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DHS Student Council earns Gold Honor Council Award
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
The Honor Council Committee of Missouri Association of Student Councils has awarded Dexter High School's Student Council the Missouri Association of Student Councils Gold Honor Council Award. Honor Council awards were presented recently at the annual MASC Convention held at Windsor High School in Imperial, Mo...
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New candidates file in 151st, other races
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
As filing for the Aug. 5 primary election draws near its end, new candidates are slowly starting to come forward. With new candidates filing in both the 151st District House of Representatives race and in the Presiding Commissioner race, the look of the ballot is beginning to take shape...
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Poll iPads to be used in every precinct in April election
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Clerk Joe Watson and staff members have been conducting training sessions for county election poll workers as the county will move to Missouri Centralized Voter Registration (MCVR) for the April 2014 election. MCVR is housed in the Missouri Secretary of State's office...
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Highway 25 wreck leaves 2 injured
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
A Bernie woman sustained serious injuries and a St. Louis man moderate injuries in a wreck Tuesday night on Highway 25 near Rt. D, three miles south of Dexter. According to the Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Brooke M. Patterson was southbound when her 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and traveled into the path of a 2011 Nissan Altima driven by Jerry B. Mickey, 50...
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Betty Lou Blevins
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Betty Lou Blevins, daughter of the late George A. Thomas and Myrl Ines Yarrington Thomas was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 2, 1932, and died at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Mo., on March 18, 2014, at the age of 81. Mrs. Blevins was a published author, the creator of a syndicated newspaper column "Poet's Corner"; was a member of the American Legion Post #293 of Malden, Mo., and was also a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary. ...
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DHS Student Council honored at convention
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
Dexter High School's Student Council Advisor, Jennifer Miller, was honored on March 15 at Imperial, Mo. with the Southeast District of the Missouri Association of Student Councils Advisor of the Year Award. This marks the second time Miller has been selected for the honor, which encompasses Student Councils from high schools across 18 counties in Missouri. The region represented in the Southeast District takes in schools from the Missouri Bootheel north to near St. Louis...
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Amber Alert changes are being discussed after Missouri child death
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The kidnapping and death of a 10-year-old girl last month has prompted Missouri lawmakers and law enforcement agencies to consider changes to the rapid alert system used to spread the word about possible child abductions. Fourth-grader Hailey Owens was walking just a block from her home when she was abducted. ...
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Murder suspect pleads guilty to federal drug charges
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
One of the suspects in the slaying of a Cape Girardeau man pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug charges. Brent Bouren, 43, of St. Louis pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine...
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State, hatchery consider plan to bring back shiner
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- State conservation officials are working with a southwest Missouri hatchery on a possible plan to keep an endangered minnow traditionally found in five states from disappearing completely. Jerry Wiechman, a fisheries biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, met last week with staff members at the Neosho National Fish Hatchery to discuss raising Topeka shiners there for reintroduction into state streams...
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Zoo says it saved 15.5M gallons of water in 2013
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Officials at the St. Louis Zoo say they're saving millions of gallons of water, thanks to new automated controls and sustainability efforts. The zoo says it saved 15.5 million gallons of water in 2013 compared with 2012. Much of that is the result of the Life Support System facility. ...
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Missouri governor to sign oral chemotherapy bill
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri cancer patients soon could find it more affordable to take chemotherapy pills. Gov. Jay Nixon was expected to sign legislation Wednesday that would limit the amount of money patients could be charged for oral chemotherapy medicines. The bill would impose an out-of-pocket limit of $75 for a 30-day supply, starting next January...
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St. Louis teenager charged with abandoning corpse
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis teenager has been charged with abandoning a corpse after police say she gave birth to a baby and left it in a trash bin. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1eRq5Gq) reports paramedics found the baby dead on Thanksgiving morning. Court documents indicate the girl was dead at the time of delivery earlier that morning...
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Kansas, Missouri consider tanning bed restrictions
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A national debate over the safety of tanning beds has made its way to Kansas and Missouri, where lawmakers are considering measures that could sharply reduce their use by minors. The Kansas bill would ban minors from indoor tanning altogether, while Missouri's would require anyone under 17 to get their parents' consent before tanning...
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2014 Spring Sports Preview: Dexter Bearcats baseball team
(High School Sports ~ 03/19/14)
The Dexter Bearcats high school baseball program enters the 2014 season with 11 returning players off of last season's squad that finished 9-15. "We have some good ball players coming back," Dexter head coach Brian Becker said. "We struggled at the plate last year quite a bit, but hopefully we can turn it around at the plate this year."...
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