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Dexter defeats Poplar Bluff in 3 games
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/12)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Dexter now knows how it feels to be on the winning side of a three-game match. After dropping back-to-back three-game matches to Advance and Leopold recently, the Lady Bearcats rallied from one game down to defeat the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, Thursday night on the road...
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8th grade 'Cats finish in style
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/12)
The football season for T. S. Hill Middle School football came to an end Thursday on a high note. In an 8th grade-only game, Dexter rolled to an easy 48-6 win over the visiting Charleston Bluejays.
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Hampton to replace Fowler as Juvenile Director
(Local News ~ 10/05/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Having a background and prior knowledge of the inner workings of the juvenile justice system will make it easier for Judi Hampton to step into her new supervisory role. Taking over Monday as the new superintendent of the Stoddard County Juvenile Detention Center at Bloomfield, Hampton replaces Dennis Fowler, who recently retired...
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Living life to the fullest at 98...Paul Corbin
(Local News ~ 10/05/12)
ADVANCE, Mo. - Paul Corbin was born on the banks of Cato Slough, about five miles west of Advance, Mo. on Nov. 27, 1914. That year, President Woodrow Wilson announced the U.S. entry into World War I, the "war to end all wars." The Panama Canal had just been completed, and bacon was 17 cents a pound. Electricity was yet to light homes, and most of the population traveled by horse and wagon...
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$246k to Dudley for paving
(Local News ~ 10/05/12)
DUDLEY, Mo. - The City of Dudley was recently awarded a sizeable grant to pave nearly all of the community's streets. Funded by USDA Rural Development, the Community Development Block Grant is in the amount of $246,670. The city has a $125,000 match on the project...
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Clyde W. Williams
(Obituary ~ 10/05/12)
Clyde W. Williams was born near Pyletown, Mo., on March 9, 1924. He spent his youth in Stoddard County. He moved to Michigan as a young man and lived in Auburn Hills, Mich. He was the son of Floyd and Myrtle Williams. He died Sept. 15, 2012, at the age of 88...
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David G. Ross
(Obituary ~ 10/05/12)
David G. Ross, a retired State of Illinois highway engineer, died July 25, 2012, at Wuesthoff Progressive Care Center in Viera, Fla., at the age of 77. David was the son of the late Thomas J. and Margaret Ross, and was born in Dexter, Mo., on July 1, 1935. ...
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David Bruce Dial
(Obituary ~ 10/05/12)
David Bruce Dial of Dexter, Mo., died Oct. 4, 2012, at the age of 59. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter, Mo., is in charge of all arrangements.
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Jerry Dee Tankersley
(Obituary ~ 10/05/12)
Jerry Dee Tankersley, son of the late L.E. Tankersley and Charity Schreiner Tankersley, was born Dec. 2, 1938, in Medford, Ore., and died at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab in Puxico, Mo., on Oct. 5, 2012, at the age of 73. Mr. Tankersley was a member of the Lake Wappapello United Methodist Church in Wappapello, Mo., worked as a quality control engineer for nuclear construction projects, and was a veteran of the United States Army...
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When It Comes to Texting and Driving: It Can Wait
(Local News ~ 10/05/12)
School is now in session, which means football on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, temperatures are about to get cooler, and teens across Missouri and the rest of America are back in class. With teens driving to and from school, work, and after school activities, it is important that, in addition to the rules of the road, we focus on educating teens, their families, and their communities about the dangers of texting and driving...
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