Stories from Monday, March 9, 2015

Employees of Trammell & Son Realty have been putting the final touches on this year's entry for the Jaycees of Crowley Ridge Annual Bed races Saturday, March 14 in downtown Dexter. The races will begin at 11:30 a.m., after conclusion of the "Best in Show" voting. ...

James Ralph "Jay" Sommers, son of the late James Russell Sommers and Vesta Jane Macom Sommers, was born on Sept. 22, 1937, in Jerusalem, Ark., and died on March 7, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 77. Mr. Sommers had worked as a farmer and was a resident of Puxico...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Mack Rhoades believes running a school in the Southeastern Conference job is not a big leap forward from Houston. Missouri's new athletic director takes over next month and said he'll be leaning on Mike Alden for advice during the transition. He said the challenge will be to continue the momentum led by Alden the last 17 years...