Stories from Friday, March 2, 2012

Local residents are reminded that Saturday morning at 10 a.m., a ceremony will be conducted at the Dexter Depot Welcome Center officially welcoming the exhibit, "Remembering Our Fallen." The exhibit includes photos of each of Missouri's soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror since Sept. 11, 2001. A total of 137 Missouri's are honored through the exhibit...

Dexter Schools will be offering summer classes again this year, but it will be a scaled-down version of what the local summer program has offered in recent years, and driver's education will not be included. Due to budget constraints, the district plans to revert back to offering the program much in the order as it was many years ago - an "at risk" program intended for students whose grades and test scores indicate the need for remediation...

PUXICO, Mo - Gov. Jay Nixon paid a visit to Puxico Thursday afternoon, first at an informational meeting at the City Hall, and then on an abbreviated tour of the devastation in the rural area east of the city. While the governor stressed that his office was on hand to work with FEMA and SEMA officials in securing held for the storm stricken area, news had not yet come when the governor was in town that Wednesday morning's storm had been designated an EF-3 by the National Weather Service...

HAYTI, Mo. -- Two overtimes were necessary Thursday night to determine if the Bernie Mules or Holcomb Hornets would reach the Class 2, District 1, boys basketball championship. The Mules maintained a double-digit lead twice in the 40-minute classic, while the Hornets' largest lead was six points in the fourth head-to-head meeting between the two squads...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- The Oran Eagles denied the Advance Hornets a three-game sweep of their meetings this season and the Class 2 District 3 title in the process. A pair of 5-foot-11 guards -- Kody Moore and Seth Ressel -- led the charge for Oran, which defended its district title with a 58-54 victory over the top-seeded Hornets...

HAYTI, Mo. -- Despite the fact that Hunter Turner went the final seconds of Thursday's Class 2, District 1 without a field goal, the Hayti Indians entrusted the senior with the most important shot of their season. With the Indians knotted up with Portageville and inbounding the ball on their own baseline with 3.6 seconds remaining, Keenon Norris kicked the ball out to the right side of the arc where Turner was waiting for an open shot...

Opal Sims, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died at The Manor in Poplar Bluff, Mo.i on March 1, 2012. A complete obituary will be published later with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Missouri in charge of arrangements.