Stories from Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Ellen Sattler, a resident of Dexter, died April 8, 2013, at her residence in Dexter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

ANALYSIS By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --- Missouri Republicans bristling over new procedures for issuing driver's licenses also are expressing fears that the state's new policy will lead to compliance with federal rules they loathe even more...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission voted to start the process of obtaining "soft match" money from Cape Girardeau County to build three bridges in the county under the off-system bridges (BRO) program administered by the Missouri Department of Transportation. ...

Mo. Department of Conservation PIEDMONT, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) continues the fight against invasive feral hogs in Missouri. In Southeast Region, the MDC and public land partners have eradicated 165 hogs from public lands in Reynolds, Iron, Wayne, Stoddard and Pemiscot Counties. An additional six hogs were reported taken by private landowners...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor When Josh Blankenship reported for work at MFA Agri Services in Advance on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, he had no idea that on that day, his life would be forever altered. It was about 9 a.m. Blankenship and his longtime friend, J.D. Cavener, also an employee at MFA, were busy cleaning out an emptied grain bin...

Dexter Police April 6-8, 2013 A report of stealing from N. Poplar St., reported at 9:49 a.m. Saturday, is under investigation. An incident involving a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident, received at 4:02 p.m. Saturday, is under investigation...