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Dexter upsets top-ranked Bloomfield 43-35 at BCT
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 8 seeded Dexter Bearcats recorded the final nine points as it rallied from a 35-34 deficit in the final 90 seconds of regulation to upset the No. 1 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats 43-35 in a championship quarterfinal of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Monday afternoon...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
Dexter Police Dec. 25-28, 2015 Police responded to a report of domestic abuse in the 1200 block of E. Elk St. at 12:47 p.m. Christmas Day. No arrests were made. Randy Arnold Alsup, 64, of Poplar Bluff was detained in Butler County Jail on a Dexter municipal warrant for shoplifting. He was released with a court date on his own recognizance...
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2 traffic deaths, 7 drownings over holiday weekend
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports two people died in traffic crashes and seven people drowned over the Christmas holiday counting period from 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, to 11:59 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. During this year's 78-hour counting period, the Patrol investigated 282 traffic crashes, which included 78 injuries and the two fatalities. ...
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Year in Review A look back at 2015
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
Jan. 3 -- Statesman Editor Noreen Hyslop named general manager of the newspaper. Jan. 5 -- Longtime local businessman Berbage Bryant died. Jan. 6 - Local MMA fighter Frank Cortez of Clarkton defended his Light Heavyweight Championship in St. Charles...
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Regional FD officials discuss fire prevention education
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
Fire department heads from several cities in Region E in southeast Missouri met at Dexter last week to discuss ways to educate the public about fire prevention and fire safety leading to less loss of lives in the Bootheel and around the state. The consensus was that more education on the use of space heaters and encouraging every home owner or renter to have both smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors installed in their homes were two of the most important factors in fire prevention/safety...
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Floodwaters rise in county, 2 wrecks attributed to rain
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
Continual rain since late Saturday have left creeks running out of their banks, farm fields standing in water and some rural roads impassable. Several inches of rain fell in the area over the Christmas weekend and continued into Monday, threatening efforts by Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) personnel to reach some of their patients...
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"JR" Ivan O'Daniell, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/29/15)
"JR" Ivan O'Daniell, Jr., son of the late Ivan Delmar O'Daniell, Sr. and Beatrice Klipstein O'Daniell, was born on June 17, 1935, in Sidney Iowa and died on Dec. 29, 2015, at his residence in Bloomfield at the age of 80. Mr. O'Daniell's initial career in the newspaper industry began as a young boy under the tutelage of his father. ...
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Rev. David Hardin
(Obituary ~ 12/29/15)
Rev. David Hardin, son of the late Jessie Lee and Ruth McConnaughhay Hardin, was born in Saginaw, Mich., on March 28, 1956, and died at his home in Dexter on Dec. 26, 2015, at the age of 59. David had lived most of his life in Dexter and was a member of the Grace Fellowship Church Ministries in Dexter. He had been the minister at the Ark of Hope non-denominational church before he retired...
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