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Bernie reaches C2D1 championship with 56-54 overtime win at Bloomfield
(High School Sports ~ 02/27/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - For the past several weeks Bernie Mules coach Brad Botsch has encouraged his upperclassmen to raise their game a level with the playoffs approaching. With the season on the line, Botsch felt his seniors finally reached that level Thursday night in a Class 2, District 1 semifinal against the Bloomfield Wildcats...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 02/27/15)
Dexter Police Feb. 24-26, 2015 At 10:43 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, Dexter Police were dispatched to a residence to check the welfare of an adult male at the 1400 block of of Central Drive. The male was in his residence and there was no problem. At 12:22 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, Dexter Police responded to a two-vehicle accident at 5 South Locust Street. According to the report, the accident occurred when a vehicle driven by Harold G. Williams, 79, of Dexter, struck an unoccupied vehicle...
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Bloomfield Aldermen finally meet, approve new equipment for fire department
(Local News ~ 02/27/15)
BLOOMFIELD -- Despite repeated attempts being foiled by inclement weather, the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen met Wednesday evening for their February meeting. The board had previously been scheduled to meet on Tuesday, Feb. 17, but harsh winter weather forced the meeting to be rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 23. Weather then prompted officials to reschedule the meeting for Wednesday...
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History made...through education
(Local News ~ 02/27/15)
During the July 1954 assembly of the Malden Board of Education, members ended segregation at Malden High School. According to Malden Press Merit reports of the time, their decision was in line with actions taken by other schools following a ruling by the United Stated Supreme Court declaring segregation in public schools as unconstitutional...
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Snow cover means slim pickin' for deer population
(Local News ~ 02/27/15)
John and Leveda Banken, whose home is just north of Dexter's city limits, are accustomed to seeing a few deer around their property, but nothing to compare with the numbers seen in recent days following the snow and ice storm. The Bankens have witnessed as many as 21 deer at a time gathered in their yard this week, munching on the bark of fallen branches in the snow...
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Fern M. McGuire
(Obituary ~ 02/27/15)
Fern M. McGuire, daughter of the late Harold Shipman and Dorothy Richards Shipman, was born on Sept. 11, 1962, in Advance and died on Feb. 24, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 52. Mrs. McGuire worked at Fuwell Residential Care and was a resident of Dexter...
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Stella Linson
(Obituary ~ 02/27/15)
Stella Linson, daughter of the late John C. and Georgia Potter Hodge, was born in Harrisburg, Ill. on June 9, 1924, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Mo., on Feb. 25, 2015, at the age of 90. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements...
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Why would candidate for Mo. governor kill himself?
(State News ~ 02/27/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's auditor, who fatally shot himself in an apparent suicide, had vowed to take down the state's most powerful politicians and donors, including his fellow Republicans, when he launched an anti-corruption campaign for governor last month...
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8 dead in Missouri shooting rampage
(Local News ~ 02/27/15)
Gunman among those dead in Tyrone, Mo.
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