Stories from Monday, July 25, 2022

SIKESTON—Route 51 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located from County Road 494 to South Outer Road 60 near Fisk, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, July 26 and Wednesday, July 27 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m...

Summer vacation is almost over and the Dexter Bearcat Band Camp will be held August 9th - 12th for the entire band. "Summer is passing quickly and it will soon be time for Marching Band Camp," stated DHS Co-Band Director Giovanni Walker. "I'm so excited to start the new school year with the band students and I'm even more excited to have our new freshman come join the band!"...

Dexter High School student, Jayci Rynne Holcomb, was named first runner-up in the Miss High School America National Pageant held in Little Rock, Ark. in late June. Having attained the title of Miss Missouri High School last fall at the state pageant in Camdenton, MO, Holcomb competed at the national level among a field of 54 contestants on the stage of The Robinson Center in Little Rock, AR...

An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon on the body of a man found in Black River Saturday. The man, who has not yet been identified, was found in the river by three kayakers near the intersection of Wilson Street and Ashcroft Road at 4 p.m. Saturday. He had been in the river for several days...