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Local Rep. pushes for passage of Caylee's Law
(Local News ~ 01/12/12)
State Rep. Billy Pat Wright (R) introduced House Bill 1167, also known as Caylee's Law, on the House floor on Jan. 5. If the Bill clears both chambers of the legislature, it would make it a crime for parents, legal guardians or legal custodians to fail to report the disappearance of a child up to 17 years old to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours from the time they are discovered missing. ...
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Soil Survey office only one to close at Dexter
(Local News ~ 01/12/12)
The United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) announced the closing of several offices across the country in an effort to streamline services and cut costs. Among the offices announced to be closed is the MRLA Farm Services office at Dexter. A story appearing in the Jan. 11 issue of the Statesman indicated that the entire USDA office at Dexter would be closing...
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Local Three Rivers campus tops 300
(Local News ~ 01/12/12)
Enrollment at the Three Rivers College Center at Dexter crossed the 300 mark late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Jan. 10, according to Campus Coordinator Bill Hampton. As of Wednesday, enrollment stood at 306 with students taking a total of 2330 credit hours...
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Ellen Jo Dowdy
(Obituary ~ 01/12/12)
Ellen Jo Dowdy, daughter of the late Paul W. Sitton and Mary Shell Sitton, was born on Aug. 1, 1944 in Dexter and died on Jan. 10, 2012 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 67. Mrs. Dowdy was member of the Heartland Quilting Guild and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...
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Jimmy Hester
(Obituary ~ 01/12/12)
Jimmy Hester, son of Beryl Irene Burroughs Hester and the late James Victor Harris, was born in Berry St. Edmunds, England on Feb., 28, 1957 and died at the Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo., on Jan., 7, 2011 at the age of 59. On Sept., 15, 2007 he married Judy Kay Warren-Harris in Dexter, Mo...
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Sharon Lopez
(Obituary ~ 01/12/12)
Sharon Lopez, 71, of Dexter, died Jan. 9, 2012 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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Paul Schuerenberg
(Obituary ~ 01/12/12)
Paul Schuerenberg, 94, died Jan. 11, 2012, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later by Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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