Stories from Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The stage is set for a winner-take-all championship at the Missouri Senior Babe Ruth state tournament Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. Boonville edged the SEMO Pirates of Leopold 4-1 in Game 25 of the state tournament and followed by handing Charleston a 9-3 loss in Game 26 Tuesday night...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - The 14-year-old Missouri Senior Babe Ruth state tournament takes place July 17-20 at East Prairie High School. Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Poplar Bluff, Advance, East Prairie, Southwest Ozark and Mississippi Valley will compete in the six-team double-elimination tournament...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board heard a report from Superintendent Toni Hill on renovations and work being performed on the school campus over the summer at their regular meeting Monday night. Hill reported that the old flooring in the hallways of the elementary school was being removed and replaced with new tile. ...

A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of two individuals in Dexter on Monday night. According to the report, Dexter Police Officer Brad Brown stopped a silver Pontiac Grand Prix near the intersection of Grant and Park Lane because the registration had expired May 2014...

Charleston Fighting Squirrels third baseman Jason Mattison, a Dexter talent, makes a play on the infield at the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston Sunday afternoon. Defending state champion Charleston beat Arch City 13-3 Thursday, Portageville 7-3 Friday, Boonville 9-5 Saturday and the SEMO Pirates of Leopold 6-5 Sunday at the 27-game double-elimination tournament. ...

Dexter Police July 15, 2014 Police are investigating a report of forgery at a local super market at 12:40 p.m. on Monday. Property recovered in the 700 block of Rannells St. was turned over to police on Monday at 1:28 p.m. Larry M. Gilbert, 40, of Essex was arrested on One Mile Rd. at 5:24 p.m. Monday for probation violation...

Daniel James Raymond Hunsaker, son of Danny Hunsaker of West Plains, Missouri and Vickie Radford Smith of Dexter, Missouri, was born on July 17, 1987 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on July 14, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 26 years, 362 days...