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Soldier with county ties killed in Afghanistan
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
By MADELINE DeJOURNETT and NOREEN HYSLOP, Managing Editor A US Army soldier with roots in Brownwood in northern Stoddard County died Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Afghanistan, just weeks after telling his family, "I'm in a bad place. Pray for me." The soldier's father, James Burnett, Sr., and stepmother, Cheri Burnett, were told of their son's death Wednesday night when a pair of uniformed soldiers, one a chaplain, approached their door in Brownwood...
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Sharp hands down 12-year sentence in sodomy case
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Kyle L. Cantrell, who was charged with statutory sodomy in the first degree in March 2011, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison. There was no plea agreement as to sentence in the case between the prosecution and defense. According to Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, Cantrell plead guilty as charged on Sept. ...
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McCoy hearing pushed back to February 2012
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Bernie man accused of murder has had his case delayed again. Allen McCoy, accused in the June 2010 murder of 67-year-old Aubrey Lee Finch, also of Bernie, was slated to appear for a motion hearing on Dec. 29, 2011. Following a joint request from the state and defense attorneys, it was rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at 9 a.m...
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Scouting for Food 2011
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
Children will help feed a growing number of hungry children throughout Stoddard County and the Southeast Missouri region as more than 30,000 Boy Scouts participate in the 27th annual "Scouting for Food" canned goods drive this weekend. Thousands of bags were placed on the front doors of local homes last Saturday. ...
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Stoddard Co. man sentenced
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Stoddard County man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Tuesday for illegally possessing a firearm. Jerry L. Daniels, 42, was sentenced to 188 months on one felony count of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm by U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office...
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Book sale Saturday at Keller Public Library
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
Keller Public Library will hold its annual Book Sale this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the library's Community Room. Hundreds upon hundreds of hardback and paperback books, as well as videos, will be available to the public. Library Director Pam Trammell, pictured with Children's Librarian Blanche Dinsmore, says among the books are fiction, non-fiction, historical novels, children's books, and numerous other selections. ...
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Sharpening their skills
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/11)
Dexter Lady Bearcats coach Chad Allen gets in on the action as sophomore Hanna Noe works on her ball handling skills during Wednesday's practice at the Bearcat Event Center. The Lady 'Cats will open the season at a tournament in Farmington, Nov. 28-Dec. 3...
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Floyd Hodge
(Obituary ~ 11/17/11)
Floyd Hodge of Puxico, Mo. died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on Nov. 16, 2011, at the age of 92. A complete obituary will be published later with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico, Mo. in charge of arrangements.
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Larry Gene Matthews
(Obituary ~ 11/17/11)
Larry Gene Matthews, son of the late Jack and Elsie Matthews, was born on June 18, 1931 in Sikeston, Mo. and died at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, on Thursday morning, Nov. 17, 2011, at the age of 80. Mr. Matthews was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, Mo. ...
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Cora Mae Hagy-Magarian
(Obituary ~ 11/17/11)
Cora Mae Hagy-Magarian, daughter of the late John Wilson and Beatrice Scott Hagy, was born in Flora, Ill. on Oct. 5,1962, and died at her home in Dexter, Mo. on Nov. 15, 2011, at the age of 49. Cora Mae had lived in Dexter, Mo. most of her life. She attended The Pentecostal Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Dudley, Mo. and had worked as a CNA at Crowley Ridge Nursing Home...
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Claus for a Cause Sunday
(Local News ~ 11/17/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The third annual Claus for a Cause is set to take place at Bloomfield's Trinity United Meth-odist Church on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, from 3-5 p.m. No appointments are necessary to take part in the charity event, with all proceeds going to 18 Fore Life and to the Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundation...
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