Stories from Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Three Dexter students have a total of six pieces that were chosen for the student show at the SEMO River Campus. Jillian Avery had two honorable mentions and one piece chosen. Addyson Green placed first in mixed media and has a drawing in the show. Green has also received $1,500 for a VPN art scholarship. Madeline Ayers had a painting selected for the student show. Pictured from left are Avery, Green and Ayers...

BLOOMFIELD — A retired Catholic priest now living in Springfield, Mo., was arrested Wednesday on multiple sexual abuse charges that allegedly occurred 20 years ago while he was a priest at an Advance parish. Frederick Joseph Lutz, 76, was arrested on a Stoddard County warrant charging him with two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and the felonies of forcible sodomy and sexual abuse, Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver said in a news release...