Stories from Sunday, December 15, 2013

PARAGOULD, Ark. - The second quarter proved to be the difference Saturday afternoon in the McDonald's Shootout title game between the Dexter Lady Bearcats and Paragould Lady Rams. Host Paragould played Dexter to a 10-10 first-quarter stalemate and outscored the Bearcats by two points in the second half...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The drug problem in southeast Missouri is nothing new. For decades, law enforcement agencies throughout the region have battled the issue of several different drug invasions ranging from marijuana, to PCP, to methamphetamine, to prescription drugs and next, it appears, may be heroin...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Puxico woman accused of murdering her husband at their home has had her case continued. Victoria Isaac, 48, is charged with the Class A felony of murder in the first degree. Scheduled to appear in court last week, Isaac's case was continued until March 12, 2014...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors approved a 2014 budget at their regular meeting Wednesday night. The 2014 budget as presented by SCAD Manager David Cooper showed revenues of $2,996,375 against expenditures of $2,806.174...

Captain Sarah L. Eberhard, Director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control of the Missouri Highway Patrol, announced late Friday afternoon that an investigation has been initiated following the discovery of human remains in Montgomery County in the central part of the state...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), DNA testing will help determine if a canine shot in Wayne County in late November by a private landowner while hunting is a gray wolf, coyote, or other canine species. The landowner contacted MDC after he shot the animal and surrendered it to the Department so MDC could determine what species the animal is...

Randy and Barbara Long of Dexter wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Shae Long, to Jonathon Lee Slavings, son of Robert and Bethany Slavings of Bernie and Dennis and Karen Rodgers of Dexter. Jennifer is a 2011 graduate of Dexter High School and is attending College of the Ozarks. Jonathon is a 2009 graduate of Bernie High School...

Leatha Woodruff Leatha Woodruff, 79, of Dexter, died on Dec. 12, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Dexter. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.