Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2015

POPLAR BLUFF, MO -- A Dexter man who admitted to exposing as many as 300 people to HIV has has been sentenced to serve 30 years after pleading guilty to two counts of recklessly exposing another to HIV. On Tuesday, July 21, Circuit Court Judge Michael M. ...

The schedule is set for the highly anticipated Senior Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional Tournament. The event is slated to take place July 24-27 at Battershell Field in Lyons, Kansas. Eight teams are slated to compete at the tournament. Colorado, Kansas, Missouri No. 2 (Charleston Fighting Squirrels) and North Dakota are competing in the American League Pool...

The 2015 Dexter Bearcats varsity football schedule is set. Dexter is slated to compete in a jamboree Aug. 14 at East Prairie. The Bearcats open its season Aug. 21 when they host Ste. Genevieve. Dexter is at Poplar Bluff Aug. 28, at Charleston Sept. 4, hosts Sikeston Sept. 11, hosts Caruthersville Sept. 18, visits Kennett Sept. 25, hosts New Madrid County Central Oct. 2, travels to Park Hills Central Oct. 9 and hosts Malden Oct. 16...

A Monday morning residential fire has led to the arrest of a Dexter man, who is charged with second-degree arson. According to the probable cause statement, James Higgs, 54, of Dexter, is suspected of having started a fire inside a residence at 815 North Sassafras Street in Dexter. Daniel Johnson, investigator with the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, was called to the scene to investigate the fire...

MALDEN, MO. -- Floyd Mantel Young Jr., 22, has been charged with the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action by Dunklin County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jonce Chidister. On Wednesday, Chidister amended formal charges to first-degree felony murder against the alleged gunman...

Ralph A. Mosley, son of the late Grover C. Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on April 18, 1948 in Blytheville, Ark. and died on on July 16, 2015, at the Audie Murphy VA Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 67. Mr. Mosley was a member of the Church of Christ and was a former resident of Dexter. He worked as a carpenter and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam...

You've always wanted a motorcycle. The image is just so cool. So you buy one, jump on, and take off to enjoy the open road. The problem is that you've never taken a riding course, and you don't know what to expect. The Freedom Of the Road Riders (FORR) organization wants to help with that...

Several new hires approved; new "D Club" establishes plan for football-related renovations