Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The seedings have been released for the 2014 seventh and eighth grade SCAA boys basketball tournaments. The tournaments takes place Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at the Dexter Middle School Gymnasium and Bearcat Event Center. Dexter has received the No. 1 seed in both brackets...

Bill Gene Hueckel, son of the late Walter Hueckel and Edna Newby Hueckel, was born on Sept.18, 1929 in Vinson, Mo., and died on Nov. 9, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 85. Mr. Hueckel had worked as a farmer and was a member of the Dexter Eagles Lodge and the Essex Lions Club...

Bobby Jones 81, of Essex, was born Aug. 8, 1933, and died Nov. 8, 2014. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.

Joseph R. Brown, 92, of Bell City, died Nov. 7, 2014, at his home. He was born July 18, 1922, at Bell City, the son of B. Rust and Louise E. Vollmar Brown. Joe was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in WWII. He had been a POW for 39 months; from 1942-1945 in Japan...

A Cape Girardeau woman faces numerous charges following her arrest in Stoddard County Friday night. According to the Highway Patrol, Samantha E. Hurdle, 24, was stopped on a traffic violation at 11:21 p.m. and subsequently arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance, driving while suspended, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway, no seat belt, and failure to appear on a previous stealing charge...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A fourth grade classroom of students from Aviston Elementary School in southern Illinois wrote a letter to The Daily Statesman this week, asking for items from southeast Missouri to enhance their studies of various regions of the U.S...

SUBMITTED photo Larry White, Dexter Elks Lodge member, presents certificates and $50 checks for Savings Bonds to Dexter seniors Brooks Propst, son of Darrin and Molly Propst, and Shyann Jines, daughter of Cory and Stacy Blocker and Brian and Amanda Jines. ...

Dexter Police Nov. 8-11, 2014 Randy G. Hopkins, 57, of Bloomfield was arrested at 1:57 a.m. Friday at 1317 W. Business 60 on charges of use and/or possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $250 cash only. Police investigated a report of stealing at a residence in the 500 block of W. Fannetta St. At 7:08 a.m. Friday...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter middle school boys basketball program collected home wins against Bell City Monday night. Dexter beat Bell City 23-4 in a two-quarter seventh grade contest and outlasted Bell City 51-5 in a four-quarter eighth grade game. Dexter returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Puxico...

Lois Troyer was born in Virginia Beach and raised in a Mennonite family with ten other siblings. "The Mennonite life is all I know," Lois says. "I gave my heart to the Lord at a young age and became a member of the church at age 14." When she was eight, her family moved to Auburn, Kentucky to join a new church that was just starting. She attended the Mennonite school and lived there until she was 33...