Stories from Saturday, November 21, 2015

JONATHON DAWE photo- jdawe@dailystatesman.com Dexter Street Department Supervisor Jeff Myers checks to make sure everything is taken care of with the department's 3,000 gallons of salt brine solution. Myers said the department has already started preparing for severe winter weather...

Sikeston Department of Public Safety located 8-year-old Alexander Phillips and his 6-year-old brother, Logan Friday morning after the two boys were presumed kidnapped by their father. Police received a tip that the two boys were walking with their father, Clarence "Eugene" Phillips, 38, near the intersection of Malone Avenue and Edward Street near the border of Sikeston and Miner...

Dexter Police Nov. 20, 2015 At 9:43 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, Dexter Police arrested Lonnie M. Burkhart, 42, of Dexter, on the charge of DWI. At 9:49 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, Dexter Police arrested Robert E. Pierce, 40, of Marble Hill, on a warrant service...

Warranty Deeds Recorded Kay Asbell Recorder Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, 2015 Junior K Reece and Doris J Reece to Leroy T Young and Vicki C Young Sec 10 Twp 23 R 9 Andy J Vanover, Debra A Vanover, Carissa Steward Ware and Danny Ware to Charles Farmer and Debber Farmer...

Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson told the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) about three goals he hopes to accomplish during the next legislative session. He spoke at the regular meeting of the commission on Thursday in Dexter...

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- A former Dexter doctor, Donald W. Lamoureaux, 69, will spend 15 years in federal prison for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, it was learned late Thursday. Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Lamoureaux, of Hardy, Ark., was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison and ten years of supervised release. ...

officer for 35th Circuit BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Tonya Causey knows she has some big shoes to fill. As the recently appointed Chief Juvenile Officer of the 35th Judicial Circuit, she replaces Mike Davis who retired in late October from the position after over 30 years with the juvenile system...

When Brock Beacham was looking for a place to play baseball next year, he was more so looking for a nice place to study.