Stories from Friday, December 5, 2014

Mary Kate Miller, a junior at Dexter High School and the daughter of Mike and Candy Miller, is The Daily Statesman's December Calendar Girl. Mary Kate is a member of FCA, Student Council, Dexter Honor Society, FCCLA, TARS, FTA, Rotary Interact, Varsity Tennis Team, Junior Class President, and a member of CYF youth group at First Christian Church. ...

When Dexter City Administrator Mark Stidham first proposed the Use Tax, he knew there would be some resistance. And though there was some initially, it appears to be performing better than originally planned. The issue was originally defeated in the April 2013 election by a margin of 292 to 175, or 63 percent to 37 percent. It then passed in the following election. Stidham explained that a use tax is needed to level the playing field for local businesses...

PUXICO, Mo. -- On Dec. 2, 2014, four subjects from the rural Puxico area were arrested on illegal drug activity. As the result of an ongoing drug investigation Stoddard County Deputies Gary Brady, Keith Haynes and Brent Stidham, along with members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, went to a residence located at 23371 Billyville Lane in Puxico. Upon arriving at the residence, permission was asked by the deputies to enter the residence and was granted...

BERNIE, Mo. -- The Bernie School District will seek to extend their current debt service in the April, 2015, school election to provide funds for construction of two classrooms and make renovations to the elementary, ag/shop building and the high school...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Bernie Mules and Twin Rivers Royals are slated to meet once again in the championship of the Holcomb Invitational boys basketball tournament Friday night at 8:30 p.m. Both teams collected come-from-behind victories Thursday night in their respective semifinals...

With the promise of providing a needed choice for healthcare -- closer to home -- St. Francis Medical Partners are planning a presence in Dexter with the construction of their Dexter Health Campus, a facility of over 45,000 square feet to be housed at US Highway 60 and Harris Drive...

Photo courtesy of AMY ELLINGHOUSE The SoutheastHEALTH Auxiliary of Dexter recently named Melba Baker of Dexter, their Auxilian of the Year. Melba has been a member of the hospital Auxiliary for over 15 years. She has served as president over the past year and will begin her second term in January. ...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor With the promise of providing a needed choice for healthcare -- closer to home -- St. Francis Medical Partners are planning a presence in Dexter with the construction of their Dexter Health Campus, a facility of over 45,000 square feet to be housed at US Highway 60 and Harris Drive...

Jovada June Kincy, daughter of the late James Earl Kincy and Hazel Garner Kincy, was born on July 24, 1940, in Dexter, Mo. and died on Dec. 3, 2014, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 74. Ms. Kincy worked at Wal-Mart as an associate for 14 years and was a resident of Dexter...

December 2, 2014 marked the five-year anniversary of Abner and Marlene Stoltzfus' journey as part of a Mennonite mission in the Ukraine. The Stoltzfuses returned to the U.S. to visit family recently and agreed to share some of the details of their life in Ukraine...

Charlotte K. Avery of Dudley, daughter of the late John and Mary Heaton Prince, was born in Cairo, Ill., on Dec. 4, 1946, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on Dec. 2, 2014, at the age of 67. She was raised in the Cahokia, Ill., area and lived most of her adult life in Missouri. She had lived Poplar Bluff for many years before moving to Dudley 12 years ago...

NOREEN HYSLOP photo -nhyslop@dailystatesman.com Children at this week's Keller Library Story Hour were treated to Christmas carols and crafts. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, guest reader Kim Cook will present, "Christmas Magic" beginning at 12:15 in the library's Community Room. All children are invited to attend...

Glen Medler, son of the late Raymond William and Mayme Lucus Medler, was born in Frisco on Nov. 28, 1917, and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on Dec. 3, 2014, at the age of 97. Mr. Medler had lived in lived in Dexter where he owned and operated Medler's Cleaners. He retired and moved to Poplar Bluff 30 years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and the Sunshine Sunday School class...

Dexter Police Dec. 5, 2014 Jonathan Bowler, 40, of Dudley was arrested at the local Probation and Parole office at 4:28 p.m. Thursday on a warrant service. Stoddard County Dec. 5, 2014 William Travis Lott, 25, of New Madrid was arrested on a warrant for non-support. Bond was set at $5,000, and he remains in jail...