Stories from Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors tabled action on updating hardware for the 911 recorder in the dispatch center due to the high cost of interfacing with new digital radio equipment installed at the Stoddard County Ambulance District. The ambulance district houses the 911 dispatch center and provides the service for County 911 Services for a contract fee...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Likely and declared Republican candidates for Missouri governor in 2016 each had more than $1 million on hand at the end of last year, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday. Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich raised $140,000 in the fourth quarter of 2014, ending the year with $1 million in his campaign fund. Schweich won the race for auditor in November and has not yet announced whether or not he will run for governor in 2016...

Sometimes out of tragedy there comes a bit of triumph. That was the case at a Friday morning house fire at First and Stoddard Streets on the east end of Dexter. Dexter firefighters were summoned to the scene about 9:40 a.m. after a passerby called 911, indicating that flames could be seen coming through the roof at the front of the home. ...

Dexter Police Jan. 16, 2015 At 7:09 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, Dexter Police arrested Shannon L. Kinney, 50, of Dexter for shoplifting. Bond was set at $200 cash. Highway Patrol Jan. 16, 2015 At 6:24 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle accident on Highway 60, approximately a half-mile west of Fisk. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield Wildcats varsity boys basketball program got the best of Malden for a second time this season 45-44 Friday night. Bloomfield doubled Malden on the scoreboard by halftime 26-13 before Malden rallied to tie things up at 33-33 by the start of the fourth quarter...

Note: A photo gallery of the game is available at this link: View Photos Here BERNIE, Mo. - Dexter senior Noah Kronk went to coach Josh Dowdy with an immediate first-year objective when Dowdy took over the varsity boys basketball program earlier this season...