Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Dexter Police Oct. 28, 2014 A report of stealing from a building on State Highway 25 is under investigation. The incident was reported to police at 12:14 p.m. Monday. Stoddard County Oct. 28, 2014 No report Highway Patrol Oct. 28, 2014 No arrests for the period...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Area corn and soybean farmers are experiencing a good news/bad news kind of harvest season in 2014 with the unknown factor being the weather -- as usual. The good news is that both corn and soybean yields appear to be on track for a really successful harvest with predictions that the national average will be at an all-time high. ...

by JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD -- Although the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen had a skimpy agenda for Monday night's meeting, the public comments portion of the meeting certainly filled the time. The meeting opened with public comments and Bloomfield Mayor Pro Tem Donna Deardorff acknowledging Alan and Dena Estes. Alan Estes is the plant manager for Gateway Shoes and expressed his happiness with the business' relocation to Bloomfield...

By RUTH CAMPBELL SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- With the Nov. 4 general election looming, opponents of Amendment 3 are still trying to convince people not to vote for the measure. The proposal on the ballot would tie teacher evaluations to student performance and limit future teaching contracts to three years, among other things...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Quoc Chau was a young man in his twenties when he escaped the political unrest in Vietnam in the late 1970s, along with his wife, My, and young son, Tuyen. After three failed attempts at leaving the country, they successfully boarded a boat, and after three days on choppy seas, they disembarked in Malaysia. ...

By DUSTIN WARD Statesman Sports Editor DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter middle school basketball programs collected four mercy rule victories Tuesday night. The Dexter seventh grade boys basketball team beat Woodland 50-18 and the Dexter eighth grade boys basketball team beat Woodland 52-20...