Stories from Monday, April 6, 2015

The Missouri Baseball Coaches Association released its latest state rankings April 6. Five of the eight teams that are state-ranked from the southeast Missouri region are in Class 2. Defending Class 2 state champion Valle Catholic is ranked No. 1, East Carter County is ranked No. 2, Greenville is ranked No. 4 and Chaffee is ranked No. 7...

Kerri Jo Stearns, daughter of Ricky Stearns and Betty Jane Eskew Stearns of Dexter, was born on May 21, 1978, in Poplar Bluff and died on April 6, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 36. Kerri was a member of the Church of Christ in Essex. She was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...

Mary Lidella Cain Merritt, daughter of James William and Helen Higginbotham Cain, was born on Nov. 29, 1923, in St. Louis, Mo., and on Friday, April 3, 2015, at the Brookdale Assisted Living in Knoxville, Tenn., at the age 91. Mary Dell lived in Kennett, where she was a teacher for many years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kennett and was active in Girl Scouting for many years. She was also a member of Chalk Bluff Chapter of DAR...

Dexter Police April 4-6, 2015 At 9:53 .M., Thursday, April 2, Dexter Police issued summons to Amber Jenkins, 31, of Dexter on the charge of animal waste to be removed from public and private property. At 1:20 a.m., Thursday, April 2, Dexter Police arrested Gianni Phipps, 30; and Sherell Higgins, 41, both of Calumet City, Ill., on a warrant service...