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Filing opens for August primary
(Local News ~ 02/28/12)
By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer The opening day of filing for the Aug. 7 primary election was a busy one in Stoddard County and the state. Five candidates (three Republicans and two Democrats) filed for District 1 on the Stoddard County Commission. Candidates at the state level also began filing in Jefferson City where redistricting has created a great deal of confusion...
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2006 murder revisited in local court
(Local News ~ 02/28/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - It's been just more than five and one- half years since Nada Van Gennip, 80, was found murdered in her Advance apartment. Her son, David Van Gennip, was charged with her murder. He was alleged to have stabbed her between 200 and 300 times with a pair of scissors. After the murder, he allegedly fled north in his mother's car...
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Mayer, Mitchell to contend for circuit judge seat
(Local News ~ 02/28/12)
Plenty of rumors have surfaced over the past several months as to the possible political aspirations of Dexter's own President Pro Tem of the Senate, Rob Mayer. In accordance with term limit restrictions, Mayer will step down from his Missouri Senate seat at the end of 2012...
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3 arrested on drug charges
(Local News ~ 02/28/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner reported Monday the arrests of three individuals on drug related charges. The arrests were all a part of ongoing investigations into illegal drug activity in Stoddard County. Ruben Don Prunty, 50 of Dexter, was arrested recently and charged with the Class B felony of distribution of a controlled substance for allegedly selling a quantity of methamphetamine. His bond was set at $50,000 cash-only and he remains in jail at this time...
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Encore performance
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Seeking their second straight district title, the Dexter Lady Bearcats found a somewhat unlikely hero Friday night. With star center Brittany Harris battling foul trouble, Paige Patterson stepped up and scored 18 points as the Lady Bearcats built up an early lead and never let up for a 62-38 victory over the Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs in the championship game of the Class 4, District 1 at the Sikeston Field House...
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Lady Bearcats not looking past Park Hills Central
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/12)
Fresh off repeating as district champions and getting ready for another trip to the Class 4 state playoffs, the Dexter Lady Bearcats are not overlooking anyone -- and that includes Wednesday's sectional opponent, the Park Hills Central Lady Rebels. "You definitely can't overlook anybody because once you get in the playoffs -- especially in the sectional game -- you're going to have a good team (to take on)," Dexter coach Chad Allen said. ...
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Tribe rides defense past Bloomfield
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- With their offense struggling to click, the Kennett Indians turned to their defense to keep their season alive. The Tribe overcame a cold night on the offensive end of the floor and held off a late charge to down the Bloomfield Wildcats 48-35 in the quarterfinals of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament here Monday night...
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Billy Ray Sanders, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/28/12)
Billy Ray Sanders, Sr., son of the late Elmer Junior and Clara Jane King Sanders, was born in Essex, Mo., on June 1, 1949, and died at his home in Dexter, Mo., on Feb. 24, 2012, at the age of 62. He had lived in Essex and Dexter all his life. Bill had worked in the sanitation department at Tyson Foods and was a member of the Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter...
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Ruth N. Wood
(Obituary ~ 02/28/12)
Ruth N. Wood, daughter of the late Henry Hickerson and Jennie Caraway Hickerson, was born on Dec. 24, 1925 at Wardell, and died in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center at Dexter on Feb. 24, 2012, at the age of 86. Mrs. Wood was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter, a former public school educator, working in various school districts, the former assistant librarian at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. She was a resident of Dexter...
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