Stories from Saturday, May 31, 2014

By MARK BLANTON SEMO News Service SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. -- Three suspects in the First Commercial Bank robbery in Morley were indicted by federal prosecutors Thursday. Pamela M. Lathon, 46, Tyrice G. Royston, 26, and Alexander T. Trotter, 31, all of St. Louis, were indicted on charges related to the May 20 robbery of the bank in Morley...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer Dexter city officials report that after a long struggle, the city's east lagoon is now in compliance with Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regulations. The problem began shortly after a 2012 project that was aimed at increasing aeration to handle a higher volume of waste coming from the Tyson Foods plant in the southeast section of Dexter was completed...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer Gov. Jay Nixon has released an estimate of what he believes will be the losses in sales taxes to cities and counties due to the legislature passing two dozen tax breaks in the final days of the recent legislative session...

The 2014 SCAA all-conference high schoo baseball and softball awards were recently released. Bernie's Tori Lowery was selected as the SCAA Player of the Year in softball. Bloomfield's Tim Fox and Bernie's Josh Stevens were selected as SCAA Players of the Year in baseball...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor It was her senior year of high school. Riley Rickman was looking forward to graduation and a summer of fun before heading off for college in the fall. She was in contention for the salutatorian spot of the 2014 graduating class at Dexter High School. Life was good...