Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Transparency has become a buzzword for those who spend our tax dollars. Especially for those who are running for an elected position that controls how those tax dollars are spent. They promise to be a watchdog and cut out wasteful spending and be up front and public with their decisions. Some follow through, others push to the side those thoughts once they’re elected and in charge of the purse strings...

“Only by understanding the rights we have are we able to protect them,” Richland student Jaycee Arnold wrote in an essay that has earned the sixth grader a spot in a national competition. Arnold entered her essay, “What the Bill of Rights Means to Me,” in a local competition hosted by the Dexter Elks Lodge for grades fifth through eighth...

From Staff Reports The Dexter Ministerial Alliance has invited the public to join them for a special prayer service for the National Day of Prayer, to be held at noon Thursday, May 2. The event will last around 30-40 minutes. In case of inclement weather, it will be held at First Christian Church of Dexter...

Cicada Broods XIX and XIII will emerge together for the first time since 1803. They come to the surface after a 13 and 17-year period of gestation in the ground respectively and cover an area stretching from southern Wisconsin to parts of Alabama. It should be noted the two broods do not overlap in territory...

It was exactly four years ago that life as we knew it would forever be altered by a worldwide virus. Careers suddenly became remote, masks were mandated, and the world struggled to comprehend this atypical existence. COVID ripped its way through families and businesses. Some pressed on, while others faded out of existence...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier April 15-19 • SC & C Properties to MTS Properties & Investments – CARTERS PARK ADD NO 2 DEXTER BLOCK 4 LOTS 7 AND 8; SYCAMORE FLATS ADD DEXTER BLOCK2 LOT 20 • William Wright to Garrett Andrew Casey – HICKORY HILLS SUB DEXTER BLOCK 1 LOT 8...

• St. vs. Whitney D. Gooch - Endangering The Welfare Of A Child, 2nd Degree • St. vs. Logan G. Huelsman - Possession Of Controlled Substance; Operated Motor Vehicle With Vision Reducing Material Applied To Windshield/Excess Vision Reducing Material Applied To Side Window; Failure To Drive On Right Half Of Roadway When Roadway Was Of Sufficient Width...

Highway 60 in Butler and Stoddard counties will be reduced as contractor crews remove and replace islands at various intersections. As work is underway, eastbound and westbound Route 60 will be reduced to one lane in each direction in the vicinity of the intersection...