Wednesday, May 15 was designated Mrs. Matthews Day at Southwest School. Sherry Matthews will be retiring this year after 26 years in the education field. Matthews taught kindergarten art and music, first and second grade for... >>
NOREEN HYSLOP photo-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com Students of Carrillo's Martial Arts studio in downtown Dexter played a vital role in the recent Stoddard County Relay for Life event. Students participated in a... >>
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor The 2013 Regional Healthcare Foundation's Fitness Challenge that kicked off Jan. 10, 2013, drew to a conclusion on Thursday, May 9, with the "Thin to Win" team earning a $1,000 prize... >>
KAREN KIGER photo Once again this year, students at Central Elementary are improving their environment by planting trees behind their school. For the 10th consecutive year, the Dexter Tree Board has supported the... >>
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Dr. Don Murphy, a 1964 Dexter High School graduate, has had a successful career in higher education. He currently serves as a professor in biological sciences at the University of... >>
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Students of Carrillo's Martial Arts studio in downtown Dexter played a vital role in the recent Stoddard County Relay for Life event. Students participated...
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday....
BEIJING (AP) -- Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel's fuel, the boat's owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ransom they had demanded....
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community....
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Two men admit they stole copper wire from utility poles while the city of Joplin recovered from a devastating tornado in May 2011....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado season....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado season....
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