Stories from Wednesday, March 4, 2015

After Brian Buchanan drained a 2-point field goal to put Gideon on top of Advance 45-44 with 1:18 remaining in a Class 1 sectional Advance coach Bubba Wheetley elected to run his motion offense as opposed to burn his final timeout...

Due to inclement weather, the Stoddard County Government Building and the Justice Center will be closed on Thursday, March 5. There will be no court proceedings at the Justice Center that day. A decision on Friday's schedule will depend upon weather conditions...

Due to the weather City offices will be closing today at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4. For emergencies please contact the Dexter Police Department at 573-624-5512.

The following local forecast for Stoddard County comes from the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. at 1 p.m. Wednesday: Sleet, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all snow after 2pm. Steady temperature around 26. Blustery, with a north wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible...

Shelby Gathings, a senior at Dexter High School and the daughter of Angela and Bobby Alford, is the Daily Statesman March Calendar Girl. Shelby is in Honors Choir, Scholar Bowl, on the Yearbook staff, and is a member of Showstoppers of Southeast Missouri. She also takes part in Choir Ensembles and is a Pep Club member. She plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University in the fall...

The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors discussed the purchase of a medical ambulance bus, but took no action at their regular meeting recently. The meeting had been postponed due to weather conditions on Feb. 11. New Board Member Amy Stubenrauch was sworn in prior to the start of the meeting. She replaces William Nelson of Advance, and represents the northern portion of the county...

Editor's note: The following is the second of a two part series concerning crime and its impact on the communities of Stoddard County. Since being elected to the office of Stoddard County Prosecutor, Russ Olive has seen many of the same faces appear in court to face similar, if not the same, charges that they have dealt with in the past. For some, it's a problem they have struggled with in recent years; and, for others, it has been a lifelong battle...

It was a planning and zoning kind of night at the Dexter Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night. While ordinarily a quiet department within the city, the Planning and Zoning board made a recommendation to the aldermen for a change. City Attorney Yewell "Bud" Lawrence informed the board that Planning and Zoning had made a recommendation for the rezoning of a tract of land south of Worley Road from commercial to agricultural...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Jim Stuever of Dexter was inducted into the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Recruiter Hall of Fame during the organization's awards banquet at the 2015 Commodity Classic in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 27. Stuever, past president of the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA), earned the recognition through his efforts in recruiting members in the Show-Me State...

Dexter Police March 3, 2015 At 9:03 a.m., Monday, March 2, Dexter Police arrested Jasper A. Cantrell, 41, of Dexter on a failure to appear warrant for Stoddard County. He was transported to the Stoddard County Jail. At 11:27 a.m., Monday, March 2, Dexter Police arrested Robert N. Stoner, 25, of Dexter on a probation and parole warrant. He was transported to the Stoddard County Jail...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dexter is back in very familiar territory. For the eighth-straight year the Bearcats will play for a district championship after cruising past Cape Central 66-30 Tuesday night at the Sikeston Field House during the Class 4, District 1 tournament semifinals...

Karen Jo Norman, daughter of Benny Jo Jackson and the late Shirley Jean Evans Jackson, was born in Wichita, Kan., on Feb. 7, 1961, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau on March 2, 2015, at the age of 54. Mrs. Norman was a secretary at the Just Rite Cleaners of Malden and was a resident of Bernie...

Virgie G. Wilson, daughter of the late William W. Asbell and Grace Davis Asbell, was born on Dec. 27, 1926, in Bloomfield and died on March 4, 2015, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter at the age of 88. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter. She retired as a teacher from the Dexter Public Schools, was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a resident of Dexter...