Stories from Thursday, April 11, 2024

Sadly, most of us know someone who has battled cancer. This disease continues its assault on humanity, but the advancement of technology and pharmaceuticals are bringing its own fight of cautious optimism to the medical battlefield. No one knows this better than the Jones family, whose loss of parents Larry and Kathy united the family all the way back in the late ‘90s...

The criminal investigation into the death and alleged mistreatment of a Dexter police dog is broadening and continuing, Stoddard County Prosecutor Sawyer Smith said in a statement released late Wednesday. “Today I assure all Stoddard County Citizens this office is broadening and continuing the criminal investigation, and pursuing justice within the boundaries of legal ethics and under the language of applicable law as it does in each and every case,” Smith said.