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Oliver requests joint trial for five
(Local News ~ 04/11/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo, -- A motion has been filed in Stoddard County asking to consolidate a single jury for a joint trial of five people charged last week with the Class A felony of possession of a controlled substance relating to a meth bust in rural Dexter...
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Case dismissed against Oliver, Hefner
(Local News ~ 04/11/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Naylor man has filed for dismissal of a lawsuit he filed last July in federal court against Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver and Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner. The suit had been filed on July 19, 2011, by Rodger Seratt, a Ripley County manufacturer and distributor of two synthetic drug products which were deemed to be illegal in August 2011...
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Broadband plan to be finalized at meeting
(Local News ~ 04/11/12)
A third public meeting of the Bootheel Regional Technology Planning Team is planned for April 12, 2012, at 9 a.m. at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) office in Dexter. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the draft of a plan to expand broadband internet service to rural areas...
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Bernie Board grants salary steps
(Local News ~ 04/11/12)
BERNIE, Mo. -- With signs of an improving economy and hopes of that trend continuing, Bernie School Board members elected Monday night to restore the salary step that was withheld from the district's salary schedule in 2011 and to grant their staff the annual step on the salary ladder. The move puts Bernie's staff back "where they should be," according to the district's Salary Committee spokesperson, Ginger Beaird, who addressed the board with the committee's annual requests...
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Lady 'Cats run-rule Charleston
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/12)
After nearly pulling off the upset against undefeated New Madrid County Central Monday, the Dexter Lady Bearcats bounced back with a big 24-4 win over Charleston in just 21/2 innings Tuesday at home. Monday the Lady Eagles brought a 50-game winning streak into their game against the Lady Bearcats. NMCC appeared to have the game well in hand taking a 16-run lead into the bottom of the fifth inning and Lady Eagles coach Steve Rogers elected to go to his bench to close out the game...
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Bearcat netters lose to Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dexter's boys tennis team suffered a 8-1 loss on the road to the Cape Central Tigers Tuesday. Dexter's lone win came in the No. 2 singles match where Samuel Ward defeated Sam Stahly, 8-6. Dexter also lost the junior varsity match by a 8-1 score...
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Mary Bostic
(Obituary ~ 04/11/12)
Mary Bostic was born on July 10, 1931, in Kewanee, Mo., and died at her son's home in Bloomfield, Mo., on April 9, 2012, at the age of 80. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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Eloise LaRue
(Obituary ~ 04/11/12)
Eloise LaRue, daughter of the late Charles LaRue and Anna Barker LaRue, was born on Jan. 19, 1916, in Frisco, Mo., and died at her residence in Dexter, Mo., on April 9, 2012, at the age of 96. Eloise was a former receptionist at the Y.M.C.A. in Pon-tiac, Mich., and a former waitress at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter. She attended the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter...
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