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Thrower to run for Missouri House District 159 seat
(Local News ~ 02/24/12)
Dexter native Bob Thrower announced this week his intention to run for the Missouri House of Representatives as a Republican in the 159th District. The filing period for candidates in the race is now Feb. 27. New House districts have been challenged by about a dozen people contending the new House map violates requirements that districts have similar populations and must be contiguous and compact. ...
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"Friends" Fashion Show set for March 12
(Local News ~ 02/24/12)
On Monday, March 12, a little bit of history will walk the runway at the Annual Friends of the Library Ladies Fashion Show and Dinner. Coinciding with the annual event is the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, and to mark the occasion, local Girl Scouts will be donning uniforms from days long gone by...
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Dexter, Notre Dame to decide district champ
(High School Sports ~ 02/24/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dexter's Lady Bearcats rolled into the Class 4, District 1 championship game with a 76-32 win over the Ste. Genevieve Hunters Thursday night at the Sikeston Fieldhouse. The district final will be a repeat of last season's title game after Notre Dame Regional High School slipped past host Sikeston, 63-56, in the evenings second semifinal game...
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Postal service to close Cape facility
(Local News ~ 02/24/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Postal workers believe only Congress can save their jobs now that the U.S. Postal Service has confirmed it will close Cape Girardeau's Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility. The decision comes after five months of angst for workers as the government studied the cost-saving benefits of moving the Cape Girardeau operations to St. Louis...
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Charles Cantrell
(Obituary ~ 02/24/12)
Charles Cantrell, a resident of Dexter, Mo., died early Friday morning Feb. 24, 2012, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 55. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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