Stories from Friday, August 15, 2014

The Dexter Bearcats varsity football program enters the 2014 season under second-year head coach Justin Peden with an ample supply of players who received playing time last season. The 2014 Dexter roster is composed of 16 seniors, 12 juniors, seven sophomores and 11 freshmen...

Class and district assignments were released Friday for the 2014 and 2015 seasons for high school volleyball. The only SCAA school changing moving up or down a class is Bloomfield. The Wildcats will moved from Class 1 to Class 2 this season. Bloomfield is slated to compete in Class 2, District 2, with Charleston, Puxico, Saxony Lutheran, Scott City, Twin Rivers and Woodland...

Oliver "Ollie" Hagy, was born April 29, 1943, and died at this home Aug. 13, 2014, at the age of 71. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.

A Dudley man was jailed Tuesday on several traffic-related charges following a stop in Stoddard County by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. William D. Hardman, 56, is charged with felony DWI (alcohol and drugs), misdemeanor possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana, and unlawful use He was additionally charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. driving while revoked, failure to register a motor vehicle, having no insurance, and for failure to stop for a stop sign...

Aubrey Jarrell, with her dad, John Jarrell, poses with Aubrey's kindergarten teacher, Angela Pope, at Southwest Elementary School in Dexter Thursday morning. While students in grades one through 12 attended classes until 1 p.m. on Thursday, kindergarten students attended just long enough to meet their teachers and explore their classrooms. Their first full day of classes will be on Friday. A total of 2,107 students attended Dexter Schools on Thursday...

ADVANCE -- It's always a good idea to keep your personal items and sensitive information on your person at all times -- a lesson learned recently by a woman in Advance. According to an incident report filed by the Advance Police Department, an unnamed woman contacted the department on July 30, and reported her wallet had been stolen and some of her credit cards and debit cards had been used. She wasn't sure whether it had been taken from her home or from another location...

A team of Union Pacific investigators has determined that the cause of a train derailment on July 24 was defective components in a switching mechanism on the tracks east of Dexter. Fourteen railroad cars on a southbound Union Pacific train derailed within the city limits of Dexter on July 24, one of which contained a hazardous material -- liquid petroleum gas. ...

One year ago, Roxanne McGhee felt the need to pray for Dexter Public Schools and its students and educators. That need led to the first "prayer walk" at Dexter Public Schools. Tuesday night, several people gathered at Southwest Elementary for the second annual prayer walk...

BERNIE, Mo. -- After some discussion, the Bernie Board of Aldermen voted to grant a wine/beer permit to Paradise Lounge and provide a letter to the owners to make application for a state wine permit. Scott Spitzer and Jackie Cornett, who recently purchased the business in downtown Bernie, said they were "completely remodeling" the business and hoped to reopen it in about three weeks. ...

Mark Ray Allen of Clever, Mo., was born March 11, 1950, and died at the Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., on Aug. 14, 2014, at the age of 64. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service in Dexter, Mo. is in charge of arrangements.