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Dexter girls tennis team drops district championship to undefeated Kennett 5-2
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity girls tennis team battled for over four hours Wednesday night but came up just short in its bid to dethrone seven-time defending Class 1, District 1, champ Kennett. Top-seeded Kennett won four of six singles matches and the first doubles match completed against third-seeded Dexter to secure a 5-2 victory in the Class 1, District 1, championship...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
Dexter Police Oct. 9, 2013 Police arrested Brandon Tyler Marvel, 25, of Dexter on Forrest St. at 7:53 a.m. Wednesday. He is charged on a Dexter municipal warrant for failure to appear on an assault charge. Kyle Ryan Hargrave, 23, of Dexter was arrested on N. ...
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Beulah "Jenny" Palmer
(Obituary ~ 10/10/13)
Jenny Palmer, daughter of the late Julius F. Cook and Lola M. Jackson, was born on March 20, 1920, in England, Ark., and died at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on Oct. 8, 2013, at the age of 93. Mrs. Palmer was a member of the First Church of The Nazarene in Dexter. She was baptized and accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 16...
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Making a BIG difference!!
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
SUBMITTED photo In lieu of presents at her recent 10th birthday party, Andie Kruse requested that guests instead make a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, where she spent a brief period as a small child. Thanks to the generosity of many family members and friends, the fourth grader raised $1,170. Andie is the daughter of Scott and Kerri Kruse...
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Festival of Sharing is Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Months of work and preparation will come to fruition Saturday when volunteers converge on Wesley Hall at the First United Methodist Church for the Festival of Sharing. These volunteers will be bagging rice, popcorn and pinto beans while preparing kits filled with a variety of products to be distributed to the needy throughout Southeast Missouri...
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Busy weekend on tap in Dexter
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Saturday will see a beehive of activity on the streets of Dexter. It's time for Historic Downtown Dexter's Fall Fest event once again, with vendors lining downtown's Stoddard Street. In conjunction with the Fall Fest will be the Annual This Run's 4 Vaughn 5K Run/Walk and bake sale beginning at the First Christian Church will also be held on Saturday. ...
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Local teen hurt in wreck
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
A local teen was injured in a Wednesday night wreck three miles south of Dexter. According to the Highway Patrol, Shayna N. Bess, 17, sustained moderate injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after her 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt left the left side of Route H, overcorrected, and ran off the right side of the roadway, then overturned. The wreck occured around 9:30 p.m. as Bess was westbound on Route H...
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Depot visitors come from all around the country
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The City of Dexter breathed new life into its old train depot in March 2010 and it has been welcoming people to Dexter since day one. A recent data sheet shared with The Daily Statesman detailed a few demographics of the center's visitors and shows the value of the renewed facility to local tourism...
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Hits for Hope Tonight at the BEC
(Local News ~ 10/10/13)
Dexter's Volleyball Team will be playing their annual Hits for Hope game tonight beginning with the JV game at 6 p.m. Proceeds from tonight's games will go to the 18 Fore Life Charity Foundation, which grants love offerings directly to area cancer patients...
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Chester "Chet" Medler
(Obituary ~ 10/10/13)
Chester "Chet" Medler, son of the late Raymond Medler and Mayme Lucas Medler was born on Aug. 22, 1921, in Dexter, Mo., and died on Oct. 9, 2013, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 92. Mr. Medler retired in 1986 as co-owner of Medler-Davis Chevrolet in Dexter. ...
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Gloria Faye Wilkey Mueller
(Obituary ~ 10/10/13)
Gloria Faye Wilkey Mueller, 78, a resident of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at her home surrounded by family. She was born July 26, 1935, in Bell City, Mo., to the late Harold and Irene (Brown) Wilkey. Glo was a graduate of Dexter High School where she was a member of National Honor Society. "In sunshine or rain, she is the same."...
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