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Dexter's Quertermous signs to play college football
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/13)
Scholarship signing ceremonies were held Tuesday at the Bearcat Event Center for Dexter's Logan Quertermous, who will be playing football for the Faulkner University Eagles in Montgomery, Alabama, next season. Present for the signing were (front row, from left) Brandon Quertermous (brother), Travis Quertermous (father), Logan, Kelly Quertermous (mother), (back row) James Sneed, head wrestling coach and assistant football coach and Aaron Pixley, head football and strength coach. ...
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Hospital Auxiliary sets Annual Spring Luncheon
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
The auxiliary at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County will be sponsoring their annual Spring Luncheon on Friday, May 10. The luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of Dexter's Church of Christ on One Mile Road...
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Driver pleads guilty to running down joggers
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - An Arkansas man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge in connection with an Oct. 28 incident in which he is accused of stealing a car and running down three joggers in Cape Girardeau. Vincent T. Anderson, 19, faces up to 15 years in prison...
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MU doctor training program in Joplin resumes
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A University of Missouri School of Medicine is again training doctors in Joplin. The university has resumed its Rural Track Pipeline Program two years after it was stopped when a tornado hit Joplin. The May 2011 tornado destroyed housing for university medical students who were training with physicians in southwest Missouri...
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Suburban coyote attack blamed in deaths of 2 dogs
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
FRONTENAC, Mo. (AP) - A suburban St. Louis family says a coyote is responsible for the death of their two small dogs. Debbie Rudawsky of Frontenac told KMOX Radio (http://cbsloc.al/17RTegP ) that her sons let the dogs out about 10:15 p.m. one night over the weekend. The dogs didn't come back, so the family drove the neighborhood and saw them fatally wounded in a yard...
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Unattended backpack causes scare in Poplar Bluff
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - An unattended package is responsible for a bomb scare in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff. Police Capt. David Sutton says there was a report Tuesday afternoon of a suspicious package left at the base of a railroad trestle. Responding officers found a backpack...
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A Cape man accused of helping a fugitive bound over for arraignment
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Cape Girardeau man accused of helping an Arkansas fugitive try to escape arrest on Tuesday was bound over for arraignment. Eddie Kent is accused of helping his son, Eric Kent of Jonesboro, Ark., in a February attempt to flee Cape Girardeau police officers...
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Mo. photo biometrics plan in limbo
(State News ~ 04/24/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - With its financing in jeopardy, Missouri has slowed work on a high-tech computer program intended to catch potential fraud or criminals by conducting a biometric analysis - facial recognition - of digital photographs taken for state driver's licenses and identification cards...
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SE Mo. farmers left to wait, worry as flood waters rise
(Community News ~ 04/24/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Farmers in Southeast Missouri are watching the water -- in the Mississippi River, in the St. Johns Bayou Basin and in the labyrinth of ditches that drain their fields. As the forecast threatens flooding, crops that recently have been planted and that need to be seeded are at risk...
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Lori Bishop of Real Living Young Realty wins national award
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Real Living Real Estate announced today that Lori Bishop has received the Premier ServiceŽ Diamond Elite national award for providing superior customer service to home buyers and sellers in Dexter. "As its name implies, Lori Bishop, is now one of 59 members of an elite group of real estate professionals recognized nationally for providing incredibly high levels of customer service to their local clients," said Real Living Real Estate president Robert McAdams, Jr. ...
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Batchelor joins First State Bank & Trust lending team
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
Gordon Waller, President and CEO of First State Bank and Trust, Inc., has announced Scott Batchelor of Dexter has joined the bank's lending team at the Dexter banking branch. Scott brings lending experience to First State Bank & Trust, having worked in the finance industry for 10 years...
- Tyson Foods quarterly awards banquet (Local News ~ 04/24/13)
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6 candidates set for 8th District debate
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The League of Women Voters of Southeast Missouri and local public radio station KRCU will present a debate Thursday designed to give area voters a closer look at candidates running for the 8th Congressional District. Candidates from the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian and Republican parties will participate, along with two independent write-in candidates. ...
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Mo. bill would have sheriffs print gun ID cards
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Legislation that would remove the Missouri Revenue Department from the process of printing licenses to carry concealed weapons was given first-round approval Tuesday by the Republican-controlled House concerned about new driver's license procedures...
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Engineer reviews MoDOT initiative
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Engineer David Wyman addressed the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) recently about transportation issues in the state including the On The Move Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to develop a long-range goal and to set a list of priorities for funding projects...
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Bloomfield man charged with stealing Rx. meds
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Bloomfield man finds himself behind bars again following accusations that he forged a signature to steal prescription medications. Joshua Lee Holderfield, 26, was arrested on Saturday, April 20 and charged with the Class D (enhanced to Class C) felony of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance, the Class C felony (enhanced to Class B) of theft/stealing any controlled substance and the Class C felony (enhanced to Class B) of forgery...
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On the way to Relay
(Local News ~ 04/24/13)
Organizers are preparing for the 10th Annual Stoddard County Relay for Life event to take place in just over a week. On the evening of May 3 and going into the early morning hours of May 4, West City Park in Dexter will be transformed into a Relay for Life extravaganza. Hundreds are expected to gather to honor victims of cancer who have been victorious in their fight and to remember those whose battle has been lost...
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Juanita Rankins
(Obituary ~ 04/24/13)
Juanita Rankins, daughter of the late James O'Neal and Jenny Hibbard O'Neal, was born on Nov. 11, 1926, in Pocahontas, Ark. and died on April 22, 2013, at her residence in Gray Ridge, Mo. at the age of 86. Mrs. Rankins was a member of the Gray Ridge General Baptist Church, a homemaker and a longtime resident of Gray Ridge...
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