Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2013

CHARLESTON, Mo. - A Dexter man is in custody following a weekend traffic stop. The investigation began Saturday night, when Deputy Cory Hutcheson stopped by the Casey's General Store in East Prairie. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, as Hutcheson waited in line, Markus Loehnert, 39, drove up to the store, went inside and purchased a 32-ounce can of beer...

The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors approved a change in the policy for district employees concerning full-time status in preparing for implementation of the Affordable Health Act in January 2014. The board also approved a change in the standard operating procedures with regard to the transport of patients to medical facilities...

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. -- Students at Williams Baptist College will soon have a new dining experience, thanks to the generosity of a Dexter business man. WBC broke ground on Friday, Sept. 20, on the Billie Harty Dining Room, which will double student seating capacity in the college's Mabee-Gwinup Cafeteria. ...

When one thinks of dog piles for drum sticks and people "doing the worm," a middle school assembly is rarely the first thing to come to mind. However, that is exactly what happened Monday afternoon at T.S. Hill Middle School in Dexter. Rich Redmond, recording and touring drummer for acclaimed country singer Jason Aldean, came to Dexter Monday to present his C.R.A.S.H. Course for Success...

The schedule has been released for the Gideon varsity volleyball tournament. The 16-team tournament will take place Sept. 26-28 at Gideon High School. Pool play for the tournament will take place Thursday and Friday. Pool play will consist of two rally scoring games to 25 with a cap of 27...

ESSEX, Mo. - The Dexter varsity volleyball team improved to 4-0 in SCAA regular season play Tuesday night with a 25-8, 25-8, win at Richland. Dexter tallied 24 of its points on kills and eight on aces. Shyann Jines led Dexter in aces with three. Alyssa Spear and Jessica Lindsey each added two more. Delaney Pullen tallied one ace...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules baseball team outlasted South Pemiscot 4-3 in nine innings Tuesday afternoon. The game was tied 3-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth inning. The trouble started for South Pemiscot when Austin Beck collected a leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth. ...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Notre Dame varsity girls tennis team outlasted Dexter 5-4 Tuesday afternoon in a marathon match that lasted over three hours. "We had full-health today," Dexter coach Kurt Lovelady said. "It's actually our first loss when we've had full-health on varsity. It came down to the end. They placed shots better at the end. They are a good team and you cannot take anything away from them."...

Alfred Gadberry, son of the late Oscar Gadberry and Helen Gibbs Gadberry, was born on Sept. 11, 1937, at St. Louis, Mo., and died on Sept. 23, 2013, at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on Sept. 23, 2013, at the age of 76 . Mr. Gadberry had worked as a security guard at Tyson Foods, Inc., and as a self-employed carpenter...

Jerry Fredrick Triplett, son of the late Fred Triplett and Essie Williamson Triplett, was born on May 31, 1933, at Essex and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on Sept. 20, 2013, at the age of 80. Mr. Triplett was a former millwright, a former maintenance employee of the City of Ellsinore and a resident of Ellsinore...