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Volleyball shootout set for this Thursday, Friday at BEC
(High School Sports ~ 06/26/13)
The first edition of the Rib City Shootout for volleyball will be held this Thursday and Friday at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. The Rib City Shootout has been a basketball only event since its conception, but a varsity and a junior varsity-freshman volleyball competition was added this season...
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Dexter golfers place at Cotton Classic held at Kennett CC
(High School Sports ~ 06/26/13)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Three members of Hidden Trails Country Club placed at the ladies 18-hole Cotton Classic golf tournament held at Kennett Country Club Tuesday afternoon. Julie Elder, Sheila Cunningham and Cheryl Morin, all of Dexter, each placed in one of the five flights...
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Alvin "Al" Hunsaker
(Obituary ~ 06/26/13)
Alvin "Al" Hunsaker, son of the late Newton Hunsaker and Anna Dublin Hunsaker Kimbrel, was born in Caruth, Mo., on Sept. 27, 1928, and died at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo., on June 21, 2013, at the age of 84. He was raised in Southeast Missouri and had lived Pontiac, Mich., until he retired and then moved to Jackson, Mo., before moving to Battlefield, Mo., two years ago...
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Charlie Lee Hankins, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/26/13)
Charlie Lee Hankins, Sr., on April 15, 1939, and died at his home in Sikeston on June 21, 2013, at the age of 74. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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Crash leaves local teens hurt; driver arrested
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
WAYNE COUNTY, Mo. -- Two local teens were injured in a wreck in Wayne County at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, and the driver of the vehicle in which they were passengers was later arrested on a number of charges. According to the Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Joshua D. Barnes of Dexter was northbound in a 1999 Jeep Wrangler o Rt. P, .2 of a mile south of Rt. E in Wayne County when he ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree...
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Benefit planned Sat. for Puxico's Farrell Grubbs
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
PUXICO, Mo. -- A fundraiser is planned for Saturday, June 29 at Puxico's VFW from noon until 2 p.m. to benefit a Stoddard County cancer patient. Farrell Grubbs of Puxico is battling Stage 4 brain cancer. The barbeque pork dinner, complete with drink and dessert will cost $10...
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Man stabbed during altercation in Butler County
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Butler County stabbing victim was arrested for allegedly beating his girlfriend, chasing her and a man and ramming their vehicle in an attempt to run the truck they were in off the road. A Butler County deputy was flagged down in the Broseley, Mo., area Monday night by occupants of a truck allegedly being chased by another truck after an apparent domestic dispute escalated, including a stabbing...
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Scott County deputy honored for his heroism
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott County sheriff's deputy was acknowledged Monday for his heroism after saving crew members from a burning train last month. Justin Wooten of Chaffee received a plaque from Union Pacific Railroad and a second plaque from Scott County for pulling two Union Pacific employees out of a wrecked engine following the May 25 cargo train collision in the Chaffee-Rockview area in Scott County. ...
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Taking it easy!
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
Enjoying some fun in the sun recently at the Dexter Aquatic Center are friends, Kaylea Musgrave, Kyla Propst, and Rae-Ann Riddle. The pool is open from 1 until 5 pm. daily.
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Local police nab 3 for stealing catalytic converters
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
Three individuals were jailed in the early morning hours of Monday, charged with receiving stolen property and stealing after a Dexter police officer found them in possession of several new catalytic converters, both in the trunk and in the back seat of their vehicle parked along Highway 60...
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City cuts board meetings to one per month
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
Members of the Dexter Board of Aldermen will be seeing a bit less of one another beginning in July. The board met Monday evening to discuss and approve the current year's budget, but also used the time to revisit an issue that has been discussed periodically over the years...
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City prosecutes park vandals, recoups loss
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
Local park vandals aren't getting a free pass. For years, the City of Dexter has struggled to find solutions to repeated acts of vandalism within the city's parks. City Administrator Mark Stidham said the city is very proud of the work its park staff does on a regular basis, but finds the acts of a select few individuals to be discouraging...
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County Archives contain a wealth of history
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The growth of the Stoddard County Archives has been steady since it began it 1991. This year the office added a second part-time employee and completed a renovation project that provided more room for records while improving the appearance of the old building at 203 S. Prairie Street in Bloomfield. The office was formerly used by an associate circuit judge who moved to the Justice Center when it was completed...
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Sinkhole not ruled out in backyard ground collapse in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 06/26/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- What led to the formation last week of a hole behind a vacant house on South Ellis Street apparently remains undetermined. Some possibilities have been ruled out, but the chance the hole could be another sinkhole remains. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department at 7:25 p.m. ...
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