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Remembering Mark Stidham - City Administrator succumbs to COVID-19
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
When Dexter City Administrator Mark Stidham passed away suddenly on December 30, 2020, after a month-long battle with COVID-19, he left behind a legacy of friendship, admiration, hard work, unsurpassed devotion to family and community, and laughter...
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Aldermen pass resolutions; Trammell updates board on CARES Act money
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
The first board of aldermen meeting following the death of city administrator Mark Stidham started with an emotional address from Dexter Mayor Jason Banken. “It is with a heavy heart we are here, without Mark (Stidham) here with us,” said Banken. “I dreaded this one all day, to have that happen and to have this meeting. But we must carry on and go along, that is what he would want, too. We will always have his memory and his guidance with us.”...
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County businesses continue to question commission on CARES Act money; johnsongrass tax addressed
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
BLOOMFIELD — A pair of business owners from Bernie questioned the Stoddard County Commission about the process used to determine who receives Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act money. Waylon Owens, owner of the Bernie Fitness Center, told the commission during its regular weekly meeting Monday morning that he submitted an application in November and didn’t learn until recently that his application was missing a signature...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of January 6
(Court News ~ 01/05/21)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Dec. 28, 2020-Jan. 1, 2021 • Matthew Sims to Matthew Sims. Section 27 Township 25 Range 10. • Gordon Engelke to Thomas E. Dluzniewski. SEC 20 TWP 25 R 10. • Jim Holmes and Sharon Easter to Aycorp St. SEC 29 TWP 24 R 11...
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Irline Brucker
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Irline Brucker, daughter of the late Martin T. Menz and Magdaline Halter Menz was born on December 10, 1923 in Oran, Missouri and departed her life on Friday, January 1, 2021 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 97. Mrs. Brucker was a former employee of Inland Shoe Manufacturing and Tri County in Home Services. She was a member of Guardian Angels Church and a resident of Advance, Missouri...
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Joyce Hardin
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Joyce Hardin, daughter of the late Walter McCarver and Jenny Mae Yarbrough McCarver, was born on June 3, 1937 in Steele, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at her residence in Dudley, Missouri at the age of 83 years. Mrs. Hardin was a former employee of First Missouri State Bank in Fisk, Missouri, working as a teller and bookkeeper. She lived the Christian faith and enjoyed gardening, birdwatching, and flowers, cooking and canning, and her favorite color was brown...
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Leota Pauline Larson
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Leota Pauline Larson, daughter of the late William Francis Daniel and Marie Rose Brunn Daniel, was born on July 3, 1941 in Vandervoort, Arkansas, and departed this life on January 1, 2021 at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, at the age of 79 years old...
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Jimmie Allen Fry Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Jimmie Allen Fry Sr., son of the late Joseph Allen Fry and Juanita Harris Redman, was born on March 29, 1941 in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on December 29, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Interment followed in Hagy Cemetery...
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Clifford Ray Simptkins Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Clifford Ray Simptkins Sr., son of Evelyn Floyd Crump and the late Richard Simptkins, was born on April 4, 1960 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at Annie’s House in Marble Hill, Missouri, at the age of 60 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...
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Bertie Cook
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Bertie Cook, daughter of the late James Duffey and Minnie Morris Duffey, was born on July 8, 1925 in Brownwood, Missouri, and departed this life on January 2, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 95 years...
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Sammy Joe Davis
(Obituary ~ 01/05/21)
Sammy Joe Davis, son of the late Hubert Davis and Patricia Ann Romine Davis, was born on April 15, 1957 in Watseka, Illinois, and departed this life on January 2, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 63 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...
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Investigation of missing Scott City man underway
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
BENTON, Mo. – The investigation of a motor-vehicle crash involving a missing Scott City man is underway in Scott County. According to Detective Eric Dunn, public information officer for Scott County Sheriff’s Office, on Dec. 23, a motor-vehicle crash was reported on Highway 61 and Azalea Drive in Kelso, Missouri. When law enforcement arrived, no occupants were found at the crash site, Dunn said in a news release...
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Sheriff’s office searching for missing Mississippi County woman
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating an East Prairie woman. According to a release from the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office, Madisson Lambert, 24, was last seen at 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 26. On Monday, the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office received a report of Lambert being missing...
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Stoddard County Sheriff for the week of January 6
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/21)
• Elijah Blaise Davis, 19, of Advance was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a probation violation warrant from probation and parole. • Misty Dawn Cecil, 32, of Bernie was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a Stoddard county warrant for possession of a controlled susbstance...
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Dexter Police For the week of January 6
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/21)
• Dexter Police arrested Joseph Wiliams, 34, of Dexter, on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine. • Dexter Police arrested Melanie Bolin, 33, of Dexter, on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine. • Dexter Police arrested Timothy Shepherd, 37, of Dexter, on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of January 6
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/21)
• A 35-year-old Mountain View man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, on U.S. 60, two miles east of Essex. According to the report, Christopher A. Rebardi was operating a 2006 Ford pickup westbound when it ran off the left side of the road and overturned in the median...
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Stoddard County confirms 18 new cases of COVID-19
(Local News ~ 01/05/21)
The director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 along with 7 recoveries. The county now sits at 2,719 confirmed cases with 107 active, 2,552 recovered and 60 deaths. Broken down by age group the cases are 0 to 19 – 380 cases, 20 to 29 – 357 cases, 30 to 39 – 353 cases, 40 to 49 – 416 cases, 50 to 59 – 354 cases, 60 to 69 – 376 cases, 70 to 79 – 281 cases and 80-plus – 202 cases. ...
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