Stories from Tuesday, December 31, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Bernie Mules coach Brad Botsch entered Monday night's Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship against traditional powerhouse Kennett hoping his team could do three things. Minimize turnovers, get into good, solid offense when possible and win the rebounding battle...

KENNETT, Mo. -- The first-degree murder case against a Dexter man is set to go to trial in March. Glen Scott Evans faces two counts of armed criminal action and one count each of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the shooting death of Sean Crow, 34, a heavy equipment operator whose body was found Feb. 20 in a red pickup truck outside a fast-food restaurant in Advance, Mo...

OCTOBER 2 -- A Dexter woman is behind bars and a 6-month-old baby injured following an August incident. 2 -- The Stoddard County Commission heard an update from Engineer Bill Robison with Smith and Company, Engineering in Poplar Bluff on the status of four bridge projects underway in the county...

There were 17 confirmed cases of influenza in Stoddard County reported to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services as of Dec. 21 during the 2013-14 flu season. Over 90 percent of those cases were the Type A influenza, and most of those were H1N1. The Stoddard County Health Center said Monday eight additional cases have been confirmed since the Dec. 21 reporting period...

Shirley Brigman of Piedmont died on Dec. 19, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 66. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

Donald Ray Wilfong of Piedmont, Mo., died at his residence on Dec. 29, 2013, at the age of 73. Funeral services are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, Mo.

Keifer Evans, 90, died on Dec. 30, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

Jack Smith of Dexter died on Dec. 26, 2013, at SoutheastHealth in Cape Girardeau at the age of 67. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

Buddy George McCain, of Morehouse, Mo., died at his home Dec. 29, 2013, at the age of 102. Funeral services are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Arthur Jerome Rogers, the son of Lewis James Rogers and Doris Hazel (Beach) Rogers, was born on March 3, 1926, in Detroit, Mich., and died on Dec. 28, 2013, at Crowley Ridge Care Center, Dexter, Mo., at the age of 87. He was a resident of Lowndes, Mo...

Bobby Ray Irish, Sr., son of Harvey A. Irish and Charlotte Hartline Irish of Dexter, was born on May 5, 1967, in Poplar Bluff and died on Dec. 29, 2013, at SoutheastHealth in Cape Girardeau at the age of 46. Mr. Irish was a resident of Dexter, was a former firefighter, a former employee of Hank Graff Chevrolet, Comolus Radio Broadcasting and had worked as a home health caretaker...

Elmer Underwood, son of the late Roy and Josie Quick Underwood, was born on June 16, 1925, in Bloomfield, Mo., and died on Dec. 28, 2013, at his home in Bloomfield at the age of 88. He had lived in Bloomfield all of his life, and attended the General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. ...