Stories from Wednesday, September 10, 2014

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board passed a resolution opposing Amendment 3 to the Missouri Constitution at their board meeting Monday evening. Amendment 3 will be on the November election ballot. District Superintendent Toni Hill said the amendment, if passed, would be detrimental to public education...

As hundreds of children in more than 10 states have been hospitalized due to the outbreak of a respiratory virus, local health officials urge prevention. The virus, which has not yet been 100 percent verified, is suspected to be enterovirus D-68. Nineteen of 22 samples taken from patients in Kansas City came back as D-68. According to Stoddard County Public Health Director Amy Hector, the number one way to fight the spread of the virus is through proper hand washing...

A 61-year-old rural Bloomfield man is dead following a Monday night fire in his mobile home on a county road southeast of Bloomfield, just outside of Dexter. Bloomfield firefighters were summoned to the home at 16307 County Road 511A at 9:30 p.m. Seven members of the Bloomfield Fire Department battled the blaze. According to Fire Chief Justin Bell, the home was engulfed in flames when they arrived...

BERNIE, Mo. - After just three regular-season games in the first two plus weeks of the season Bernie Mules coach Erin Hoffman entered Tuesday night's contest against the red-hot Advance Hornets ready to see how her team could execute against an opponent...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules pitching was spot on for a second straight day Tuesday afternoon against Twin Rivers. Alex Guzman put together a no-hit performance Tuesday as the Mules shutout Campbell 10-0 in five innings. The no-hitter came about 24 hours after Bernie's Brock Beacham pitched a no-hitter in a 10-0 victory against Twin Rivers on Monday...

The Bernie Board of Education, following suit with Bloomfield Monday night, also agreed to go on the record in opposition of Amendment 3, a proposal that goes before voters in November regarding the administration of additional standardized tests, the issue of teacher tenure and the process by which teachers are evaluated...

Dexter Police Sept. 9, 2014 At 2:18 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8, Dexter Police investigated a suicide threat. At 3:49 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8, Dexter Police investigated a report of theft of cash in the 800 block of Bailiff Street. At 4:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8, Dexter Police issued a summons to James Michael Wallace, 18, of Dexter on the charge of third degree domestic assault...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A former Dexter minister, Marcus Geuin, currently from Wentzville, was arrested for theft/stealing $25,000 or more and forgery. He remains in the county jail under a $50.000 bond. An article in Sept. 2 edition of The Daily Statesman stated there was a warrant out for Geuin's arrest for having allegedly appropriated $65,359.02 from the First Pentecostal Church of Dexter. ...

NOREEN HYSLOP photo Story Hour at Keller Public Library for the 2014-15 school year kicked off on Tuesday with Mary Ann Taylor, donned in her royal robes, presenting, "Swimming with the Queen" to young guests. An especially good listener was four-year-old Tegan McCammon, shown posing with Taylor. Additional photos from Story Hour may be found in Photo Galleries at www.dailystatesman.com or by scanning the QR code herein with any smart phone...

BASEBALL BROSELEY, Mo. - The Bloomfield Wildcats baseball team shutout Twin Rivers 9-0 Tuesday afternoon. Noah Vandiver finished 3 for 4 with a double, two singles and four RBis for the Wildcats. Alex Gibbs hit a three-run home run. Leadoff hitter Tim Hector was on base three times. He had two singles, a walk and scored three runs...

Michael D. Whitley, Sr., 61, of Dexter died on Sept. 8, 2014 at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County at the age of 61. Arrangements are being handled by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter.

Charles Victor Orr, son of the late Nicholas Cleveland and Ita Whittington Orr, was born in Dudley, Missouri on January 11, 1923, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on September 10, 2014, at the age of 91 years, 7 months and 30 days...