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Cardinals to break ground on Ballpark Village Feb. 8
(Local News ~ 01/30/13)
Many questioned whether it would ever happen, but there is some big news coming out of St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The St. Louis Cardinals and their development partner, the Cordish Companies, announced that they closed today on the financing for the construction of the $100 million first phase of Ballpark Village...
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Dexter snaps Saxony's winning streak
(High School Sports ~ 01/30/13)
The Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team faced the same situation Tuesday night that visiting Dexter faced just days earlier. And the Crusaders hoped they learned the lessons that may have given the Bearcats the edge in emerging with a 61-52 victory at Saxony High School...
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County spared from severe storm damage
(Local News ~ 01/30/13)
A line of powerful storms ripped through Stoddard County Tuesday evening and dumped between an inch and a half and two inches of rain throughout the county. While there was a lot of rain and wind with tornado sirens sounding, Stoddard County appears to have been spared significant damage...
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"With a Voice of Praise" set
(Local News ~ 01/30/13)
A Dexter church choir will present an evening of what is promised to be uplifting, heart-warming music in concert next month -- music of praise to God and to help a young boy fighting a valiant battle. The Chancel Choir of the Dexter First United Methodist Church will present "With A Voice of Praise." The concert will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 at the church on South Walnut Street in Dexter...
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Fugitive jailed after two years
(Local News ~ 01/30/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A former Dexter resident implicated in a large marijuana operation in October of 2010 is now behind bars in Stoddard County Jail. Don Murphy, 32, escaped capture at the time of the original raid on the house south of Dexter. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said that Murphy fled to California where he set up another large-scale indoor marijuana growing operation...
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Russell C. Sherfield
(Obituary ~ 01/30/13)
Russell C. Sherfield, son of the late Otis and Iva Jo Hunt Sherfield, was born in Dexter on Oct. 3,1926, and died at his home in Dexter on Jan. 29, 2013, at the age of 86. Mr. Sherfield had lived in Dexter all his life. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the US Navy. After serving in the military he returned to Dexter...
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Eva Lois Cookson
(Obituary ~ 01/30/13)
Eva Lois Cookson, a lifelong resident of Puxico, died Jan. 29, 2013, at Puxico at the age of 93. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico.
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Gary Lee Allen
(Obituary ~ 01/30/13)
Gary Lee Allen, son of the late Shirley Ray Allen and Joyce Marie Leigh Cunningham Allen, was born on Jan. 29, 1953, in Ogden, Utah, and died on Jan. 27, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo., at the age of 59. Mr. Allen was employed as a forklift operator at Arvin for 30 years and was a resident of Dexter...
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Amy Dawn Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/30/13)
Amy Dawn Smith, daughter of Marilyn Hopkins Abernathy of Dexter, Mo. and the late Trennis Aber-nathy, was born on Aug. 23, 1976, in Dexter and died on Jan. 25, 2013, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo., at the age of 36. In addition to her mother, Amy is survived by one son, Gavin Dale Smith of Bernie, Mo., by two daughters, Brittany Smith and Adison Moore of Dexter, Mo.; by one brother, James Aber-nathy of Dexter, Mo.; and one sister, Christina Abernathy of Texas...
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