Stories from Tuesday, May 6, 2014

FARMINGTON, Mo. - Four Dexter golfers finished in the Top 25 at the Class 3, District 1, golf tournament at Crowne Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Mo., Monday. Dexter's Ethan Stevens finished tied for eighth with a round of 12-over-par 84. Dexter's Austin Chesser finished tied for 18th with a round of 16-over-par 88. Dexter's Myles Urhahn finished 23rd with a round of 17-over-par 89 and Dexter's Drake Mitchell finished 24th with a round of 18-over-par 90...

DUDLEY, Mo. -- A Malden man was injured in a Saturday afternoon wreck near Dudley, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rebecca D. Lehnig, 21, was southbound on Hwy. ZZ, two miles south of Dudley at 12:45 p.m. Saturday when he was struck by a northbound vehicle that then left the scene. ...

Several individuals were arrested within Stoddard County over the recent weekend on charges of driving while intoxicated. Dustin M. Lane, 23, of Dexter was arrested by the Highway Patrol at 11:39 p.m. Saturday. He is charged with DWI as a prior offender and with failure to drive on the right half of the roadway. He was transported to the Stoddard County Jail, where he was issued a summons to appear, and he was released...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- An autopsy Friday morning found a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man died by strangulation in an apparent suicide in a holding cell of the Butler County Justice Center. As part of the investigation into the Thursday death of Adam Butch Banks, an autopsy was completed at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington, Mo., by Dr. Russell Deidiker...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Joe's Bridge and Grading, Inc., of Poplar Bluff was the low bidder on two bridges that are to be replaced in Stoddard County. The Stoddard County Commission opened sealed bids from four contractors Monday morning at their regular meeting. The commission did not award a contract to give the engineers and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to review the bids...

In a special meeting of the Dexter Public Schools Board of Education on May 1, board members approved of a $39,695 computer package and secured four positions for the 2014-15 school year. Seventy-five computers were purchased from School Supply Tech. The units are capable of operating the recently purchased upgraded software...

KENNETT, Mo. -- A Puxico woman charged with murdering her husband while he slept will stand trial in 2015. Victoria Isaac, 48, is charged with the Class A felony of murder in the first degree. She appeared in court last week alongside her attorney, Ian Keith Page...

The decision to move the 2014 Relay for Life from West to East City Park proved to be a good one Friday night. The parking lot at the Dexter Park and Recreation gym was high and dry, and the quarter-mile walking track at the park itself served survivors and team members well. Co-chairs Jennifer Hartlein and Belinda Worley deemed the event to be a welcomed success...

BERNIE, Mo. - Bernie Mules softball coach Brad Botsch liked his team's chances of securing a walk-off win heading to the bottom of the seventh inning after the Malden Green Wave scored a run in the top of the seventh frame to tie things up at 5-5. "We hoped to win it in the top of the seventh, but that didn't happen," Botsch said. "We had the 3-4-5 hitters coming up and I knew we had a really good shot of getting it done."...

Rodney Rangel, son of Toby Rangel of Dexter and the late Peggy Mosley Rangel, was born on October 6, 1965 in San Jose, California and passed away on May 4, 2014 at SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 48. Mr. Rangel had worked in sales for Cingular Phone Service and was a resident of Patton, Missouri. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served in Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Dexter boys and girls track teams competed in the six-team SEMO Central Conference track meet Monday. The Dexter girls placed second as a team and the Dexter boys placed fifth. Host Notre Dame finished first in the boys and girls divisions...