Stories from Thursday, May 7, 2015

BERNIE, Mo. - For a second straight season the Malden Green Wave softball program is headed back to town with a district championship plaque. The top-seeded Malden Green Wave never trailed the second-seeded Bernie Mules as it secured a 12-2 five-inning win in the Class 1, District 3 championship Wednesday afternoon at Bernie...

BENTON, Mo. -- An Essex man was arrested after attacking a man with a baseball bat. Robert L. Watkins, 53, is charged with the felony of second degree assault and armed criminal action following a disturbance on Sunday. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, a deputy responded to a residence in Diehlstadt where the victim stated he was at the residence getting his belongings from the pump house. ...

Individual fundraisers for the recent Relay for Life event were recognized for having collected a total of nearly $30,000 to battle cancer. In front are Jolie Barbour (raised $2,030), Emma Kate Worley ($9,531.78), Logan Holman ($1,227.66), Michele Carmode ($2,872.24), and Kristi Venable ($1,840). ...

Eva McKinley, daughter of the late Edward Fritts and Velma Kitchens Fritts, was born on Jan. 24, 1926, in Stoddard County and died on May 6, 2015, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell at the age of 89. Mrs. McKinley was a member of the First Church of God in Dexter. She was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...