Stories from Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Even though cool weather and a very rainy end to May have slowed summer arrival, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and county road crews are moving into full swing with summer improvements and repairs to bridges and highways. Motorists should observe speed limits in work zones and check the MoDOT website for work zones...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two Dexter area women told the Stoddard County Commission about plans to establish a 501c3 non-profit organization to start a domestic violence shelter in Dexter. The shelter would serve women, men and families who are the victims of domestic violence. The presentation was made at the regular commission meeting Monday morning...

There was no lack of inspiration at the 15th Annual 18Fore Life Banquet on Friday night, June 5 at the Dexter Elks Lodge. Each year a sports figure, most often with a link to a cancer diagnosis, is invited to speak at the banquet that precedes Saturday's golf charity event...

A Poplar Bluff woman is paralyzed after her car allegedly was struck by a truck leaving Brick's Off Road Park, where fewer than three hours later a woman was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash. At the same time, Jeremy S. Sykes, 34, of Dyersburg, Tenn., was operating a 2007 Chevrolet pickup, which was eastbound on County Road 484...

The 2015 SCAA all-conference baseball awards have been released. Bernie senior standout Devin Trammell is the SCAA Player of the Year. Trammell (9-1) recorded an unprecedented 0.875 ERA while striking out 92 in 64 innings of work this season. He hit .374 with 22 RBIs and two home runs...

Sarah Lynne Hillis, 75, died at her residence in Essex on June 4, 2015. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.