Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2015

DEXTER, Mo. - The SEMO Pirates Senior Babe Ruth baseball team continued to look like a finely oiled machine Tuesday night after more than a week away from the diamond. The Pirates offense calculated eight runs on 13 hits in a nine-inning contest against the California Colton Knighthawks Tuesday night at Dexter Park...

Dexter Police June 23, 2015 At 12:37 a.m., Monday, June 22, Dexter Police arrested Austin W. Henderson, 18, of Dexter, for failure to appear/pay fines for a municipal warrant. Bond was set at $335, cash only. At 9:15 a.m., Monday, June 22, Dexter Police arrested James H. Daniels, 30, of Bell city, on a warrant for probation violation. There is no bond, and he was transported to the Stoddard County Jail...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is giving seven more states and the District of Columbia continued flexibility from the requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law. Besides the nation's capital, Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday announced the renewal of waivers for Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New York, and West Virginia...

As of last Sunday, summer is officially upon us. And for residents in the Stoddard County area, that means lots of humidity in addition to the rising temperatures. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory on Monday, and forecasters are calling for highs over much of the state well into the 90s for most of this week, along with very high humidity...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Representatives of Henry M. Adkins and Son, Inc., of Clinton, Mo., gave a presentation to the Stoddard County Commission, County Clerk Joe Watson and election staff on the Unisyn OpenElect election system Monday at the Government Building. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, June 17, Congressman Jason Smith met with Bloomfield High School students, Tyler Battles, Daria Kern, and Adrianna Gensler in Washington, D.C. These students won an essay contested sponsored by the electric cooperatives in Missouri, specifically SEMO Electric Cooperative, to represent their co-op in the nation's capital. In addition to meeting with their member of Congress, students toured museums and experienced American history firsthand...