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Dexter boys fall to Cape Central 57-39
(High School Sports ~ 03/01/14)
DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys basketball team suffered a 57-39 loss to Cape Central Friday night on Senior Night at the Bearcat Event Center. Cape Central slowly built its lead as it won each quarter by single digits. Jamal Cox scored a game-high 31 points for Cape Central. Alfrialzo Young tallied 16 more...
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South Pemiscot spoils Bernie's bid for repeat title 63-36
(High School Sports ~ 03/01/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - After one half of basketball Friday night it looked likely the Class 2, District 1, championship between the top-seeded Bernie Mules and third-seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs would come down to the wire for a second straight season at Bloomfield High School...
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He lost it all to meth. The marriage. The money. The job covering crime.Editor's note: The following story is reprinted with permission from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Copyright 2014. It is a compelling account of the downward spiral of Scott Moy
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
Editor's note: The link below will lead readers to two articles reprinted in the Sunday, March 2, 2014 edition of The Daily Statesman. Both were reprinted with permission from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is a compelling account of the downward spiral of Scott Moyers, the former crime reporter for the Southeast Missourian, due to an addiction to methamphetamine. Moyers' work often appeared in The Statesman...
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In like a lion? March could begin with an ice storm
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The calendar says March but someone forgot to inform the thermometer. The first weekend of March, one that many associate with the unofficial beginning of spring, may this year feature a significant ice storm. As of Friday afternoon, all of southeast Missouri is under a Winter Storm Watch that will likely shift to a storm warning by Saturday...
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Van Buren, Williamsville feel earthquakes
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
By DONNA FARLEY SEMO News Service POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two small earthquakes have shaken the local region in the last seven days, one Thursday near Williamsville and another last Friday near Van Buren. A 2.4 magnitude temblor was recorded at 9:58 a.m. Thursday, eight miles east of Williamsville, according to the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis...
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Opal I. Miller
(Obituary ~ 03/01/14)
Opal I. Miller, daughter of the late Lonzo B. Wolpers and Mina Duncan Wolpers, was born on July 7, 1928, in rural Dexter and died on Feb. 27, 2014, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 85. Mrs. Miller was an employee of the International Shoe Company in Dexter during her younger years before she became a homemaker. Her later years were devoted to taking loving care of her special needs daughter, Lisa...
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Ernestine Ellen (Weber) McQuary
(Obituary ~ 03/01/14)
Ernestine Ellen (Weber) McQuary, born Feb. 15, 1917, in Bloomfield, Mo., to Franz and Grace Weber, died peacefully Feb. 16, 2014, in Tuscon, Ariz. Educated in her primary and secondary years in Bloomfield, she also attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau, Mo. During her high school years she met her future husband, Leslie (Les) McQuary, at a dance and they were married Sept. 8, 1935...
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Lenten Service planned
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
Faith Lutheran Church, 1002 Saddle Spur Road, in Dexter will be holding a community Ash Wednesday Service on Wednesday, March 5. The service will begin at 7 p.m., and the publicis invited to attend.
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Puxico Kdg. Screening set
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
Kindergarten Screening at Puxico Schools is set for Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Puxico Elementary. The area will be marked with signs to direct parents to the registration area. To enter kindergarten in the fall of 2014, children must have been born before August 1, 2009 and must be five years old by July 31, 2014...
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Knitting classes to start at Bloomfield Library
(Local News ~ 03/01/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Knitting classes will begin at the Bloomfield Public Library at no cost to anyone interested in learning the skill or for those who wish to improve their knitting skills. Sue Tippen will be the instructor for the classes which will begin on Wednesday, March 5. Classes will begin at 3 p.m. and run until 4:30 p.m...
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