Stories from Thursday, November 26, 2015

Each year in Nicole Guethle's fifth grade classroom, students participate in a living wax museum, with each student portraying an explorer. The students dress in character and when prompted, give an oral history of their character. Students presented their characters to their fellow students on Tuesday, Nov. 24 in the school gymnasium. Above is Taylor Oliva in the role of Meriwether Lewis. A full gallery of photos from the wax museum may be viewed in Photo Galleries at www.dailystatesmanc.com...

Dexter Police Nov. 25-26, 2015 Police are investigating a burglary in the 100 block of W. Stoddard Street that was reported at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday. Summonses were issued to Jeremy Thomas, 28, of Malden and Christina Porter, 39, of Dexter at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday at 4 McClard St. for third degree domestic assault...

By DUSTIN WARD SEMO News Service The pieces appear in place for another winning campaign for the Dexter Bearcats varsity girls basketball program. The Bearcats graduated only one player - Katie Reiker - off of last season's squad that finished 17-10 and won its fifth straight district championship...

The 2015 SCAA all-conference volleyball awards were recently released. Dexter sophomore Krysten Garrison was selected as the SCAA Player of the Year. Garrison finished her sophomore season with a team-high 295 kills. Dexter senior Brittany Brown and Woodland senior Chelsea Cureton were selected as the SCAA Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Brown had a team-high 250 digs and Cureton also led her team in digs...