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The Puxico school board removed the interim title from Cindy Crabb extending her tenure as superintendent through the 2019-2020 school year. The Puxico School Board also opened the door for a new team by voting to move forward with the formation of a cross country team...

“I’m sure times were hard and Mother struggled to make ends meet,” recalls Beulah Fulkerson Eaton, “but we never knew it.” Gathered on a recent wintry day, the Fulkerson sisters — Eaton, 94; Dorothy Fulkerson Gillespie, 92; and Alma Fulkerson Lewis, 95, shared memories of growing up in a single-parent household during the Great Depression. The three sisters are the last remaining siblings of eight Fulkerson children...

Stoddard County officials will soon be seeking bids to handle the county’s financial accounts for the next four years. Commissioners approved for County Clerk Cecil Weeks to draft bid specs for the county’s financial accounts. Once drafted, Weeks said the bid request will be posted in the newspaper and letters will be sent to local banks...

The Kennett Police Department has issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing adult that occurred at Urgent Care in Hayti at 10 p.m. on March 10, 2019. The endangered missing adult is: William Swinton, a black male, age 64, six feet two inches tall, 140 pounds, gray hair, brown eyes, wearing black stocking hat, gray cap, brown leather jacket and khaki pants. ...

This marks the 100th year that the family of Ernest Aslin has been farming land in Stoddard County. “It has actually been in the Aslin family longer than that,” explains Bob Aslin, now the senior farmer in the family farm operation. “My grandpa Ernest took possession of his 60-acre inheritance in 1919, and the rest of my great-grandfather’s farm was parceled out among Grandpa’s siblings.”...

Southern Bank held a ribbon cutting at its new location 303 Market St. The new location houses a full service bank and insurance office. Pictured in front from left: Amber Christian, Southern Bank; Korie Fish, Dexter Chamber Executive Director; Sue Ann Williams, CEO SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County; Lea Jenkins, Southern Bank; Crystal Tucker, Southern Bank; Alex Becker, Southern Bank; Brett Dorton, Southern Bank; Josh Miller, Southern Bank; Janice Nichols, Southern Bank; Elizabeth Malone, Southern Bank; Billie Shelton, Southern Bank; Kevin Bishop, Southern Bank; David Illig, Southern Insurance Services; Cecil Haley, Southern Bank; Rebecca Mitchell, Southern Bank; Jerry Corder, Alderman; Dexter Mayor Jason Banken and Alisha Trammell, Trammel and Son Reality.. ...

Modern Woodmen presented a $2,500 check to the Stars and Stripes Museum recently. The odern Woodmen matched funds raised at the Stars and Stripes trivia night. The trivia night raised about $3,000 and Modern Woodmen matched funds up to $2500. The money is going to the Stars and Stripes school outreach program. Pictured from left are Grant Thorn with the Modern Woodmen, Museum Administrator Laura Meyer and Jim Mayo...

While formal filing for the District 25 seat currently held by Sen. Doug Libla won’t begin until February, two candidates have already expressed interest in the position. Poplar Bluff businessman Eddy Justice announced today he is seeking the seat when Libla’s current term ends. Libla is prevented by term limits from running again...

DEXTER — A former employee of the Town & Country Supermarket at Dexter has been charged with robbing the store at gunpoint. Rodney B. Bowen, 49, of Dexter was charged with the Class A felony of first-degree robbery by Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...

Candice Averett’s fourth grade class at Central Elementary was asked to write an essay stating where they wanted to go for a field trip. The purpose of the essay was to convince the rest of the class to vote for the location the student wrote about. ...