Stories from Tuesday, April 23, 2019

“On New Year’s Eve my husband took me to a local restaurant for dinner. As I was leaving the restroom, which has a heavy door, I lost my balance when I tugged on the door to open it. Some women were coming in, and one of them remarked to the others about ‘the drunk.’ I politely responded that I suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Behind me I heard another lady comment that I was too young to have Parkinson’s. I am 56.”...

BLOOMFIELD — A Dexter man was sentenced to life in prison Monday after being convicted in February for statutory rape. David W. Madsen, 42, appeared before Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer in Stoddard County for sentencing after a jury found him guilty of first degree statutory rape of a person less than 14 years old...

DEXTER ­— Additional improvements will be made to a drive at Southwest Elementary, along with facilities within the Dexter School District for field events at Charles Bland Stadium. The project alternatives were approved Monday by the Board of Education as part of an approximately $19.7 million improvement plan. ...

Travis Clay Davis, son of LaDonna Haynes of Matthews, Missouri and the late Ricky Howard Davis, was born on June 17, 1981 in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on April 12, 2019 in Jackson, Missouri at the age of 37 years. Funeral services were conducted at the Lighthouse Christian Center on Thursday, April 18, 2019...

Gerard LawrenceTessens of Bloomfield, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 7, 1953, passed away at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on April 21, 2019, at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 14 days. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 11a.m. at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter with Bro. Jeremy Tucker of Dexter officiating...