Stories from Thursday, April 24, 2014

Bernie Mules baseball coach Darrin Shipman made winning the SCAA conference baseball tournament a top priority shortly after his team finished 4-0 and took home the top prize at the nine-team Malden baseball tournament Saturday...

John Grant Smith, son of the late Elzie "Cotton" Smith and Helen Coggins Smith, was born on Nov. 30, 1940, in Dexter and died on April 21, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 73. Mr. Smith had worked as a distributor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was a resident of Dexter...

Jared Wayne Simmons, son of Tony and Katie Hicks and Angie Simmons and the late Larry Simmons, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on July 19, 1988, and died in Campbell, Mo., on April 23, 2014, at the age of 25. Jared worked in construction and was a resident of Bernie...