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Cape Girardeau woman charged with elder abuse
(Local News ~ 09/06/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau woman has been charged with elder abuse after authorities say she backhanded a 98-year-old resident at the nursing home where she worked. Sherri L. Sprenger, who was dismissed from the Lutheran Home after the allegations were made Aug. ...
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Former school employees to gather
(Local News ~ 09/06/12)
The second annual gathering of former employees of the Dexter School System will take place on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 3 until 6 p.m. at Cox Corner in Dexter. The gathering is back due to popular demand, according to organizers, who remind former employees of the local district that the gathering is not restricted to the teaching staff. All support staff, including secretaries, classroom aides, bus drivers, cooks, custodians, and all administrative personnel, are invited to attend...
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Stella White
(Obituary ~ 09/06/12)
Stella White, daughter of the late Dallas Creed and Montie Boone Creed, was born on Oct. 2, 1918, in Senath, Dunklin County, Mo., and died on Sept. 3, 2012, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 93. On March 16, 1946, she was united in marriage to Richard M. White in Flint, Mich. She and her husband owned and operated Marquette Wallpaper and Paint in Marquette, Mich...
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Dexter netters win at home
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/12)
Dexter's Lady Bearcats tennis team got back on the winning track in a big way. Dexter lost just six game in a dominating 9-0 win over Caruthersville Wednesday at home to improve to 4-2 on the season. Dexter also took the junior varsity matches, 7-0...
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Dexter looking for first win against Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/12)
Dexter will be looking to put one in the win column Friday night, but it won't be easy. The 0-2 Bearcats are on the road at Sikeston, looking to snap a 4-game losing streak to the Bulldogs. "It doesn't get any easier," Dexter head coach Aaron Pixley said of this week's opponent. "Like I said earlier, I thought our boys fought real hard Friday night (a 14-7 loss at home against Poplar Bluff). Obviously we are still doing a lot of things wrong...
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Kinder opposes vehicle tax measure
(State News ~ 09/06/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has found some common ground with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon over a bill that would retroactively tax more than 122,000 vehicles bought by Missouri residents in recent months. Kinder said Wednesday that he does not believe the Republican-led legislature should override Nixon's veto. He cited concerns both about the retroactive nature of the tax and about reinstating a tax without a public vote...
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Audit: Mo. Gov. Nixon shifted $1.7M in costs
(State News ~ 09/06/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made the finances of his office look better by shifting $1.7 million of staff, travel and office costs to other agencies over the past several years, according to an audit released Wednesday. The report by Republican State Auditor Tom Schweich says the Democratic governor tapped the finances of more than a dozen other agencies under his control to essentially spend more than the governor's office had been budgeted. ...
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Grant to expand MSH Broadband
(Local News ~ 09/06/12)
Gov. Jay Nixon was in Dexter Wednesday morning to announce that Missouri Southern Healthcare is one of 11 recipients of government-funded grants that will be utilized to improve broadband service to the local medical community. Nixon made the announcement in the board room of the local hospital, with medical personnel from the hospital, local dignitaries, and officials from the MoBroadbandNow program...
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