Stories from Sunday, August 21, 2011

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A former Dexter man accused of breaking into a local home then raping a woman will not have his case heard in Stoddard County. Moses Grayson, Jr., 33, is charged with the Class A felony of forcible rape, the Class A felony of armed criminal action and the Class B felony of first-degree burglary...

Staff reports A total of $43,674 in grants will be going to Bloomfield agricultural programs, it was announded Friday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The grants for more than 900 agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the country are intended to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in their operations. ...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor When classes officially began in January 2011 at the newly established Three Rivers College campus in Dexter, the college's president, Dr. Devin Stephenson, couldn't have imagined the impact the satellite would have on the Southeast Missouri community of nearly 8,000...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor They are young and not so young. They are short haired and long haired, clean-shaven and bearded. They are men, and they are women. They roll into towns aboard their Harleys and their Hondas, clad in denim, black leather and bandanas. Most significantly, however, they are patriots; and they are proud. They are the Patriot Guard Riders...