Dexter News

This state champion post oak in Dexter, Mo., is the oldest tree of its kind. Dexter was recently re-designated as a Tree City USA community for the 16th year.

Mike McCoy photo Five Dexter High School students recently participated in Girls State at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg.

Mike McCoy photo Sam's Fireworks is one of several seasonal businesses in the Dexter area.

A Dexter man has been missing since Sunday at 4:30 p.m. from a campground in Wayne County.

Mike McCoy photo Shown above is the front side of the train depot on Southwest Main Street in Dexter.

Nine-year-old Celeste Huey has witnessed first-hand the devastation of a cancer diagnosis.

This morning I'm thinking about my father, missing him after all these years. He died in 1995 at the age of 84, after a stroke in his brain stem.

Noreen Hyslop Photo Dexter Fire Chief Al Banken served as Information officer for the HAZMAT event, with Jackson Bostic, environmental specialist with the DNR on hand to help direct and coordinate activities.

The sudden surge in temperatures accompanied by more than normal rainfall in the past few weeks has led to a an outbreak of "blow-ups" on highways in Stoddard County that have kept Missouri Department of Transportation employees working around the clock.

News-Leader.com, MO A Dexter man drowned Saturday in the Castor River in Zalma, the Missouri Water Patrol said.

A Dexter, Mo., man drowned Saturday in Bollinger County after trying to rescue a relative.

Dexter police arrested four local residents this week after an investigation of a home burglary at 1101 N. Sassafras St.

Noreen Hyslop Photo Both local teens involved in a Sunday afternoon wreck were wearing their seatbelts, avoiding serious injury, according to the Highway Patrol.

Noreen Hyslop photo - Rev. Doyle Corlew has spent a lifetime in front of a classroom and behind a pulpit.

MaKayla Waldner of Dexter was recently part of an international field for a track and field meet in Berlin, Germany.

Customers inside The Launderer on One Mile Road Wednesday afternoon just after 5 p.m. were literally "shaken up," but no one was hurt when a Lincoln Town Car came crashing into the Dexter facility, taking out concrete blocks, bricks and the plate glass window in the front of the building.

Noreen Hyslop Photo Carol and Joe Vinson stand at the counter at Chrisman Art Gallery, where they have conducted business in downtown Dexter for the past 30 years.

Mike McCoy photo Two crewmen from the West Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force touched down in a Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, above, to refuel and grab a bite to eat before heading on their way to an air show in Pennsylvania on Thursday.

A Dexter man has been placed on probation for selling what appeared to be a pain medication to a friend who died of a drug overdose.

Enough already with the delays on One Mile Road! If you live in or near Dexter or have ever visited Dexter and had to travel One Mile Road, odds are you have been delayed by a train.