Stories from Friday, June 6, 2014

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer GRAYRIDGE, Mo. -- Construction of the new Lansing Trade Group grain facility east of Grayridge is running ahead of schedule, according to Tim Hutchcraft, location manager of Lansing Trade Group. The new facility will accept corn, soybeans and wheat (though it will not be open in time for the current wheat harvest). The grain will be transported by a high-speed train dedicated solely to hauling Lansing grain...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor In a special meeting of the Dexter Board of Education on Thursday, June 5, members voted to employ a certified teacher for a newly created position at the elementary level and a paraprofessional aide as an assistant boys' basketball coach for the coming school year...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The Dexter Board of Aldermen officially put an end to the fiscal year 2014 and prepared for the new year at its most recent meeting. They began by balancing the budget for the current year. Missouri statute does not allow a municipality to operate with an unbalanced budget...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The City of Dexter has approved its budget for FY2015, and a few small capital improvements are on the horizon for the coming year. A capital improvement is a project, typically requiring a sizable amount of money, which involves an upgrade or improvement to a facility, infrastructure or new equipment for a business or governmental entity...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer A couple accused of accepting money from Donald Lafferty in exchange for burning his home and killing his wife appeared in court Thursday. It was the second court appearance for Christopher and Brandi Hicks, who knew Lafferty through a rural Bloomfield church at which he was pastor at the time of the January 2013 fire...

Oscar Lee Dement, son of the late Monroe Dement and Marie Bradshaw Dement, was born on September 29, 1925 and passed away on June 6, 2014 at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88. Mr. Dement had worked as a telegrapher for Frisco Railroad, was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II and was a resident of Dexter...

Oscar Lee Dement, son of the late Monroe Dement and Marie Bradshaw Dement, was born on Sept 29, 1925, and died on June 6, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88. Mr. Dement had worked as a telegrapher for Frisco Railroad and was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II and was a resident of Dexter...