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 Stoddard County Fair time is right around the corner. The 83rd annual event will kick off with the downtown parade at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21. The parade will begin at Harps at the west end of Stoddard Street and will...
Special Guest
(09/01/10)Randy Kinder Excavating, Inc. (RKE) in Dexter was honored Tuesday with a visit from Col. Vernie Reichling, head of the Corps of Engineers Memphis District. Randy Kinder (shown shaking hands with Reichling) was recognized for his 25-year commitment to Corps projects over the years. ... 
Castor Township residents unite to voice discontent over road upkeep
(09/01/10)It was a sometimes heated, but in general an orderly meeting of the Castor Township board Tuesday night, with about 150 disgruntled guests in attendance. When the board of three elected to remain inside their regular meeting place near the downtown area of Bloomfield, which consists of one room approximately 14 feet square, the crowd remained on the street outside the front door of the Township's meeting hall, and directed questions to the board via a mediator. ... 
Planning Heartland Pageants
(08/31/10)Finalizing plans for Sunday's Miss Heartland Pageants are several DHS volunteers who will be on hand throughout the event that begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Dexter High School Auditorium. Categories include Baby Miss, Tiny Miss, Wee Miss, Petite Miss, Pre-Teen Miss, Jr. ...
Scouts meet to oppose building sale
(08/31/10) POPLAR BLUFF - Girl Scout leaders and volunteers from throughout the region gathered Monday evening for a three-hour meeting where no decisions were made, but a lot of voices were heard. As a direct result of grassroots petition drives, the regional Girl Scout council -- Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland -- held a special called meeting of its membership to ask its board of directors to reconsider selling its facility in Dexter. ...
Police arrest 5 for burglary, stealing, property damage
(08/31/10) Dexter Police have solved a rash of recent burglaries, break-ins, and incidents of property damage in the area with the arrest of two adults and three juveniles. Some of those charged are also be-lieved to have been in-volved with the recent rash of thefts from parked vehicles as well... 
Historical Society discusses Commisson dome repairs
(08/31/10)Stoddard County Historical Society members expressed their desire to assist in getting the dome on the courthouse in Bloomfield repairs and questioned the county commissioners about the progress on finding a contractor to start those repairs. The courthouse dome was among several items on the agenda at the County Commission meeting held Monday... 
Living with Autism...Brooke Reed's story
(08/29/10)Second in a series of articles focusing on the special needs of special children
Nearly $7 million awarded to fight drug crime in Mo.
(08/29/10) Awards include almost $1 million in Recovery Act funds to strengthen law enforcement efforts
Newspaper to webcast local sports on large scale
(08/29/10) By COREY NOLES Daily Statesman One of the most common complaints at most newspapers has to do with a lack of local sports coverage. We in the newspaper business know that with a limited staff, there is only so much one person can do. This year, that is going to change... 
Local man survives 30-40 foot fall at DHS football field
(08/28/10)By Noreen Hyslop Managing Editor A 38-year-old Dexter man is in a Cape Girardeau hospital with serious injuries after falling more than 30 feet from a light pole at Dexter's Charles Bland Football Stadium late Friday morning. It was just before the lunch hour Friday and Jerry Kiger, owner of Kiger Electric of Dexter, was preparing to descend from a towering pole on the southeast side of the football field Kiger and two of his employees had been replacing lights on the field all morning preparing the field for the football season ahead. ...
White honored for military career
(08/27/10) One of Bernie's own was honored recently at a retirement ceremony held in his honor in Kettering, Ohio. Major Kevin R. White, son of Don and Cleta White of Bloomfield and a Bernie High School graduate, retired from the Air Force after 24 years of service. He served for 13 years enlisted, starting as a missile maintenance technician and then finishing his enlisted career as a production superintendent...
New bus procedures going smoothly at Bloomfield
(08/27/10) Dr. Nicholas Thiele, superintendent of the Bloomfield School District, reported that student transportation changes in the district for this year have gone smoothly as the district moves into their first full week of school. The district board of directors made some changes in bus pick-up of students that live within a mile of the campus in an effort to cut transportation costs for the current school year. ...
Malden couple held for drug trafficking
(08/27/10) After mulling over the details of the case, Dunklin County prosecutors have officially charged a Malden couple with trafficking drugs in the second degree, in connection with a drug bust netting more than two and one-half ounces of crack cocaine and approximately $11,000 in cash... 
New ambulance ready for service
(08/27/10)The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) board of directors was told that the district had received delivery of the ambulance and that it should be in service by sometime next week at their regular meeting Monday night. The board also voted unanimously to renew employee health insurance provided by Principal Life...
Wappapello child run over in driveway
(08/26/10) A one-year-old Wappapello child was airlifted to a Memphis, Tenn. hospital Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway at Piso's Point Rd., two miles north of Wappapello. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jasmine L. Swords was run over by a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Raymond W. Swords. The highway patrol report did not specificy if the driver was the father of the child... 
McCaskill tackles budget, immigration, health care
(08/26/10)A packed East City Park gym in Dexter listened Wednesday as Sen. Claire McCaskill fielded questions ranging from immigration policies to health care legislation and earmarked projects. McCaskill was in town to conduct one of several Town Hall Meetings across the state, landing at the local airport at around 2:15 yesterday... 
Meet the new school nurse
(08/26/10)Jennifer Hampton LPN, was welcomed by students and staff last week to fulfill the duties of school nurse at Central Elementary. Hampton replaced Kim Hendrix who retired at the conclusion of the 2009-10 school year. Hampton, who has been substituting in the local school system for the past few years, is married to Tom Hampton. The couple resides in rural Dexter and they have one daughter, Madilyn... 
RHF awarded $100,000 grant
(08/26/10)Dexter's Regional Healthcare Foundation (RHF) is one of four non-profit organizations to receive part of $600,000 in grants recently from the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH). A $100,000 grant went to the local foundation, and RHF says the money will be utilized to assist those who find it difficult to afford costly medications...
Motorcycle wreck kills local woman
(08/26/10) A Dexter woman lost her life in a Ripley County accident Wednesday afternoon. Fifty-seven-year-old Debra J. Algood was reportedly a passenger on a 1983 Honda motorcycle driven by 53-year-old James R. Algood when a tire on the motorcycle blew out, causing the bike to skid into a ditch...
Special meeting of Girl Scouts set for Aug. 30
(08/26/10) A special called membership meeting of the Girl Scouts of Missouri Heartland will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 30 at the Bess Activity Center on the campus of Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the issue of the sale of the Girl Scout Service Center in Dexter. ... |
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