Stories from Saturday, January 10, 2015

In the year 2014, the number of summonses issued by Dexter police went up; but, that was about the only category of increase. According to Dexter Police Department Major Larry Patterson, just about every significant category of note went down in the past year...

PARIS (AP) -- With explosions and gunfire, security forces ended a three-day terror rampage around Paris, killing the two al-Qaida-linked brothers who staged a murderous rampage at a satirical newspaper, and an associate who seized a kosher supermarket to try to help them escape...

Aaron Likens was 20 years old before he was diagnosed with Asperger's, a syndrome on the Austistic spectrum. "I didn't have the Autism label growing up," Likens explains. "So, I just had the smart, quirky kid label." Likens currently works for Touchpoint Autism Services out of St. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The University of Missouri Stoddard County Extension Office has announced their plans for a Garden Symposium workshop to be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Bootheel Regional Planning Building (the former Dexter Armory). According to Agronomist, AJ Foster, the event is planned to connect gardeners of all levels...

Dexter Police Jan. 9, 2015 Police received a report of a stolen Samsung Galaxy cell pone and some cash from the 700 block of N. Two Mile Rd. at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday. At 10:31 a.m. on Thursday, police investigated a report of cash having been taken from an address on Chatauqua...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Woodland Cardinals outscored the Dexter Bearcats by single digits in every quarter as it secured a 74-54 road SCAA win at the Bearcat Event Center Friday night. "Our kids deserved a lot of credit," Woodland coach Logan Nutt said. "We know what we are looking for every day, whether it is practice or a game. We just want to keep improving and reach our peak in late February and early March. We gave 100 percent effort and 100 percent attitude tonight, and improved defensively...