Stories from Saturday, August 22, 2015

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) -- Most of Missouri's potential Republican candidates for governor expressed opposition Thursday to raising taxes for transportation funding, as they gathered under the same tent with other politicians to shake hands with voters at the Missouri State Fair...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Stoddard County 911 Services Administrator Carol Moreland welcomed members of a recently formed Citizen Advisory Board to their first meeting held Thursday evening and presented them with County 911 financial information. The decrease in funding from a fee on land-line telephones has led to the County 911 Services Board asking for a sales tax increase. The Stoddard County Commission voted to put the issue on the April 2015 ballot...

By JOE JEREK Department of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Conservation Commission set season dates and limits for the 2016-2017 fall deer season and gave initial approval to several deer-hunting regulation changes proposed by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) at a meeting earlier in August...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Larry and Norma Batchelor spent a lifetime teaching, she in elementary classrooms and he at the high school level. Between them, they have over half a century of teaching under their belts. They now consider themselves to be "semi-retired," with each still holding part-time positions...

Warranty Deeds Recorded Kay Asbell Recorder Aug. 10 - 14, 2015 J D Black and Pat Black to Bill M Harrison Connelly and Howell Add Bernie Lot 8 Shirla Rathjen Howard Trust and Michael Rathjen Penney to Michael Penney and Erin Diane Wooden Sec 18 Twp 25 R 10...

Dexter Police Aug. 21, 2015 An abandoned vehicle was towed from the parking lot at 623 E. Stoddard St. at 5:34 a.m. Thursday. Angela Mays, 48, of Bernie was arrested at 2:56 p.m. Thursday at the local parole office on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation...

Meredith Nea, Emily Bolin and Karis Kennedy were among the Bearcat Football Friday fans at Southwest Elementary on Aug. 21. The Bearcats opened their season Friday night at home against the St. Genevieve Dragons.

Editor's Note: This story will also be available in the next print edition of Dexter Daily Statesman on Tuesday. DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats football team hung around until late in the third quarter but came up short in its bid to secure its first victory against the Ste. Genevieve Dragons since 2011 Friday night...