Stories from Saturday, April 11, 2015

Dexter Police April 10, 2015 At 1:06 p.m., Thursday, April 9, Dexter Police investigated theft of an identity to open a utility account. At 2:38 p.m., Thursday, April 9, Dexter Police arrested Tonya M. Patterson, 30, of Dexter, on a warrant service...

Twenty years ago, when Joe Nichols was Director of Special Services for Dexter Public Schools, he made a decision that would significantly alter a longstanding policy concerning special needs students in the district. In 1994, special needs students from Dexter and across the area were traveling to Poplar Bluff each spring to take part in the Special Olympics. ...

Two employees, no tools, no office building, not even a formal department -- that was what Lawson Metcalf faced when he was hired to the Dexter Parks and Recreation Department 29 years ago. "There wasn't a park department. We had a park board at the time," Metcalf recalled. "When I was hired, it was because I had some coanstruction experience. And, it was just myself and Dale Ellis."...

The 18 Fore Life Ben Kruse Memorial Golf Charity event is right around the corner on the weekend of June 6, and once again, Doug Cox has been busy preparing for the occasion. Cox is a supporter of many things -- the St. Louis Cardinals, 18 Fore Life, Relay for Life, and a number of other charities. He's the "go to" grill man when youngsters in the area want to raise funds for Scouts, Teens to D.C., and several other worthy causes...

Note: A photo gallery of the Bloomfield-Campbell baseball game is available at this link: View Photos Now BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield Wildcats baseball team started scoring early and never stopped Friday afternoon. Every hitter in the Wildcats lineup reached base at least twice and eight hitters calculated at least one RBI to help Bloomfield record at least two runs in every inning it batted on its way to a 16-4 five-inning home win against the Campbell Camels...