Stories from Tuesday, November 30, 2021

A juvenile is doing well and recovering after being struck by a vehicle on Stoddard Street in Downtown Dexter Friday. Captain Josh Benton said in a news release that the Dexter Police Department responded to the downtown shopping area on Friday regarding a motor vehicle crash involving a juvenile pedestrian. Benton said during the investigation, it was determined the 7-year-old male juvenile ran out onto the street into oncoming traffic...

The 13th Annual Dexter Christmas Reading drew a crowd on more than 600 people Saturday evening. Individuals from Dexter, Poplar Bluff, Kennett, Sikeston and as far away as Perryville sat around firepits while partaking in spiced cider and 50 dozen cookies on hand...

Two Dexter High School students decided to make a difference while in the eighth grade, and three years later they have not stopped. DHS sophomores Landon Jarrell and Reanna Laden were challenged in an eighth-grade class to come up with something to improve...

Donna Rae Young, daughter of the late Earl Wood and Cleo Malin Wood, was born on August 11, 1935, in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on November 23, 2021, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 86. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Lisa Jean Bell, daughter of the late James Bell Sr. and Elva Jean Stanfill Bell was born on November 1, 1964, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on November 25, 2021, at Southeast Health Center of Cape Girardeau at the age of 57. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Interment followed in the Gravel Hill Cemetery...

Lela Mae Gisi, daughter of the late Jim Smith and Nancy Little Smith, was born on September 12, 1927, in Leachville, Arkansas, and departed this life on November 24, 2021, in St. Charles, Missouri, at the age of 94 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 4, 2021, from 1 p.m. until 2 pm. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Sylvia Gay Gant, daughter of the late Bruce Edward Gant and Beulah Mae Maskell Gant, was born on May 14, 1943, in Washburn, Maine, and departed this life on November 26, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 78. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, December 3, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Graveside services will then be conducted in the Dudley Cemetery on Friday, December 3, 2021, at 12:00 p.m...

Kenneth Rowe, son of the late Arvel Rowe and Velma Temples Rowe, was born on July 31, 1942, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on November 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m...

The Journalism Education Association (JEA) released the results from its fall national journalism contest last week and the Richland R-1 School yearbook students took home four superiors, two excellents, and two honorable mentions. In the photography portion, seven total superiors were presented in the nation and four of them went to Richland students, including in the Portfolio division, to which The Rebel Editor-in-Chief Dacie Ritch took home the top prize of the photography contest, making her the highest rated high school photographer in the nation. ...

In an effort to present wholesome family entertainment and to raise money for charity, the Greater Vision Worship Center and First Midwest Bank have teamed up to present the Joy to the World Christmas Dinner and Comedy Show. The show starts at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Worship Center’s location of 202 N. Bedford Street, Puxico...