Stories from Saturday, October 18, 2014

Note: A photo gallery of the game is available at this link: View Photos Here PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The Portageville Bulldogs softball team booked its first trip to the state final four in school history Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 home victory against Bowling Green in a Class 2 state quarterfinal...

Dexter Police Oct. 17, 2014 Police were summoned to the 400 block of N. Elm St. at 10:17 a.m. Thursday when a caller reported theft from a building. Police are investigating a second degree domestic assault that took place in the 1500 block of Lyndel St. at 10:55 a.m. Thursday...

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Potential cases of the Ebola virus now can be tested in a Jefferson City lab, Gov. Jay Nixon said Friday. Nixon said the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory can check potential Ebola samples before a confirmation testing with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The governor asked the state Department of Health and Senior Services to apply to the federal government for the designation earlier this month...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors accepted a bid from American Response Vehicles for the purchase of a new ambulance at a cost of $264,992 at their regular meeting recently. American Response Vehicle was the only company to submit a bid...

Staff Reports At 10:16 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, over 20 million around the world took cover -- school children, students at universities, employees and patients in government and healthcare facilities and others -- as part of the global Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill. It is estimated that nearly one-half million individuals in Missouri participated in the drill...

By JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer It was the 1970s when Carolyn Johnson, of Dexter, first saw solar panels being installed and used to generate power. She vowed then that she would one day do the same thing. Now, she does. Living on the outskirts of Dexter, Johnson has a series of solar panels mounted on the roof of her garage; and, while those panels do provide electricity to established lines, they also provide cheap energy to those who use those lines...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor BERNIE, Mo. -- The Bernie Board of Education followed suit with other school districts in Missouri Thursday night as they too, reviewed the district's MAP testing data. Countywide, Bernie took the biggest hit in overall Annual Percentage Report (APR) scores from 2013 to 2014. ...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats came up short in its bid to become the first football team to beat the Malden Green Wave in the 2014 season. Malden recorded 28 points in each of the first two quarters as it built a 56-0 lead by halftime on its way to a 76-8 victory against Dexter...