Stories from Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Dexter area experienced the wrath of the nearly week-long snow early Saturday morning when the weight of overnight sleet and and early morning rain took its toll on some local businesses. In a strip of stores at One Mile Road and Business 60, at least three local businesses were destroyed when the flat roof on the stores collapsed around 7:30 Saturday morning under the weight of the wet snow and ice...

Saturday's Dexter-Poplar Bluff varsity boys and girls basketball games scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Poplar Bluff High School are cancelled. All district basketball tournaments have also been postponed Saturday. View updated brackets at this link: Updated basketball tournament brackets...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Through combined efforts of the Missouri Department of Conservation and local volunteers, another successful Women's Rabbit Hunt was held on the grounds of the Gobbler Ridge Farms Disabled Veterans Facility located just southwest of Bloomfield. The facility was established in 2012 when landowners, Tom Love and Alan Hedrick, made available a 120-acre tract of land to be utilized as a haven for disabled veterans and other special guests...

Danny Pierce lost his wife and two grandsons in a house fire in Poplar Bluff last month. He also lost his home and is in serious condition, undergoing treatments at St. John's Mercy Hospital Burn Center in St. Louis. As a result, the Pleasant Grove Community Church in Dexter has decided to find a way to help...

PUXICO, Mo. -- More and more often, the public is hearing of bobcat sightings in southeast Missouri. A recent facebook posting of a bobcat seen within the confines of Mingo Wildlife Refuge confirmed their presence once again in the area and raised some questions for Peter Rea, Refuge Ranger at Mingo...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau man accused of killing another man and leading authorities on an extensive search earlier this month made his first appearance Thursday in a Wayne County courtroom. Wayne County Circuit Clerk Darren Garrison said Michael Burkman, 47, appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller and was arraigned Thursday morning on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action...

Residents urged to clear drainage areas