The Stoddard County ARC awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Cassidy Bess (right). The local ARC awards scholarships to Stoddard County residents who will be attending college and working toward a degree in special education or a related field that will enable them to work with developmentally disabled individuals. ...

New staff members at the Dexter R-XI School District are front from left: Courtney Potts, first grade; Maddison Cox, companion aide; Ashlyn Bruce, title aide; Lauren Walker, special education aide; Stephanie Ordway, special education aide and Alex Barot, special services aide; second row left to right: Amanda Long, high school social studies; Christy Griffen, ELA; Michelle Jacques, high school special services aide; Rebecca Williams, library aide; Nichole Childers, aide and Linda Hill, high school math teacher; third row left to right: Beverly Slavings, third through fifth grade special services ELA; Tammy Eifert, middle school/high school special education teacher; Tonya Keena, middle school art; Christy Hampton Fortner, middle school special aide; Doreen Lammon, high school special education aide and Rachel Elder, agriculture; fourth row left to right: Emily Norris, library aide; Allison Sneed, Southwest Elementary building aide; Hillary Mayberry, third grade; Angie Hilfiker, third grade ELA; Brittany Becker, middle school history, science and STEM.. ...

Two students represented Dexter at the 2019 American Legion Boys State at the University of Central Missouri. Boys State took place on June 15 to June 23. Luke Becker and Carson Bell were selected based on their leadership, citizenship, academics and character during their junior year at Dexter High School...

The Stoddard County ARC awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Hannah Mathis Hindman on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The local ARC awards scholarships to Stoddard County residents who will be attending college and working toward a degree in special education or a related field that will enable them to work with developmentally disabled individuals...

FISK — Authorities say the victim recovered Tuesday morning from a submerged car in St. Francis River is a Dexter woman whose family reported her missing more than four months ago. Stoddard County Coroner Kenny Pope identified the woman as Crystal Marie Brown-Hart. Identification, he said, was made based on the clothing she was wearing and the personal identification that was on her, as well as the recovery of her Mitsubishi Lancer. Family members reported the 39-year-old missing April 11 to Butler County authorities. She had last been seen in the Dexter and Poplar Bluff areas. The investigation subsequently was turned over to the Dexter Police Department. A witness reported Brown-Hart left a Township Line residence in Poplar Bluff between 3-3:30 a.m. April 10, en route to Dexter. She left alone, driving a black four-door Mitsubishi Lancer.