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DUDLEY — A 10-hour standoff with a suicidal man inside a Dudley home ended Wednesday afternoon when officers were able to safely disarm him. The man, whose name is not being released at this time, was taken into custody at about 4:30 p.m. and is being held in the Stoddard County Jail on a bond revocation stemming on earlier charges, said Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner.

“It’s amazing that we were impacted in the same way, by the same play,” says Rebecca Taylor. “Yes, it was life-changing for both of us,” agrees identical twin Grace. The 24-year-old sisters, who are currently back at their family home outside Bloomfield, are referring to the musical “Wicked.” They saw the award-winning production in Chicago when they were 14, and although they had previously been exposed to many cultural art forms — including musical theatre — there was something about this particular selection that struck a mutual artistic chord.. ...

DEXTER — In a special meeting Tuesday, the Dexter Board of Aldermen unanimously approved amending it’s city code as its related to cable TV franchising fees to now include telephone and internet services. The amendment was made to Chapter 630, which is the city’s gross receipts, specially section 630.060. That section was last updated in April 1984...

A motion to place a $15 million bond measure on the April 2 ballot was passed easily Tuesday by the Dexter Board of Education. A second decision to drop about 26 hours of instructional time from the 2019-2020 school year in order to accommodate construction schedules faced some debate before it was ultimately approved, 5-1...

Stoddard County officials are working toward a county morgue with former Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis no longer donating space at his funeral home since leaving office. According to Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington, the county is looking at constructing a stand alone building as a morgue near the jail expansion project on land already owned by the county...

Here are the brackets for the SCAA boys varsity and junior varsity basketball tournaments that start Monday, Jan. 21 at Bloomfield High School.

The Puxico School Board held its monthly meeting at the administration building. The meeting was opened with a prayer lead by board member Dusty Stroud. The first order of business was the approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. The board then moved on to the payment of monthly bills. The board reviewed the list of bills due. After a motion by board member J.W. Mattingly, the board approved the payment of the bills with a unanimous vote...

People look up at the sky and dream of touching the stars. Students at Bloomfield Elementary were able to get close to that. This is because a Mobile Planetarium made a stop at Bloomfield School’s FEMA building. “I love it, I love it, it’s great,” said science educator and program presenter Lucia Brimer, when asked about the kids’ excitement during the program...

Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie recently held an open house and ribbon cutting for their new 40 bed facility. “We are very very excited about this facility,” said owner/operator Doran Vancil. “It's going to be a good asset to the city of Bernie. Pictured is Wanda Vancil cutting the ribbon with the Vancil family and facility staff behind her...

The Dexter Fire Department responded to a car fire on Pine Street Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was quickly extinguished and there were no injuries. The car was a total loss.