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2011 Dexter graduate Alan Flannigan begins play in NCAA Tournament Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 03/18/15)
Dexter's own Alan Flannigan will be among the participants when the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament continues this week. Flannigan is currently a senior on the Lafayette Leopards, which earned an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Patriot League conference tournament on March 11...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Dexter Police March 17, 2015 At 4:56 p.m., Sunday, March 15, Dexter Police arrested Michelle Lynn Williamson, 51, of Dexter on a Stoddard County warrant for driving while intoxicated -- drugs, chronic offender. Bond was set at $25,000 and she was transferred to the Stoddard County Jail...
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Relay for Life Survivor's Dinner slated for April 27
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Each year to kick off the Stoddard County Relay for Life event, a dinner is hosted by a local county church for all cancer survivors in the area at no cost to the guests and their spouse and/or caregiver. For the past two years, Lighthouse Christian Center, like so many other county churches before them, has served the meal to local survivors who come together each year to celebrate life...
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Leprechaun at work
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Little leprechauns, including Meredith Mayer above, two-year-old daughter of Jason and Lauren Mayer, were busy at Keller Public Library's Story Hour on Tuesday making their own little pots of gold. Retired kindergarten teacher, Susie Grobe, provided tales of St. Patrick's Day trickery, and youngsters were then invited to complete their own crafts. Additional photos may be found in Photo Galleries at www.dailystatesman.com...
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For gardeners: Symposium offers tips, possible markets
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Productive gardening and finding markets for produce were the topics at the Stoddard County Gardening Symposium held Tuesday at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development District offices. Experts on soil, weeds, insects and plant and fruit disease gave presentations at the all-day symposium sponsored by University of Missouri Extension, Missouri Master Gardeners and the Dexter Chamber of Commerce...
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Dexter middle school volleyball program sweeps Kennett
(High School Sports ~ 03/18/15)
The Dexter seventh grade volleyball team improved to 2-0 with a 25-10, 25-14 victory against Kennett Tuesday night. The Dexter eighth grade, which also won 25-9, 25-17 at Puxico Monday night, improved to 3-0 with a 25-16, 25-17 win against Kennett Tuesday...
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Advance RIV puts "Keep Advance Safe" proposal on April 7 ballot
(Business ~ 03/18/15)
After several months of discussion, the Advance Board of Education has opted to go to the voters for approval of a $1,850,000 bond issue to build an expanded FEMA Safe Room for the district. After the Joplin tornado in 2011, the Advance School Board applied to FEMA for a grant to build a safe room. In 2014, the district was notified that they were eligible to receive $1,084,066 in funds, with a $441,934 match to equal a FEMA grant of $1,525,000 (one million five hundred twenty-five thousand)...
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