Stories from Friday, March 28, 2014

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bloomfield Police are searching for a dog that reportedly bit two children Thursday afternoon as the girls were riding their bikes in the city limits. According to Bloomfield Police Chief Tim Zych, three girls were riding their bicycles in the 700 block of Miller Street just east of the city's downtown area when a dog approached the girls in an aggressive manner and proceeded to bite two of the girls. ...

Shelia Rouse, who has extensive newspaper management experience in Southeast Missouri and Western Tennessee, has assumed the publisher position at the Daily Statesman, effective Tuesday, April 1. It will be an expanded role within Rust Communications for Rouse, who has been publisher of the State Gazette in Dyersburg, Tenn., since 2001. ...

FISK, Mo. -- If current trends continue, action may be required to curb crowding at Fisk Elementary and Middle school, Twin Rivers R-X Superintendent Mike Stevenson explained at Tuesday night's school board meeting. "It is tight," Stevenson said. "We do have some major concerns. We're going to have to do something about it. We're looking for solutions."...

A marketing class and a physical education class at the Three Rivers College Dexter Center have joined forces to plan, market and hold a special event that will benefit a very good cause and gain experience for the students. The Three Rivers College 5K Run/Walk will raise money for 18 Fore Life, which assists local cancer victims and their families...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House approved a novel two-tiered state spending plan Thursday that would increase public school funding by up to $122 million if more conservative revenue projections turn out to be right or up to $278 million if Gov. Jay Nixon's rosier predictions come true...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- 2010 Dexter graduate Chance Holden finished tied for 11th place to lead the Arkansas State men's golf team at the UALR/First Tee Classic, which concluded Tuesday with the Red Wolves finishing eighth among 14 teams. Arkansas State shot a final-round 315 today at the Chenal Country Club, giving it a three-round 918 total. The Red Wolves posted a 303 and 300 for the first and second rounds, respectively, to end the tournament's initial 36 holes tied for seventh place...

By NOREEN HYSLOP The community was saddened on Tuesday when word spread that Drew Albritton, the St. Louis child with links to Dexter, had died. He had won the hearts of so many in the area, many of whom never had the privilege of meeting the brave little boy who valiantly spent half his lifetime in a battle to survive...

Mary Alice King, daughter of the late Lloyd Prater and Nellie Hartwell Prater, was born in Bragg City, Mo. on Oct. 10, 1930, and died in SoutheastHealth of Stoddard County, Dexter, Mo. on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the age of 83. Mrs. King had worked at Elder Manufacturing Company of Dexter, Mo. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany General Baptist Church of Rural Campbell, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats softball team saved the best for last in its home opener against SCAA conference rival Advance Thursday afternoon. Dexter overcame a 5-1 deficit when it tallied four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and a game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure a 6-5 walkoff victory against the Advance Hornets...