Stories from Saturday, June 27, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of decades of litigation over gay marriage and gay rights generally. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Storms with wind gusts up to 80 mph and torrential rains swept across Missouri overnight into Friday morning, leaving more than 150,000 homes and businesses without power and forcing dozens of water rescues. Damage was widespread. Power outages were common in western Missouri -- 107,000 customers of Kansas City Power & Light were without electricity Friday morning, and Independence Power & Light reported 42,000 outages. ...

John Sanders and his wife Jessica have been living in their home on East South Main Street in Dexter for two years now. And, while some people have resorted to paying their bills online, the Sanders family receives their bills through the mail. The only problem is they aren't getting their mail...

For one brief day, they brighten the world around them, and then they're gone -- hence their name, "day lilies." Though there are many buds on each scape of the day lily, each bloom will appear early one morning between late April and late June, and close forever the same evening...

WAPPAPELLO -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake invites the public to their Fourth of July weekend at Wappapello Lake. The weekend is filled with events for the entire family. Festivities will start on Friday, July 3 and end Sunday, July 5. There will be numerous activities taking place on Saturday in the Redman Creek Recreation Area culminating with the fireworks display...

Dexter Police June 26, 2015 At 5:23 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, Dexter Police arrested Keon Terrell Allen, 27, of Poplar Bluff, on a Butler County warrant for failure to appear -- peace disturbance (bond $105); a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear -- improper state registration and peace disturbance (bond $215); and a Missouri state warrant for parole violation and parole absconder (no bond). ...

Brad Botsch announces the popular Bernie Basketball Camp will be held again this year. Camp will be held in the air conditioned Bernie gymnasium. The camp will be held on June 29, 30, and July 1 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. for youth entering grades three through five...

Note: A photo gallery of the Dexter softball team in action is available here: http://www.dailystatesman.com/gallery/24... Photos DEXTER, Mo. - For the first time in recent years Dexter high school softball players have the opportunity to fine-tune their skills in the summer heat...