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DNR issues construction permit to allow Lemons Landfill to expand
(02/09/10)
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a construction permit to Lemons Landfill, LLC to construct the Lemons Horizontal Expansion in Stoddard County, it was announced late Wednesday. Lemons will use the new horizontal expansion to dispose of non-hazardous waste. ...
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Yet another scam surfaces in area
(02/09/10) Yet another scam surfaced recently, this time in the form of a mailing. Rich Holland of Dexter shared with The Daily Statesman a letter, with a check enclosed, explaining that he had been invited to participate in a paid Consumer Research Program. The scam involves a program referred to as a Customer Service Evaluator, more commonly known as a Mystery Shopper Program. ...
Motorists advised to check road conditions before traveling
(02/08/10) It's Déjà vu As More Snow Hits Missouri 
New Vein Clinic comes to MSH
(02/07/10)Innovative procedure is less invasive; 24-hour recovery period
Malden woman arrested on suspicion of forging college transcript
(02/07/10) An alert admissions office employee at Southeast Missouri State University noticed problems with a transcript purporting to show high grades and a lengthy list of classes for a prospective student and now that applicant may end up enrolled in the state prison system...
$1.5M awarded in second rice trial
(02/07/10) Special to the Statesman A St. Louis jury today found Germany-based Bayer Cropscience AG and several of its affiliates negligent in the second of several "bellwether trials" scheduled for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and awarded a total of $1.5 million to two Arkansas long-grain rice farmers and one in Mississippi whose crops and their livelihood, the jury determined, were harmed by Bayer's genetically modified rice... 
DHS band students to join Air Force Band in TRCC Concert
(02/07/10)By Megan Keathley, TRCC Media and Noreen Hyslop Managing Editor When Three Rivers Community College's 19th Annual Jazz Fest takes place next week, several familiar faces from Dexter High School's Jazz Band will be front and center, playing with the acclaimed Shades of Blue Air Force Jazz Band...
Caretaker caught stealing from couple
(02/07/10) BLOOMFIELD-An Advance woman has been charged this week following an investigation into the theft of $10,000 in cash from another Advance woman. Leslie Sappington, 30 of Advance, is charged with the Class C felony of stealing . According to the incident report, on Jan. 31 Sgt. David Garner with the Advance Police Department received a call from the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department regarding a crime committed in the city... 
A traveling feline comes back to Home, sweet home
(02/05/10)When Jeff Fisher gave away his one-year-old female cat, Fluffy, in the summer of 2007, it was to a good home. "We gave her to an elderly couple in Charleston," Fisher says, "after she had a litter of kittens raised. I knew they were good people and we already had plenty of pets, so we decided to let her go."... 
Hats for Haiti
(02/05/10)Students at Central Elementary are doing their part to help the victims of the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake. Students were allowed to wear their hat of choice on Friday if they paid one dollar to the school's Hats for Haiti fund. All money raised will go directly to the American Red Cross to aid in the relief efforts in Haiti. Getting into the act from center going clockwise are: Landon Stites, Bradley Atkins, Luke Boyer, Alexis Brinson and Reagan Miller...
Dexter Movie Gallery not among Chapter 11 scheduled closings
(02/05/10) Despite Movie Gallery's announcement it will close 760 of its stores, the Dexter location is not listed as one of those to be closed, according to a posting on a Movie Gallery website. Also not listed on the website were stores in Sikeston, Poplar Bluff and Malden. The store in Caruthersville apparently will be closed...
State to release 2009 ice storm reimbursement funds
(02/05/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that the state of Missouri will reimburse communities in Stoddard County and across southern Missouri more than $4 million for expenses incurred as a result of a devastating ice storm in January 2009... 
Helping hands
(02/04/10)When the word was put out for area churches and/or organizations to assist the victims of the Haiti earthquake, the Festival of Sharing organization answered the call with hundreds of kits being turned in at Dexter's First United Methodist Church, one of many drop off points for collection. ...
UP moves closer to track closing
(02/04/10) The abandonment of a Union Pacific railroad line in Stoddard, New Madrid and Scott Counties was granted by the Surface Transportation Board, but an extension has been given to the city of Sikeston while they negotiate an interim trail use/rail banking agreement with UP. The original deadline to conclude those negotiations had been Dec. 13, 2009, but that was extended by the Surface Transportation Board until June 12, 2010...
Four sentenced on Law Day
(02/04/10) Wednesday's Law Day was shorter than normal with several cases making their way through the court system. Four individuals were sentenced to prison Among those cases: Several other cases followed by The Daily Statesman also made appearances. He is slated to appear next at 9 a.m. on March 4...
Kennett physician aids Haiti earthquake victims
(02/04/10) A Kennett orthopedic surgeon recently took time away from his schedule to travel to the disaster-stricken lands near Haiti to assist a local faith-based hospital with the medial needs of the injured. Dr. Ed Landry, who landed in the Dominican Republic on Jan. 19, arrived back in the United States on Jan. 23, spending nearly a week dealing with crushed bones, gaping wounds, and serious burns... 
MRTA marks 40 years locally
(02/03/10)Jim Kreider, Executive Director of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and Public School Personnel, was a special guest at the recent 40th anniversary of Stoddard County's chapter of retired school personnel held at Dexter's First Christian Church. Kreider addressed the group regarding legislative efforts proposing the restructuring of Missouri's retirement system. At Kreider's right is Dexter Supt. Dr. Ken Jackson and at his left is Bloomfield Supt. Dr. Nick Thiele... 
In a "field" of her own... Amy Dowdy
(02/03/10)It's a hot job, full of mosquitos and sweat in the summer, an occasional snake and but also filled with the type of challenges that Amy Beth Dowdy of rural Dexter loves. And for all of her efforts in "the field," Dowdy has been recognized with the National Association of Independent Crop Consultants Award...
Bernie to seek grant for purchase of 2 police cars
(02/03/10) The Bernie Board of Aldermen voted to expend $1,973 to complete repairs on the city Police Department building and to take bids for replacement of an altitude valve on the south water tower at their regular meeting Monday night. The aldermen also approved an application for a grant from USDA Rural Development for the purchase of two new police vehicles... |
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