Stories from Wednesday, December 18, 2013

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Winter commencement at Southeast Missouri State University is planned for 2 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Show Me Center arena. Some graduates with especially interesting extenuating circumstances are anually sppotlighted by the college:...

CANTON, Mo. -- Alison Jarrell of Dexter Senior High School, in Dexter, Mo., has been accepted to Culver-Stockton College for enrollment in the fall 2014 semester. Along with acceptance to the College, Jarrell has been awarded the Hilltop Scholarship, a four-year award. Jarrell's anticipated major is athletic training...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Three area students have been awarded scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2-14-15 academic year, it was announced recently. James Carter of Bernie, Mo., has received the Residence Life Leadership Award to attend Southeast. Carter is the son of Monica and Ian Edmonds and Bryan Carter. He will be a 2014 graduate of Bernie High School in Bernie, Mo...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Three Rivers College has announced that it will be extending the hours for students to complete registration at its Poplar Bluff campus and its Centers in Dexter, Kennett, Malden, and Sikeston, in response to lost time due to recent weather related closings...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Maggie Thorn, a native of Bloomfield, will appear on the nationally televised "Christmas at Belmont" concert airing this season on PBS. Hosted by internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and taped at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center, more than 800 student musicians joined the Belmont School of Music faculty and the Nashville Children's Choir for the taping of "Christmas at Belmont." The annual production of traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites, produced by Nashville Public Television (NPT), will premiere on NPT on Thurs., Dec. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board awarded the bid for a new roof on the high school library to Swift Roofing of Murray, Ky., at a cost of $65,470 at their meeting Monday night. The meeting was moved from the second Monday to the third Monday of the month due to ice and snow...

Middle Schoolers work on special holiday project

Dexter Assistant Fire Chief Dave Rowe, with 35 years of service to the local fire department, is shown accepting the Firefighter of the Year Award at Tuesday night's annual banquet. Rowe, honored for his continued service and character, was quick to credit the dedication of the entire department as he accepted the award. ...

Nearly 300 visitors attended the recent Breakfast with Santa at Southwest Elementary School, hosted by Dexter's Parents as Teachers organization. Posing with Santa after letting him know their Christmas wish lists are Zoey and Emily Minks, and their sleepy little brother, Jaden Marshall. Additional photos from the Breakfast with Santa event may be viewed and purchased in the Photo Galleries...

ST. LOUIS -- For the third time in a month, a Missouri appeals court ruling has raised concerns about red-light cameras. The Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed an earlier ruling that favored the red-light camera law in Arnold, Mo., a St. Louis suburb that in 2006 was the first Missouri community to install red-light cameras...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A state audit released Tuesday raised questions about whether hundreds of Missouri welfare recipients actually are living out of state or using their benefits for alcohol, tobacco and gambling instead of their children. Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich identified about $722,000 of what he called "questionable transactions" out of $96 million in electronic card transactions in 2012 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Citizens Bank is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Thursday robbery of its location at 207 E. Commercial St., according to a news release from the FBI. The FBI released surveillance images of the suspects who came into the bank, displayed weapons and took an undisclosed amount of money...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny began the day Thursday wrapping up Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla. Less than 12 hours later, he stood in the Black River Coliseum, discussing his team's past and future at the Boys & Girls Club of Poplar Bluff's Steak 'n Burger fundraiser...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball team came up short in its bid to upset the state-ranked Jackson Indians Tuesday night despite putting together one of its best defensive halves of the season. The Bearcats limited Jackson to 10 field goals and 26 points in the first half...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules varsity boys basketball team opened SCAA Conference play with a 66-30 home victory against the Woodland Cardinals Tuesday night. The Mules hit a 3-pointer in every quarter. Caleb Ellenburg had nine 2-pointers in the first half for the Mules and three more in the second half. He scored a team-high 25 points...