Dexter News

Changing Broadway back to a two-way street between Pacific and Lorimier streets will be postponed until mid-September because of a delay in the shipping of the new signal lights.

Noreen Hyslop photo - The Bearcat Event Center, under construction by Brown Construction of Dexter, has a projected completion date of late fall, 2009.

The Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors voted to accept the resignation of Rebecca Lovelady at their regular July meeting held Thursday night.

Noreen Hyslop photo Dr. Steven Reschly presented a history of the Amish in Missouri to a sizable crowd last night at Keller Public Library.

Executive Committee Chairperson Jan McElwrath, left, with the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission presents a plaque of appreciation to Joe Lane.

Perhaps it was his competitive spirit that helped Ronnie Patterson beat the odds when he learned in 1997 that he had colon cancer.

Quick response on the part of the Dexter Police Department resulted in a 21-year-old local man, Travis Dean Burnett, being nabbed and charged with burglary in the first degree.

Described as a "tested litigator," Dexter, Mo., lawyer Rance Butler joined the Stoddard County prosecuting attorney's office Wednesday as an assistant prosecutor.

Noreen Hyslop photo Lauren Dudley, who just completed her eighth grade year at T.S. Hill Middle School, was on hand during this week's school board meeting to tell board members of the benefits she and 76 other ...

The Bloomfield School Board sailed through several items on their agenda Monday night at their regular meeting including the awarding of a contract to Peters Supply Company of Marble Hill to replace heat and ...

Noreen Hyslop photo - Missouri Southern Healthcare Administrator Jim Crawford accepts the "Champion of Life Award" from Red Cross Representative Crystal Jones.

St. Mary Cathedral Church has named a permanent deacon, the first for the church.

Five-year-old Gaige Willems was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia just before Christmas in 2007 and has been undergoing treatment in St.

The Stoddard County Ambulance Board of Directors heard an update from Administrator Dave Cooper on plans to remodel and construct an additional training facility in Dexter at their regular meeting Thursday ...

Noreen Hyslop photo Officers of the Heartland Quilt Guild are President Ellen Dowdy, Treasurer Dolores Gayle and Vice President Virginia Reed.

Noreen Hyslop photo Attending Girls State at Warrensburg were seven DHS seniors-to-be. In front from left to right are: Jessica Blankenship, Kayla Joyner and Jessica Johns.

For the family of slain Missouri State Highway Patrolman Sgt. Dewayne Graham, it's like they lose their son over and over again.

Dexter Bar-B-Q sandwich on toast with a side of baked beans at Dexter Bar-B-Que. [Order this photo] As a young man, Bruce Vancil worked at restaurants learning the art of smoking meat in a pit.

A 38-year-old Bloomfield man sits in the Stoddard County Jail under a $50,000 cash bond today on a charge of having made a terrorist threat.

A 34-year-old Sikeston man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 55, just south of Marston, Tuesday when he apparently skidded off the highway, overturned and was ejected from the vehicle.