Stories from Friday, December 4, 2015

Dexter Altrusa Club members are sponsoring a jewelry item raffle, with proceeds to support a local non-traditional college student. Tickets are on sale for $1 or six for $5 and are available at Designs On You Salon & Spa at 523 N. Walnut St. in Dexter. A drawing will be held on Tues., Dec. 8 at the annual Altrusa Christmas party...

Dexter Police Dec. 3, 2015 At 9:04 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, Dexter Police issued a summons at 302 West Oak Street on the charge of animal restraint. At 12:59 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, Dexter Police received a report of stealing from 2025 West Business Highway 60. According to the report, a portable electronic charger was stolen...

Billy Pat Wright, from the office of Sen. Doug Libla, was on hand at Trammell Insurance in Dexter on Thursday to present a belated Missouri Senate resolution to Earlene Hunt, commending her on her 46-year career with Trammell. Hunt retired earlier this year from the local insurance and real estate office of Trammell. Representing the Trammell office, at left, is Justin Trammell...

Francis Joy Layton Russell was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Poplar Bluff to the late W.B. and Elsie (Tuttle) Layton and died Dec. 3, 2015, in Crystal River, Fla., at the age of 76. Francis moved to Crystal River in the 1970s and worked as a sales consultant with Farmers Furniture for 26 years. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. She was Protestant by faith...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball team knocked down eight 3-pointers in the fourth period and finished with 12 treys overall, but it wasn't nearly enough to knock off traditional powerhouse Sikeston Friday night. The Sikeston Bulldogs built a 68-32 lead by the start of the fourth quarter and hung on for an 86-61 victory against Dexter...

Throughout the area, people are getting into the holiday spirit. And, while Christmas trees are all being put up, one tree has been taken down. Dexter Police Chief Sammy Stone watched the entire process, from start to finish, as the "Sacred Tree" was removed from the department's parking lot on Wednesday afternoon...

C.J. McCoy, a sixth grader at T.S. Hill Middle School, is capable of writing over 1,000 lines in code in one week's time -- and he's not alone in that achievement. Most of his classmates are able to do the same. In Chris Bolin's Computer Technology classroom this week, there's not much noise or conservation -- but, there's a whole lot of learning going on...

PUXICO, Mo. -- On Nov. 30, 2015, the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office responded to a call in the Puxico, Mo. area in reference to stolen checks. On arrival, Deputy Travis Stafford met with the victim, a 91 year old female. The victim stated she received a statement from her bank and it showed there had been several checks written on her account that she had not written. ...

A full membership meeting of Dexter's Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday, Dec. 3, with a packed house at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter. While most full membership meetings of the local Chamber draw a sizable crowd, there was good reason for the record numbers on Thursday. It was time to bid farewell to the Chamber's 23-year veteran executive director, Janet Coleman...

FARMINGTON, Mo. - Defense was the focus for the Dexter Lady Bearcats entering Thursday night's Farmington Invitational championship against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders. "We really talked about containing them and keeping them in front of us," Dexter coach Chad Allen said of the game plan, which included a press that extended beyond half court most of the night. "They have some great shooters, and if we don't contain the ball they can penetrate the lane and kick it out."...