Stories from Tuesday, December 3, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis asked Bill Robison, an engineer with Smith and Company in Poplar Bluff, to give a report to the commission on a meeting held last week in Poplar Bluff to discuss a proposed I-66 east-west corridor through southeast Missouri and western Kentucky. Mathis attended the meeting in Poplar Bluff organized by State Sen. Doug Libla. Robison was the key speaker...

All of Southeast Missouri and the surrounding region could be in for a winter weather event late this week if forecast models being examined Monday by the National Weather Service hold true in the coming days. Forecasters are not yet sure what type or how much precipitation will fall Thursday and Friday when a winter storm is expected to move through the area, but Dan Spaeth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., said he is fairly confident there will be some accumulation.. ...

Gary Thomas Marron Sr., son of the late John Edward Marron and June Herron Marron was born on Aug. 31, 1954, in Verona, Pa., and died Nov. 29, 2013, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 59. Mr. Marron was a forger at a steel mill in Oakmont, Pa. ...

Ellen Parks entered the Kingdom of God on Nov. 28, 2013, at her home in Franklin, Tenn. She was born on Jan. 26, 1921, in Brosley, Mo., to Francis and Pairlee Batten. Ellen married Loren Parks on Dec. 20, 1945, and her preceded her in death in 1992...

Edith Ivadell Lewis, 85, died on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was born in Collinwood, Tenn., was a native of Southeast Missouri and a 24 year resident of Baton Rouge, La. She was a pastor's wife for 21 years in Lilbourn, Mo., and was currently a member of First Pentecostal Church in Baton Rouge, La...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats middle school boys basketball program earned a split Monday night against Kennett. The Dexter seventh grade improved to 13-0 with a 41-37 victory against Kennett. Seth Rogers tallied a team-high 12 points for the Dexter seventh grade. Eric Hahn had 10 points, Braxton Foster added nine points, Nate Gargas calculated six points and Joe Rice scored four points for the Bearcats...

BERNIE, Mo. - The top-seeded Bernie Mules dominated the final three quarters of play Monday night after a slow start against eighth-seeded Campbell. Bernie outscored Campbell by at least 16 points in each of the last three quarters after winning the first quarter 13-12 on its way to a 78-28 win...

FARMINGTON, Mo. - The Dexter Lady Bearcats varsity girls basketball program did not experience a Monday letdown 48 hours after securing one of its big wins in program history Saturday at state-ranked St. Joseph's Academy. Top-seeded Dexter improved to 2-0 on the young season with a convincing 90-21 quarterfinal win against eighth-seeded Roosevelt in the opening round of the eight-team Farmington Invitational girls basketball tournament...

The Dec. 2, 2013 Advance Board of Aldermen meeting, rescheduled from November, revolved around two issues--zoning legalities and dogs. Previous meetings, most notably the one on March 18 of this year, dealt primarily with the issue of noise pollution. ...