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$1M award upheld for children of slain Dexter man
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri has upheld a $1 million award for the family of a man killed in 2008 in Cape Girardeau. In 2012, a seven-person jury awarded $1 million to the children of Zachary Snyder, 23, of Dexter, Mo., who was killed by a Department of Corrections officer. The appellate court upheld that decision Thursday, according to court documents...
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911 Board votes to seek a sales tax for revenue source
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
After a lengthy discussion, the Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors voted to form a citizen's advisory committee and ask the County Commission to put a fractional sales tax on the April 2016 ballot to fund 911 services in the county. The board has been discussing ways to increase revenue for 911 services in the county for several years. ...
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Corps of Engineers mobilizes to fight flooding
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, announced Friday morning it has initiated Phase I floodfighting in Charleston, Mo., and Cairo, Ill. High river stages on the upper Mississippi River that threaten to flood the two areas prompted the move, a news release said. Flood fighting personnel will be active around Cairo...
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Legislators scrap testing company
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
Missouri school officials are still waiting on end of the year assessments results, despite testing consortium Smarter Balanced's promise of a 10-day return. The failure to provide scores for the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment in a timely manor is just another guffaw in a long string of issues over the new test, but likely the last as a funding ban by the Missouri legislature takes the consortium out of the equation...
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Celebrating a special Father's Day
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
Brock and Ashley Williams have lived their lives believing, "When God closes a door, He opens a window." That motto rang true in July 2012, when while on what they thought would be their final of several trips to Russia to finalize the adoption of a little boy they had come to know and love named Roman. ...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 06/20/15)
Dexter Police June 19, 2015 At 12:52 p.m., Thursday, June 18, Dexter Police recovered a men's bicycle with broken handle bars. At 1:21 p.m., Thursday, June 18, Dexter Police arrested Kayla Deborah Gills, 25, of Dexter, on the charge of property damage. Bond was set at $75...
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Scott County Central, Charleston & Calvert City win Rib City brackets
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/15)
Note: A photo gallery of the action is available at this link: Rib City Photos DEXTER, Mo. - Two traditional southeast Missouri powerhouses and an out-of-state juggernaut won their respective brackets at the boys basketball Rib City Shootout Friday in Dexter...
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