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Enhanced Enterprise Zone board encouraged
(Local News ~ 09/17/24)
Dexter’s Economic Development Coordinator Alisha Trammell encouraged Stoddard County commissioners to consider establishing an Enhanced Enterprise Zone board by reappointing members on Monday. EEZ’s may be created by communities to encourage job creation in a blighted area. Communities can offer expanding businesses within the designated zones local and state incentives...
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Big Boy 4014 tours the Heartland
(Local News ~ 09/17/24)
As part of the Heartland of America Tour, Union Pacific’s historical 4014 steam locomotive was pulled backward Friday through Dexter from Poplar Bluff on its way to Piggott, Arkansas. The Big Boy is an articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive built in 1941. ...
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Business 25 reduced Thursday for pavement repairs
(Local News ~ 09/17/24)
Business Route 25 in Stoddard County will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route J to West Francis Street in Malden, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Thursday, Sept. 19 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily...
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Cape Girardeau, other local schools increase security after new social media threats list local campuses
(Local News ~ 09/17/24)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools officials communicated Sunday night, Sept. 15, that they were “made aware of a social media post that includes threatening language along with a list of local schools.” ...
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Jerry Curd
(Obituary ~ 09/17/24)
Jerry Curd, son of the late William Curd and Mary Hyslop Curd, was born on Nov. 7, 1954, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 14, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 69. Visitation will be held at the Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from 9-10 a.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m...
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Ray Culbertson
(Obituary ~ 09/17/24)
Ray Culbertson, son of the late Elmer Culbertson and Arle Wilson Culbertson, was born on Jan. 9, 1932, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 12, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 92. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Interment followed in Hill Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Betty Curtis
(Obituary ~ 09/17/24)
Betty June Curtis, daughter of the late Otto Cobb and Evelyn Fields Cobb, was born on July 11, 1934, in Conran, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90. Graveside services were held at Dexter Cemetery on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024...
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Richard Carpenter
(Obituary ~ 09/17/24)
Richard Carpenter, son of the late Herbert Carpenter and Catherine Walker Carpenter, was born on Feb. 25, 1944, in Royal Oak, Michigan, and departed this life on September 10, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 80. Graveside services were held at Dudley Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024...
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Ruth Grimes
(Obituary ~ 09/17/24)
Ruth Grimes, daughter of the late John Parks and Goldie Locke Parks, was born on Jan. 17, 1930, in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, Sept.metery...
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