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Mildred M. Mekan
(Obituary ~ 07/14/15)
Mildred Marie Mekan, daughter of the late Tom Arnold and Katie Spicer Arnold was born in Herrin, Ill., on June 29, 1917, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on July12, 2015, at the age of 98. Mrs. Mekan was a homemaker, a member of Powe Gospel Church of Bernie and also a resident of Bernie...
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Truck fire Sunday
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
A Poplar Bluff man escaped injury Sunday afternoon when his pickup truck caught fire while he was westbound on Highway 60 near the Highway 25 overpass. Steven Cook was driving the truck when his transmission reportedly caught fire. He attempted to exit the highway using the Highway 25 ramp, but was forced to flee from the vehicle as it was being consumed by smoke and flames. ...
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Central Methodist to hold open house in Dexter on July 22
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
Central Methodist University, which has begun offering bachelor's degree completion programs in Dexter, will host an open house on Wednesday, July 22, to provide more information to area citizens. There is no cost and no obligation to attend the open house, and guests can drop in anytime between 4-7:30 p.m. to find out about CMU programs offered in the Three Rivers College facility in Dexter...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
Dexter Police July 11-13, 2015 At 9:39 a.m., Friday, July 10, Dexter Police received a report of property damage from Aretta I. Gilleseie, 74, of Dexter. At 11:35 a.m., Friday, July 10, Dexter Police arrested Jacob R. Curry, 22, of Dexter on a failure to appear warrant from Dexter City. Curry posted $113.50 cash bond...
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Alvin Odell Cluck
(Obituary ~ 07/14/15)
Alvin Odell Cluck, son of the late Dallas Cluck, Sr., and Vernice Graham Malone Allen, was born in Malden on July 30, 1944, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau on July 9, 2015, at the age of 70. He had lived in the Desloge and Bonne Terre, Mo., area before moving to Dexter a year ago...
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Sikeston propane blasts close Hwy. 60, 61 Monday
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- At approximately 9:45 a.m. Monday, fire personnel in Sikeston were called to Reliable Propane, 125 Larcel Drive in Sikeston, in response to a fire in the propane area. The blaze quickly grew as propane tanks exploded, prompting Sikeston DPS to evacuate the surrounding businesses. Additional fire personnel were quickly summoned to the scene...
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Castor Township seeks county loan to repair CR 413
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Henry Kestner, Castor Township board member, appeared before the Stoddard County Commission Monday morning to inquire about the possibility of the township obtaining at $300,000 loan from the county to repave and repair County Road 413 (One Mile Road extended north of Dexter...
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Man faces arson/burglary charges
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
A Dexter man has been arrested on a warrant for burglary and arson following a months-long investigation. Jeremy Swallows, 34, of Dexter, was taken into custody after an investigation into a Nov. 2014 arson at a Dexter business. According to the report, on Nov. 30, 2014, a Dexter police officer was contacted at the On-The-Go Convenience Store at 402 East Business Highway 60, by a passing motorist who said that smoke was coming from Robert's Repair Shop, located at 213 E. Business Highway 60...
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Local athletes recognized at Semoball Awards
(High School Sports ~ 07/14/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Two Stoddard County athletes took home top awards at the second annual Semoball Awards Saturday at Southeast Missouri State River Campus in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Dexter's Jessica Lindsey was named Girls Volleyball Player of the Year...
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Regional Healthcare Foundation Golf Winners
(High School Sports ~ 07/14/15)
The Regional Healthcare Foundation held its first annual golf tournament Friday at the Hidden Trails Country Club in Dexter. Fourteen teams competed against each other as well as the weather as strong storms were moving in as teams were finishing up. ...
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Dexter concludes play at Rib City Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 07/14/15)
DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball team won two of three games Saturday at the Rib City Shootout. Dexter beat Pocahontas, Arkansas, 53-40 in Game 1; beat Union City, Tennessee, 44-34 in Game 2; and lost to Benton, Illinois, 40-36 in Game 3...
- Patton - Patton Junction Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle and Cow auction for 7/13/2015 (Agriculture Report ~ 07/14/15)
- Patton - Patton Junction Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/13/2015 (Agriculture Report ~ 07/14/15)
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Police release name of fire victim
(Local News ~ 07/14/15)
The victim of the early Monday morning fire on N. Poplar Street has been tentatively identified as 52-year-old Lois Wells. Dexter Police Det. Cory Mills had requested on Monday that the name of the victim be withheld pending notification of next of kin and until she could be positively identified through an autopsy Tuesday morning. Mills reported on Tuesday that the department had obtained a DNA sample that has been sent to the Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Lab...
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