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Ceremony Saturday for 1221st deployment
(Local News ~ 03/07/24)
DEXTER — A crowd of people, including city and county officials, will be on hand Saturday to bid farewell to the 1221st Transportation Company as they deploy to Europe. The announcement was made earlier in the month that there would be a departure ceremony at the Bearcat Event Center at Dexter High School at 3 p.m. Saturday. Family members, friends and supporters will be able to gather for this event...
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Bloomfield C Mart sells $1 million winning scratchers ticket
(Local News ~ 03/07/24)
The purchase of a Millionaire Blowout scratchers ticket in Stoddard County led to a big win for a Missouri Lottery player when his ticket revealed a $1 million prize. Bloomfield C Mart, located at 1342 Highway U in Bloomfield, sold the winning ticket, according to a press release from Missouri lottery. This isn’t the first big winning ticket the store has sold — a Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at this location for the Aug. 7, 2023, drawing...
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Route 114 in Stoddard County reduced for resurfacing
(Local News ~ 03/07/24)
Route 114 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews resurface the roadway. This section of roadway is located between Route 25 and Route 60 near Dexter, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Monday, March 11, through Monday, May 20...
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Veterans urged to get screened during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
(Local News ~ 03/07/24)
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the team at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center wants veterans to understand the importance of regular screenings and their role in preventing the disease. “We want to promote healthy living that can decrease a person’s risk of developing preventable conditions, including the importance of screening for colorectal cancer,” said Ashley Aubuchon, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Program manager at the medical center, in a press release from the VA.. ...
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Body found near bridge construction site
(Local News ~ 03/07/24)
The Carter County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report at 6:47 a.m. Thursday of a vehicle and a body on Highway B at the bridge over Tenmile Creek. Gary Sullivan, Carter County dispatch supervisor, relayed the 911 call initially got routed through Butler County...
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Bonnie Bartlett
(Obituary ~ 03/07/24)
Bonnie Bartlett, daughter of the late Ray White and Gladys Hutchason White, was born May 16, 1927, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life March 1, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 96. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter March 4, 2024. Interment followed in Essex Cemetery...
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Geneva Vaughn
(Obituary ~ 03/07/24)
Geneva Vaughn, daughter of the late Johnny Davis and Edith Gunnels Davis, was born June 2, 1936, in Qulin, Missouri and departed this life March 3, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 87. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter March 7, 2024. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Karry York
(Obituary ~ 03/07/24)
Larry York, son of the late Bill York and Lucille Edmonston York, was born Sept. 20, 1941, in Hornersville, Missouri and departed this life March 3, 2024, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 82. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie March 7, 2024. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery...
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