Stories from Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Dexter Police Dec. 4-6, 2015 James Alton Conner, 18, of Dexter, was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $750. A summons was issued to Carrie Sunshine Porter, 36, of Dexter, on an animal restraint-running loose violation...

Prestyn Tidewell, a kindergarten student at Southwest Elementary, was a recent recipient of a Positive Bus Referral for displaying exemplary behavior while riding the bus to and from school. He is shown with the certificate he received for his good citizenship and good behavior...

Charlotte Cooper, daughter of the late Clarence Ivy Reynolds and Margaret Reynolds was born on March 1, 1950, in Jackson, Miss., and died on Dec. 7, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter at the age of 65 after a year long illness...

Peggy Jean Denny of Puxico, daughter of the late Gene and Ina Loyd DeShaw, was born in Cape Girardeau on Nov. 7, 1928, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Cape Girardeau on Dec. 7, 2015, at the age of 87. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements...

Sherman Loyd Carter, son of the late Joseph Loyd Carter and Edith Cates Carter was born in Ellsinore, Mo., on Jan. 28, 1943, and died at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on Dec. 6, 2015, at the age of 72. Mr. Carter served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, he was the owner and operator of Carter's Wholesale Furniture of Bernie and was of Baptist faith and a resident of Bernie...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County 911 Services Administrator Carol Moreland told the Stoddard County Commission Monday the Citizens Advisory Board has recommended the service ask for 3/16th of a percent sales tax to fund 911 service in the county with the issue to be on the April 2016 ballot...

The Dexter High School will be presenting a Christmas Concert this Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The concert will feature freshman choir, Chambers choir and Honors choir singing together a medley of Christmas songs entitled, "A Treasury of Carols". Songs performed will be "Joy to the World," "Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella," "Masters in this Hall," " O Holy Night," "Ding Dong, Merrily on High," and "Silent Night!" The public is invited to attend...

Boulder Construction, LLC, of Cape Girardeau submitted a timeline for the installation of a new roof on the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County facility in Dexter at a pre-construction conference held last Friday. Boulder Construction is installing the new roof at a cost of $416,095, with that amount being paid by the Regional Healthcare Foundation (RHF)...

BERNIE, Mo. - It took one half for Bloomfield to realize its going to have two huge assets this season. The Wildcats already knew they could shoot and proved it, hitting 10 of 22 from the floor, including 7 of 13 (53 percent) from 3-point range to build a 10-point lead by halftime. But then they did something unprecedented...

By DUSTIN WARD Statesman Sports Editor SIKESTON, Mo. - The No. 9 seeded Dexter Bearcats played the No. 8 seeded Notre Dame Bulldogs to a 43-43 stalemate for the first 28 minutes but lost ground at the free throw line in the final four minutes of regulation Monday night...