Stories from Thursday, April 3, 2014

NWS predicts severe weather today, tonight

Note: A photo gallery of the Bernie-Dexter softball game is available at this link: View Photos Here BERNIE, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity girls softball team rebounded from an 11-0 loss at Kennett Tuesday afternoon in a big way Wednesday when it secured a 7-4 road win at defending SCAA tournament champion Bernie...

Virginia L. "Jenny" McClain, daughter of the late Frelan D. and Nellie Rush Witaker, was born in Bollinger County, Mo. on Dec. 25, 1924, and died at her home in Lake St. Louis, Mo. on April 1, 2014, at the age of 89. She had lived in St. Charles and Bloomfield, Mo. before moving to Lake St. Louis two months ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church...

Barbara Ann Taylor, daughter of the late Norris and Susie Lucille Thrower Temples, was born near Dudley, Mo., on April 12, 1941, and died at the Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton, Ill. on April 3, 2014, at the age of 77. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Watkins and Sons Funeral Services at a later date...

Martha Sue Rowland, daughter of the late Ted and Shirley Denkins Jeter, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on June 30, 1959, and died at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo., on April 2, 2014, at the age of 54. She had lived in Dexter all her life. She had worked as an LPN...