Stories from Wednesday, August 27, 2014

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The main and River Campuses of Southeast Missouri State University are closing immediately due to a City of Cape Girardeau water main break that feeds the main campus. Residence hall students are encouraged to return to campus on Monday, September 1st, and offices will open and classes will resume at 8 a.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2014...

BERNIE, Mo. - Bernie baseball coach Darrin Shipman knows repeating the success of a 2014 spring season that featured a 20-4 record, 18-game winning streak, district tournament championship and Malden Invitational title is a tall task. "We did have a good year," Bernie coach Darrin Shipman said of his squad's spring campaign. ...

The Bloomfield Wildcats baseball team tallied three runs in the top of the seventh inning to collect a come-from-behind 4-2 victory against Bell City Wednesday afternoon. Bell City scored a run in the first and third to build a 2-0 lead after three innings...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules baseball team tallied multiple runs in every inning on its way to a convincing 15-1 five-inning victory against the Naylor Eagles Wednesday afternoon. "Early on we weren't hitting the ball really hard," Bernie coach Darrin Shipman said. "But we put it in play and they made a few mistakes. As the game went on we hit the ball a little harder and hit several line drives...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Annual 4-Person Scramble Golf Tournament to benefit UCAN is slated for Friday, Sept. 26, at Crowley's Ridge Country Club in Bloomfield. Committee members have been finalizing plans for the annual event in recent weeks. Check-in time is set at 11 a.m. with Shotgun Start at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m...

Note: A photo gallery of the Bernie-Sikeston game is available at this link View Photos Here BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules varsity volleyball program survived a slow start and put together an electric finish in a 25-23, 25-14 victory against Sikeston Tuesday night...

I try to remind myself not to spend too much time talking about the weather in this column, as I am not a meteorologist (witch doctor) and some folks won't see the printed version of this article for another week. The thing is though, as an outdoorsman, the only people that are as affected by the weather as much us are farmers, and maybe a bride-to-be on the precipice of her outdoor wedding!...

By JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD -- The gavel has been passed from one Donna to another. As of Monday night, Donna Medlin is officially no longer mayor of Bloomfield, and Mayor Pro Tem Donna Deardorff is. Technically, Deardorff will continue to serve as Mayor Pro Tem until April, which would be the end of Medlin's mayoral term...

By JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer A local property owner has been struggling with the Dexter Post Office in the past year; and, after numerous phone calls to numerous people -- including his congressional representative's office -- he has one message. Stand your ground...

JONATHON DAWE -- jdawe@dailystatesman.com A tractor-trailer rig carrying a load of corn turned over on its side Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m. on the overpass of Highways 25 and 60 in Dexter. The wreck held up southbound traffic for a time. The driver was uninjured in the wreck. ...

ESSEX, Mo. - The Richland varsity volleyball program opened its season with a 25-14, 25-23 home victory against Twin Rivers Tuesday night. "I knew coming into the season we were going to have to be a scrappy team," Richland coach Lisa Taylor said. "The girls worked hard tonight, played together, didn't let anything hit the floor, stuck in it and positioned themselves well on the court."...

When Wayne Voss went into the little southwestern justice of the peace office in a tiny town in New Mexico, he was looking to buy a marriage license. Little did he know that he and his high school sweetheart Brenda were going to be married, right then and there...

Bill Ward has lived in Advance all his life, and, unlike most people, he remembers practically every detail of life in this small community, from the time when there were eight restaurants to the building of the new medical center on the old square...

Note: A photo gallery of the Dexter-Charleston girls tennis match is available at this link: View Photos Here DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter varsity girls tennis team cruised past Charleston 9-0 Tuesday afternoon. Mary Miller beat Frederica Evans 8-0 in the No. ...

Ella Mae Christian, daughter of the late Luther Tim and Anna Robinson Temples, was born in rural Dexter, Mo. on Nov. 16, 1917, and died at her home in Dexter, Missouri on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at the age of 96. She had lived in Dexter all her life. She was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ...