Stories from Thursday, March 13, 2014

Dexter High School inducted members into the 2013-2014 Dexter Honor Society during ceremonies Tuesday night. Dexter Honor Society members are juniors or seniors who maintain a 3.25 grade point average and agree to uphold an honor code which includes service, leadership, academic honesty, and good citizenship...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- James Stuever, chairman of the Stoddard County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), has presented the Stoddard County Commission with information showing that landowners in the county have received $486,314.70 in 2013 through the State Cost Share Program. The amount included $267,312.72 from an executive order from Gov. Jay Nixon in response to drought conditions in the county...

A Dexter High School sophomore will be traveling to Los Angeles, Calif. in May to compete in the International Science Fair -- the result of having been named one of the top two finishers in the 2014 Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair held Tuesday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Glen Scott Evans had no idea he was about to become an accessory to murder when he gave Matt Cook a ride to Advance, Mo., two witnesses testified Wednesday. Evans, 46, of Dexter, Mo., is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Feb. 19, 2013, shooting death of Sean Crow, 34, outside a fast-food restaurant in Advance...

Note: A photo gallery of the Dexter-Park Hills girls game is available at this link: View Photos Here POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats overcame early foul trouble and received solid contributions from its bench in a 59-42 Class 4 state sectional victory against the Park Hills Rebels Wednesday night at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff...

A report by two members of a teacher-led improvement committee met with the approval of the Advance RIV Board of Education at their March 10, 2014 meeting Monday night. All members of the board were present as resource teacher Diane Lawson and social studies teacher Terry Bryeans explained the work that the faculty has been doing since September, 2013 to prepare students for their future after graduation. ...

Loretta Jane Parks of Dexter, was born in Dudley on Oct. 20, 1958 and died at the Holly Ridge Healthcare Center in Dexter on March 12, 2014, at the age of 55. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.

Donald Lee Smith, 75, was born Aug. 10, 1938, at Cline's Island, Mo. to the late Carl William & Lenora Gooch Smith, and died on Saturday March 8, 2014, at the Bertrand Retirement Home. Don lived in Dogwood most of his life and was a retired farmer. He attended the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie and was a veteran of the United States Army...