Stories from Thursday, September 26, 2024

A Grassroots Tent Revival will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Dexter’s West Park. The length of the revival will be determined by the community’s response. “We’re going to take it day by day,” said organizer 32-year-old Caleb Hodgkiss. “We like to say, ‘Hey, it’s going to go till the Lord says, ‘Stop.’ Amen.’”...

BLOOMFIELD — Directors from the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence presented staggering sexual violence statistics Monday to the Stoddard County Commissioners. SEMO-NASV Executive Director Kendra Eads said, “We provide forensic interviews and exams, advocacy and counseling to children that have been physically or sexually abused and adults that have been sexually assaulted.”...

A Cardwell man has died following a dog attack. According to the Dunklin County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at approximately 3:41 p.m., deputies were dispatched to 203 Mulberry Street in Cardwell in response to an animal related call. Deputies were advised a 72 year old male had fallen to the ground and could not get up. A dog had attacked him and he appeared to be unresponsive...