Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Dexter Aquatic Center is getting an off season facelift this week. Todd and Amy Backus of Backus Painting are currently re-painting the public swimming pool. Amy Backus is seen here putting a fresh coat of yellow on one of the tumble buckets at the pool...

Although the body found Thursday, Sept. 6 in a rural Dexter area has yet to be officially identified through the Medical Examiner's office in St. Louis, a tentative identification has been made, according to Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis. "The Sheriff's Department and the Coroner's office has had an in-depth discussion with individuals believed to be family of the man found deceased," explained Mathis Monday, "and they are being kept up-to-date as the process of positive identification continues.". ...

The Dexter Parks and Recreation Department will soon begin work on a new home. A portion of the groundwork has already been done at the site where the park department's new 2,800 sq. ft. facility will be located. Long-time park department director, Lawson Metcalf, said the project is something that has been discussed for more than a decade...

SIKESTON -- The Dexter Bearcats were no match for the Sikeston Bulldogs Friday... or Saturday. Sikeston jumped on Dexter early and was leading 21-7 in the first quarter Friday night when the game was abruptly called with threatening weather quickly moving in on SPS Stadium...

Dexter's Lady Bearcats volleyball team continues to fight through adversity. Coach Carmen Morgan watched starter Jessica Lindsey go down with an ankle injury early in game one of the Dig for Life Challenge tournament in Cape Girardeau this past weekend, but the team pulled together to still make it to the semifinals of the Gold Bracket. Monday night her team battled through the loss of players to pick up a 25-9, 25-21 win over Bloomfield at the Bearcat Event Center...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Stoddard County man recently arrested for sexual misconduct pled guilty last week. Donald Tray Anderson, 19, of Dexter pled guilty to the charges of a Class A misdemeanor of third degree domestic assault and a Class D felony of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15...

Shirley Britton, daughter of the late Sylvester and Ada Bell Eaton Razer, was born in Essex, Mo., on July 6,1938, and died at her home in Dexter, Mo., on Sept. 7, 2012, at the age of 74. Mrs. Britton lived in the Essex and Dexter area all her life. She attended the First Baptist Church in Essex...