Stories from Saturday, July 25, 2015

Owners and staff at Key Drugs welcome Chamber of Commerce members and the public to their Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting held Friday at the store on W. Business 60. Owners are Marty and Julita Michel. Key Drug, a family owned business, has two locations in Poplar Buff in addition to the new store in Dexter. ...

SoutheastHEALTH Vice President and Chief Nursing OfficerJudy Aslin is pictured serving Pansy Layton, one of the many SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County Auxiliary members, during Employee Appreciation Day at the local hospital on Wednesday. The event was sponsored by administrators of SoutheastHEALTH and promises to be an annual affair...

The Stoddard County Public School Retired Employees Association (PSREA) will meet on Monday, July 27 at 11:30 a.m. at Dexter's Hickory Log Restaurant. All retired public school personnel are invited to attend this meeting, both certified and non-certified...

A fund has been established at all 10 branches of First Commercial Bank to benefit a Bernie woman, Nancy Abernathy, who is battling cancer. Contributions may be made to The Nancy Abernathy Fund at any of the FCB locations. All donations will go directly to the Abernathy family in Bernie...

Dexter Police July 24, 2015 At 12:25 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, Dexter Police arrested Rebecca J. Edwards, 48, of Dexter, on a warrant service. At 2:56 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, Dexter Police arrested David L. Belcher, 35, of Poplar Bluff, on a warrant service...

The thirteenth time proved to be the right time for the Charleston Fighting Squirrels with runners in scoring position against Riverton, Kansas, Saturday evening at the Midwest Plains Regional in Lyons, Kansas...

The wheels are in motion for The Moving Wall, a half-scale version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., to visit Dexter, but a multitude of volunteers are needed for the event to come to fruition. The Moving Wall will be on display at East City Park, near the Parks and Recreation gym facility, beginning Thursday, Aug. 6 through Monday, Aug. 10, with a parade and ceremony planned to take place on Sunday, Aug. 9...

Funding for social services, education and mental health were among the topics discussed at a public meeting sponsored by the SEMO Chapter of Empower Missouri held at the Dexter Municipal Building late this past week. State Reps Todd Richard (R-Dist. 152), Tila Hubrecht (R-Dist. 151) and Don Rone (R-Dist. 149) fielded questions and offered their views with Jeanette Mott Oxford, executive director of Empower Missouri serving as moderator...

BERNIE, Mo. -- A Colorado non-profit serving victims of terminal illness has raised the necessary funds and will provide a Bernie family with a vacation to Walt Disney World this fall. Monica Edmonds of Bernie, whose story was first covered by the Dexter Daily Statesman in May, has stage-four cancer. The Dream Builders Foundation, a small organization in its first year, has been working since then to provide her family a vacation to the famous fun park in Orlando this fall...

BLOOMFIELD, MO. -- Since the age of three, Bloomfield Alderman Bonnie Blue has been a dog lover. And, as a woman who owns three dogs and three cats -- all of which were rescues -- it's not surprising that she would want to change her town's pound policy...