Stories from Friday, October 10, 2014

There's a new game in town; and, while the name may be unusual, the concept is one that is familiar to most. "Pickle-ball" is a newly-emerging sport that started outside of Seattle, Wash., in 1965. 49 years later, it is taking off and has made its way to the Bootheel of Missouri...

An award winning Elvis impersonator will be appearing at Fall Fest in downtown Dexter this Saturday. Finley Watkins of Bernie started playing guitar and performing as Elvis at age five. He is now six and recently won second-place in Images of the King, an Elvis contest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn.Entertainment starts at 11 a.m. ...

PUXICO, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Ducks Unlimited (DU) will hold a celebration and dedication for renovations completed at the Duck Creek Conservation Area (CA). The dedication will be held Oct. 11 at the area's headquarters near Puxico, beginning at 10 a.m...

Dexter Police Oct. 8-9, 2014 Police were summoned to W. Market St. at 9:25 p.m. Monday for a domestic dispute. No arrests followed. Malik A. Smith, 20, of Dexter was arrested at 9:24 a.m. Tuesday at 312 W. Stoddard for shoplifting. Rebekah A. Greer, 31, of Essex was arrested on a warrant for probation violation at 9:51 a.m. Tuesday at the local parole office. She was transferred to the county jail where she remains without bond...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The stage is set for the Bernie Mules and Dexter Bearcats to meet in the championship game of the SCAA varsity volleyball tournament for a second straight season following semifinal action Thursday at Bloomfield. Top-seeded Dexter punched its ticket to the title game with a 25-17, 25-13 victory against the fourth-seeded Bloomfield Wildcats Thursday. Second-seeded Bernie followed with a 25-21, 25-22 victory against the third-seeded Advance Hornets in the nightcap...

Jesse D. Williams, son of the late Robert and Willowdean Rogers Williams, was born in Paragould, Ark., on Sept. 9, 1933, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, on Oct. 8, 2014, at the age of 81. Mr. Williams had lived in San Diego, Calif., for many years, moved to Bloomfield in 1959 and had lived in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area the past several years. He was an area sales manager for Ortho Mattress...

Faye Leadley, daughter of the late Tom C. Brawley and Irene Seals Brawley was born on July 9, 1935, in Bennington, Okla., and died on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 79. Mrs. Leadley was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Dexter, a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...

Faye Leadley, daughter of the late Tom C. Brawley and Irene Seals Brawley was born on July 9, 1935, in Bennington, Okla., and died on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 79. Mrs. Leadley was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Dexter, a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...

David Loyd Wheetley of Puxico, died at the age of 58 on Oct. 9, 2014, at hisPuxico home. All arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico.