Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Dexter Police July 28, 2015 At 2:06 p.m., Monday, July 27, Dexter Police arrested Joshua D. Barnes on a warrant service. At 3:53 p.m., Monday, July 27, Dexter Police arrested Norman T. Fortner III, 18, of Dexter, on the charge of DWI-drug intoxication...

Replacement of the Highway 53 bridges over the St. Francis River and overflow area is on the Missouri Department of Transportation five-year construction schedule. Also on the list are two projects in Stoddard County. Construction on the $7.5 million project southeast of Qulin on the Butler/Dunklin county line is expected to begin during the summer of 2016...

Unless you've had the luxury of not needing to leave the air conditioned indoors, it's no secret that the summer heat continues to torment the area. In fact, it has gotten so bad that the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat advisory for the area...

A Monday accident on Hwy. 60 just east of the AD overpass left one driver injured. According to Dexter Police, a witness reported having seen Norman Fortner of Dexter driving eastbound on Business Hwy. 60 in a 2006 Chevrolet HHR when his vehicle crossed into the westbound lane and leaving the roadway near the Harry Blackwell dealership and at a low rate of speed. ...

The Hoopsters Basketball Academy competed in its third NCAA certified event of the summer July 22-25 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hoopsters, which are composed of girls basketball players from southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas and western Tennessee, finished 3-1 and placed sixth at the event referred to as the Music City Madness...

Jarrett Thomas "Buddy" Frazier, son of Cathy Shipman of Cape Girardeau, and the late Brett Frazier, was born on March 13, 1987, in Poplar Bluff, and died on July 24, 2015, in Hilo, Hawaii at the age of 28. Jarrett had worked in construction and was a resident of Hilo, Hawaii...