Stories from Saturday, May 30, 2015

Gilbert Grubbs, of Dexter, gets up in the morning and mills about his garage. Shelves are neatly lined and stacked with things from his past. Some pictures can be seen of him with deer and other hunting trophies. One picture is of him with his class at meat-cutting school from more than 50 years ago...

A St. Louis man has been found guilty in two area bank robberies. After a one-day jury trial, Tyrice G. Royston, 36, was found guilty in federal court this week of one count of bank robbery by force of violence in the March 2014 robbery of the First Commercial Bank in Essex, according to a news release from the federal prosecutor's office in Cape Girardeau...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri Veterans Cemetery director Ken Swearengin says he doesn't know quite how to describe the sense of honor and privilege he feels at his job, but as a 21-year Air Force veteran, he knows what it means to serve. "I often wonder how I got to be able to do this," he said. "I have the ability to take care of these people. It's amazing to me."...

Dexter Police May 29, 2015 At 1:53 p.m., Thursday, May 28, Dexter Police investigated a report of stealing/shoplifting from 707 West Specialty Drive. At 2:14 p.m., Thursday, May 28, Dexter Police investigated a report of property damage from 500 Fairground Road...

For the 15th consecutive year, a story of inspiration will highlight the 18 Fore Life Banquet. Over the years, noted sports figures whose lives have been touched by cancer, have traveled to Dexter to speak on the night prior to the Dexter golf charity. The organization raises funds that are distributed in $1,000 increments to individuals battling cancer. In 2013, 18 Fore Life surpassed the $1M mark in donations...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Dexter's Ethan Flowers and Noah Kronk avoided elimination on Day 1 of the state tennis tournament Friday at Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield. Flowers-Kronk won their Round of 16 match against Osage's Jordan Wilson and Adam Schoening 6-2, 6-4 Friday...

Quinton Herkenhoff moved from St. Louis to Bell City just before his freshman year in high school. He'd left the St. Louis school system in favor of being home schooled but he was failing. He convinced his mother to let him move to the tiny town to live with his brother and sister-in-law...