Stories from Tuesday, March 3, 2015

This Afternoon: Showers. High near 49. South southwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Tonight: Showers. Low around 34. South southwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%...

Dexter Police Feb. 27-March 2, 2015 At 7:54 a.m., Friday, Feb. 27, Dexter Police received a report of property damage from Ella J. powers, 67, of Kingdom City. At 8:14 a.m, Friday, Feb. 27, Dexter Police responded to a two-vehicle accident at 1207 Arvin Road. According to the report, the accident occurred when a 1998 Jeep Wrangler, driven by Ethan Stevens, 18, of Dexter, hit a patch of ice and slid into an unoccupied 2005 Nissan Altima, which was parked...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Larry Fox of Dexter addressed the Stoddard County Commission with a complaint about clearing snow and ice on One Mile Road from Grant Street to Highway AF south. Fox said that portion of the road was not cleared following the nearly 10 inch snow that occurred Feb. 22-23 nearly as well as the portion from Hwy. AF south. Fox said he lives on One Mile Road...

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series, which examines crime in Stoddard County and the causes, as well as the treatments available for offenders who commit them. Part Two will run in the next print edition. Historically, the state of Missouri has incarcerated more property crime and violent crime offenders than the national average. And while the state has seen a drop in such numbers recently, the decline is something that Stoddard County has been experiencing for a while now...

The cleanup has begun. In the wake of February's snow and ice came a roof collapse in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 21, that claimed two local businesses and threatened others. When the roof collapsed on the mini strip mall on Business 60, it destroyed the Show Me Rent to Own business and El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant. ...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from 6 a.m. Wednesday until late Wednesday night. According to the NWS, rain should begin changing over to freezing rain, sleet and snow from northwest to southeast late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in the region. The snow will then taper off from northwest to southeast Wednesday night...

The sixth-seeded Dexter Bearcats increased its offensive output in every quarter but could not generate enough points to match the third-seeded Sikeston Bulldogs in a Class 4, District 1 boys quarterfinal at Sikeston Field House Monday night...

Earl Joseph Hubenthal, 98, died Feb. 24, 2015, at his residence in Dexter. He was born Aug. 3, 1916, in St. Louis, Mo., to Joseph and Marie (Stahl) Hubenthal. Earl married Myrtle Margaret Scott on Aug. 27, 1943, in St. Louis. She preceded him in death on June 1, 2010, after 66 years of marriage...

Sam Lee Powell, son of the late Virgil Leon Powell and Nell Downing-Powell, was born March 29, 1940, in Kennett, Mo., and died March 1, 2015, at his residence in Malden, Mo., at the age of 74. Mr. Powell was a graduate of Malden High School in 1958 and Central Methodist College in 1962. ...