Stories from Wednesday, August 24, 2011

CAPE GIRARDEA, MO. - A Cape Girardeau County prosecutor called Clay Waller a severe flight risk and a "suspect" in the investigation of his wife's disappearance Tuesday, the first time authorities have deviated from calling him anything other than a person of interest...

Dexter High School's volleyball team has been hard at it in the gym as the Lady Bearcats have their sights set on the upcoming 2011 season. Dexter opens the season with a SCAA league game Monday at Richland High School.

MOREHOUSE, Mo. - The dumpsters are filling up as efforts continue to restore a community devastated by this spring's high water. Already 62 homes in this small community are razed. Another three houses, said Mayor Pete Leija, and that portion of the cleanup will be done...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - An Advance, Mo., man pleaded guilty Monday to illegally possessing a firearm. Jerry L. Daniels, 42, pleaded guilty to one felony count of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office...

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. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Stoddard County Commission approved retaining firms to repair and identify problems within the ventilation system at the Justice Center, begin removing materials and cleaning ductwork that have been affected by the mold and performing ongoing tests to identify concentration levels of the mold as the work gets underway...

ADVANCE, Mo. - Advance aldermen met in special session at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 to approve several business applications for annexation into the Advance city limits. Aldermen Wayne Page, Leeman Shirrell, and Carol Blanton signed an ordinance to annex adjacent land off Highway 25 south of Advance. ...

Kathleen Dunivan, 59, of Marble Hill, was born March 15, 1952 at St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of Leon F. and Mary Elizabeth Schulte Atchison and died on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Kathleen worked for over 23 years as a clerk at the Mingo Job Corp...

Ethel Crump, a former resident of Dexter, died on Aug. 23, 2011 in Kimberling City, Mo. at the age of 96. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo.

Edna Aslin, a resident of Dexter, died on Aug. 24, 2011 in the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 83. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo.