Stories from Sunday, August 26, 2012

The United Cancer Assistance Network (UCAN) will be sponsoring their four-person Scramble Golf Tourna-ment to raise funds to assist local cancer patients on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. The annual tournament will take place at Crowley's Ridge Country Club in Bloomfield with check-in time at 11 a.m. with a Shotgun start at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m until 1 p.m...

By COURTNEY LUKE SEMO News Service MALDEN, Mo. - On the morning of Saturday, September 8, a special occurrence will take place at the Malden Regional Airport and is open to everyone. An all you can eat breakfast that includes sausage, pancakes, and drinks will be served for $5 per person...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors voted to renew the health insurance policy for employees and heard a report on damages to the Station 3 building at Advance at their regular meeting this week...

By JIM SUHR Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - The nation's most withering drought in decades only got worse in several key farming states last week, despite cooler temperatures that at least gave those living there a break from this summer's stifling heat, according to a new drought report released Thursday...

SUBMITTED photo Lt. Col. James Sisler, son of Dexter native and Medal of Honor recipient, First Lt. George Kenton Sisler, is shown accepting the International Sigma Pi Fraternity's top honor, the Founders' Award, on behalf of his late father. Sisler is memorialized locally with a marker at City Hall and a statue that stands in front of Keller Public Library. ...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Essex native Charles Mitchell listened to his unborn child's heartbeat moments before he was born. He heard his son take his first breath in the world nearly six months ago on Leap Day 2012 and listened to his first cry. But he had never looked into his child's eyes - he had never seen him smile -- not until last Wednesday, Aug. 22, when the father and son finally got to meet face to face...