Stories from Thursday, December 4, 2014

FARMINGTON, Mo. - Dexter junior point guard Dakota Reynolds has a knack for protecting the ball until she is fouled late in close game and then delivering at the free throw line. Such a display took place in the final two minutes of regulation in third-seeded Dexter's game against the second-seeded Jackson Indians Thursday night in a semifinal of the Farmington Invitational. ...

Dexter Police Dec. 3-4, 2014 Police are investigating a report of fraud using a credit card on S. Mulberry Street. A reported burglary in the 300 block of Vine Street is under investigation. The incident was reported to police at 11:34 a.m. Tuesday...

Note: A photo gallery of the game is available at this link: Dexter girls basketball team in action against Notre Dame FARMINGTON, Mo. - The Dexter Lady Bearcats' offense wasted little time getting down to business Wednesday night in its season-opener at the Farmington Invitational...

Brenda J. Stuckey, daughter of the late Herron and Velma Gaylord, was born on May 15, 1944, in Stoddard County and died Dec. 1, 2014, at the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., at the age of 70. Mrs. Stuckey was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. She was a lifelong educator, a high school teacher for 12 years in New Madrid, Mo., and for 27 years in Little Rock...

Kenneth Wayne Hurley, son of John Hurley of Canalou, Mo., and the late Hazel I. Hinkley Hurley, was born on May 20, 1960, in St. Louis, Mo., and died on Dec. 2, 2014, in Bloomfield at the age of 54. Mr. Hurley had worked as a farm hand for Paul Clary Farms and was a resident of Bloomfield...