Stories from Monday, September 15, 2014

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity volleyball team took home the top prize at the 48-team Dig for Life Classic for the first time in school history Saturday evening at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Dexter outlasted Park Hills Central 25-15, 25-13 in the title game after beating Notre Dame 25-12, 25-22 in a semifinal, St. Vincent 25-10, 25-14 in a quarterfinal and Eminence 25-11, 25-5 in a Round of 16 contest...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield baseball team improved to 9-3 Monday afternoon with a 10-0 victory against Gideon. Tim Hector earned a complete-game victory for the Wildcats. He allowed two hits, struck out five and walked one in five innings of work...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Liberty Township resident informed the Stoddard County Commission that she has filed charges against the Liberty Township Board of Directors for trespassing and theft over a dispute involving the removal of a weir box from what she alleges is private property...

Rose Annetta Heskett of Advance, was born Nov. 1, 1919, and died at her home Sept. 13, 2014, at the age of 94. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.

Jody Mason, daughter of the late Joseph Britt and Ada Davis Britt, was born on June 13, 1925, in Luray Tenn., and died on Sept. 13, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 89. Mrs. Mason had been a resident of Dexter for the past 29 years. Prior to returning to Dexter, she was a long time employee of the Memphis City School System...

Jean Lee, was born Feb. 17, 1928, and died at her daughter's home in Sewanee, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2014, at the age of 86. Mrs. Lee was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK., to William David Blatch and Eva Maude Goss Blatch. Mr. Blatch moved the family to Coventry where they lived within sight of 12th Century St. ...

Rose Annetta Heskett of Advance, was born Nov. 1, 1919, and died at her home Sept. 13, 2014, at the age of 94. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.

Jody Mason, daughter of the late Joseph Britt and Ada Davis Britt, was born on June 13, 1925, in Luray Tenn., and died on Sept. 13, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 89. Mrs. Mason had been a resident of Dexter for the past 29 years. Prior to returning to Dexter, she was a long time employee of the Memphis City School System...

Jean Lee, was born Feb. 17, 1928, and died at her daughter's home in Sewanee, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2014, at the age of 86. Mrs. Lee was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK., to William David Blatch and Eva Maude Goss Blatch. Mr. Blatch moved the family to Coventry where they lived within sight of 12th Century St. ...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter varsity girls tennis team secured its second straight 5-4 victory Friday when it beat Poplar Bluff. Poplar Bluff's Namara Haq beat Dexter's Mary Miller 8-4 in the No. 1 singles match, Poplar Bluff's Nikkia Hickman beat Dexter's Macy Urhahn 9-8 (7-0) in the No. ...