Stories from Friday, January 10, 2014

ESSEX, Mo. -- Local communities are still seeing the aftereffects of the cold weather that enveloped the region earlier in the week. As of Thursday afternoon, residents of Grayridge, Essex, Morehouse, Penermon, and the Baker community, were without running water...

Saturday could be a turning point in water crisis

Former Rep. Dennis Fowler was back in Stoddard County Friday after the legislature adjourned on Thursday. Fowler resigned from the House of Representatives (he represented Dist. 151) after receiving an appointment by Gov. Jay Nixon to the state probation and parole board. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Kelly Hawks outscored the Bloomfield Wildcats 19-9 in the second quarter to build a 34-23 halftime lead and led by at least five throughout the second half as it secured a 64-53 road win at Bloomfield Thursday night. "We've had quite a few days off from the Christmas Tournament until now and you don't know how your team is going to come out playing after a break like that," Kelly coach Josh Eftink said of the big win. ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) --Just when Missourians thought it was safe to go back on the roads, another sputtering of snow and freezing rain is causing new problems. Snow on Thursday morning was light. St. Louis and its suburbs generally got an inch or less of snow. ...

The second segment of Missouri's youth deer season has come and gone, and the only way to describe it, or more specifically the weather which affected it, is "dismal." Young hunters killed only 1,183 deer Jan. 4-5, the worst late segment harvest since the youth season was split into two portions in 2008-2009. ...

Urgent need for platelet donors, and donors with types O, A neg. and B neg.

The passenger in this 2010 Chevy Malibu was taken by ambulance to SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter for treatment after the car slammed into a tree on Rainey St. Thursday morning. The accident occurred when the driver, Jacquelin Farmer, 42, lost traction and reportedly accelerated, taking the vehicle off the south side of the road and into the tree. Injured was Eugene Woods, 38, of Malden...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., -- Several students from Stoddard County have been named to the Dean's List at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, announced on Thursday. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least 12 degree credit hours during the fall session...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Insurance, lawsuits, teacher evaluations, Obamacare and testing were just a few of the subjects touched on at Wednesday's gathering of the Southeast Missouri Superintendents. The group meets monthly at various locations around the region...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon says he is looking at calling special elections to fill four vacant seats in the Missouri Legislature. Nixon stopped short Thursday of definitively saying he will set special election dates, but he indicated he may do so. He gave no time frame for when that might occur...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that his appointment of a former Southeast Missouri lawmaker to the state parole board was based on merit and not -- as some senators have suggested -- a political reward for the lawmaker's vote against an income tax cut...

The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) board of directors at their regular January meeting approved final budget amendments to the 2013 revenue and expenditure budget. Overall revenues were amended from $2,870,592 in the original budget to $3,103,966. Overall expenditures for 2013 were amended from $2,414,588 to $2,656,250...

Essex, Grayridge area continues to battle water outage

The Dexter high school wrestling team won a road dual at New Madrid County Central 59-18 Thursday night. Dexter won 11 of the 14 matches. View complete results for the match below: 220: JARED DEAL, DEXT, pinned C.J. Patton, CNM, 1:20. 285: KEITH CRAFT, DEXT, pinned Ethan Marler, CNM, 0:57. ...