Donald Ray Thompson, 61, of Shook, Mo. died on Sept. 19, 2013. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements.

Leonard Drew "Blu" Norman, son of the late Drew Norman and Gertie Mae Whitehead Norman, was born in Bernie, Mo. on Oct. 12, 1934, and died at his residence in Bernie on Sept. 19, 2013 at the age of 78. Mr. Norman throughout his life had worked in farming, as a meat cutter at Hester's and at the Bernie Brown Shoe Company...