Stories from Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Ross Webster Croy, 84, of Emory, Texas, the son of Ross Bateman and Allie McKinney Croy, was born Sept. 20, 1929, in Cape County, Mo., and died Oct. 11, 2013, at the Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, Texas. Ross married Ada Mae Coomer, on Feb. 20, 1948, in Piggott, Ark...

Joe D. Hinson, 70, of Germantown, Tenn., was born Feb. 11, 1943, in England, Ark., and died Oct. 11, 2013, at his home. Joe graduated from Dexter High School in 1961, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He later earned his Master's Degree from Memphis State University. ...

The family of the late Rev. Vaughn Wright, in whose memory "This Run's 4 Vaughn" is held each October, is pictured during the rain delay prior to Saturday's 5K run/walk through Dexter. Lou Gehrig's Disease, or ALS, claimed the life of Vaughn Wright in 2010. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A span connecting Cape Girardeau and Paducah, Ky., could work in many locations, but the potential placement of the connection is boiling down to a question of north or south. A formal study of the best corridor for the connecting highway began in March by the consulting firms Horner & Shifrin Inc. and Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Inc. The area being studied includes Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky...

ARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities asked for the public's help Monday in finding three missing western Missouri siblings who are believed to be with their mother, who doesn't have legal custody of them. Cass County sheriff's Maj. Jeff Weber said an endangered person advisory has been issued for 11-year-old Tabitha Davis, 14-year-old Jasper Davis, and 15-year-old Jordan Davis, of Harrisonville...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate leaders are closing in on an agreement to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky could seal an agreement on Tuesday, just two days before the Treasury Department says it will run out of borrowing capacity...

It looked for awhile Saturday morning as if both the Historic Downtown Dexter's Fall Fest and the 4th Annual This Run's 4 Vaughn event might, for the first time in their history, be washouts. The rains Saturday came just as both events were getting underway. Booths downtown were covered up and vendors took shelter where they could in shops and in vehicles. Participants in Vaughn's Run remained under the canopy in front of the First Christian Church and in the Fellowship Hall...

Altrusa Charity Auction to benefit local programs

A rash of incidents involving property damage to vehicles parked within the city of Dexter were reported to police over the recent weekend and are under investigation. On Friday, Oct. 11, at 9:11 a.m., police responded to E. Grant Street to find two vehicles that had been sprayed with paint...

All around Stoddard County, the effects of the government shutdown are beginning to take a toll. The offices of the USDA offices on Highway 25 north of Dexter have been silenced. Mingo Wildlife Refuge is inaccessible. Effective Wednesday, yet another shutdown will have a dramatic effect on county residents...

Note: 34 Photos of Day 1 of the SCAA volleyball tournament are available in a gallery at this link: View Photos Here BERNIE, Mo. - The top-seeded Dexter Bearcats booked its spot in the varsity SCAA Tournament semifinals Monday afternoon with a 25-1, 25-9, win against the eighth-seeded Richland Rebels...