Transportation Infrastructure

Query Corner (05/02/08)
Editor's note: This is the initial response to the Daily Statesman's "Query Corner." The panel selected the following three questions to address this week: Bill Hampton has confirmed that YHC (Your Hometown Channel) will be housed in the old Metro building in downtown Dexter and plans are for them to be fully operational by September 1, 2008. YHC is perhaps better known as Channel 21 and Hampton says they will occupy about 60 percent of the upper floor of the Metro...

Minor injuries sustained by three in Wednesday's bus wreck (05/01/08)
Three individuals were taken by ambulance from the scene of Wednesday morning's accident involving a Dexter school bus and a passenger van. The accident, which occurred when the school bus, headed east, struck the van in the intersection of One Mile Road and Grant Street around 7:45 a.m. ...

Bloomfield Aldermen mull city planner proposal (04/30/08)
In the Monday night regular meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen heard a proposal that would bring a City Planner to town. The proposal, suggested by Aldermen Tom Bischof at the last meeting, was presented by Ron Yersak of Dexter who specializes in city planning...

Morning bus wreck leaves at least two injured (04/30/08)
An early morning accident involving a Dexter school bus and a passenger van sent at least two people to the hospital today. Preliminary reports indicated that the bus, driven by Jayne James, who is a regular driver of Bus No. 8 for the district, was eastbound on Grant Street and was proceeding through the intersection of Grant and One Mile Road at about 7:30 this morning when it struck a southbound van that was already proceeding through the intersection...

Dexter man killed in Sunday night wreck (04/29/08)
Funeral services planned for Wednesday morning

Victim's family and defendant share their feelings (04/03/08)
BLOOMFIELD -- Emotions from both sides were evident Wednesday morning when the family of Richard "Rick" Watkins faced the man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with his death. Watkins' widow, Betty Watkins of Dexter, was one of two people to speak on behalf of the victim during Wednesday's sentencing hearing for 41-year-old James E. Jankowski...

Widespread flooding covers Stoddard County (03/19/08)
Widespread flooding throughout Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois is taking its toll on Stoddard County and other neighboring counties as approximately 10 inches of rain fell across the region yesterday and last night. Two deaths have been reported so far, one in Bollinger County and one in Wayne County near Ellsinore...