Stories from Monday, April 15, 2013

Ada Ann McGowan, formerly of Dexter, Mo., passed away April 10, in her home in Pagosa Springs, Colo. She was born Ada Ann Stephens on March 31, 1935 in Knox City, Texas to Helen and Jim Stephens. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, John Larry McGowan, who died in 2002. ...

The police investigated three separate incidents of theft and/or burglary Friday. The incidents all remain under investigation. At 3:03 a.m., at Walmart, police arrested Brittany Cecil, 20, of Bloomfield, and Starlene Gomez, 21, of Dexter, for stealing/shoplifting...

BOSTON (AP) -- Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people, injuring at this point, 144 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious injuries, including missing limbs...