Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Dexter Police April 10-12, 2015 Police arrested Brad A. Davis, 30, of Kennett at 1:32 p.m. Friday on a warrant service. Timothy R. Laws, 43, of Essex, was arrested for shoplifting at the Dexter Walmart at 2:28 p.m. on Friday. Police were summoned to Oak Crest Lane at 9:17 a.m. Saturday to investigate a report of items having been stolen from a parked vehicle...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission approved the sale of three used vehicles owned by the county and agreed to amend the 2015 budget for the Juvenile Services office to include a part-time employee. The commission met for their regular meeting Monday...

Among the dignitaries on hand at Sunday's reception to honor Lawson Metcalf upon his retirement from the Dexter Parks and Recreation Department was Rep. Tila Hubrecht, who presented Metcalf with a Resolution from the Missouri House of Representatives recognizing his 29 years on the job. A full Photo Gallery from Sunday's reception may be found at www.dailystatesman.com...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter softball team played four games in a span of 48 hours Friday and Saturday. Dexter dropped a road contest 7-2 at Doniphan Friday. Fifth-seeded Southland beat fourth-seeded Dexter 5-0 in a quarterfinal of the 16-team Dexter Swing Pink softball tournament Saturday. Dexter rebounded with a 13-0 victory against No. 8 seeded Charleston in a consolation semifinal before dropping the consolation championship to No. 6 seeded East Prairie 13-12...

Ever since he was a small child, Corbin Strong has wanted to be a Navy Seal. On March 29, he took an impressive step in that direction. "My wife and I signed him up for a long-range shooting class with Dr. Kyle Ouzts as a Valentine's Day present," said Strong's stepfather Mark Whitehead. "We knew he would be excited to do it; but we didn't anticipate everything would work out the way it did."...

ADVANCE, Mo. - The top-seeded Bernie Mules will take on the second-seeded Dexter Bearcats Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the seventh grade championship of the SCAA volleyball tournament at Advance. The eighth grade championship between top-seeded Dexter and third-seeded Bloomfield will follow at about 8:15 p.m...

SIKESTON, Mo. - Rain halted the Dexter-Sikeston varsity baseball game Monday afternoon at Sikeston before it could be declared an official game. Play was suspended with Sikeston leading Dexter 8-0 with two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Moderate rainfall began falling about 15 minutes before the first pitch in Sikeston and increased in intensity in the third inning. No word on when the SEMO Conference game will resume was available at press deadline...

James "Jim" Monroe Overby, 84, of Bernie died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Saxony Lutheran Village in Cape Girardeau, Mo., with his family at his side. He was born July 2, 1930, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the son of the Rev. James M. and Minnie Belle Sutton Overby. He and Joyce Petty were married May 6, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., by the Rev. Overby at Maple Avenue Methodist Church...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Poplar Bluff golf team took home the top prize at its own golf tournament Monday with a team score of 300. Lafayette was second with 312 and Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau was third with a 314. Dexter finished seventh with a 342...