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Work on Rt. A to wrap up Thursday
(Local News ~ 08/22/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Route A in New Madrid and Stoddard Counties will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Trans-portation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route 153 in Stoddard County to Route E in New Madrid County...
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Aldermen vote to pay off bond issue early
(Local News ~ 08/22/12)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The Dexter Board of Aldermen voted Monday evening to conditionally approve the early payoff of a past bond issue. A total of $325,000 remains on the bond money that dates back to 2002. Currently, the scheduled payoff date is June 1, 2015...
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Wrecks leave 2 dead in Troop E; 1 driver charged
(Local News ~ 08/22/12)
By Noreen Hyslop Managing Editor PUXICO, Mo. - Two died in separate accidents in the Troop E area on Tuesday. At 12:40 p.m., the Highway Patrol was summoned to a wreck on Highway 51, five miles north of Puxico. According to the patrol, 53-year old Maryann C. Cookson, of Puxico, was northbound when she apparently overcorrected, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned several times. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis...
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Barney set to retire after 25 years on the bench
(Local News ~ 08/22/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH SEMO News Service A country boy with an interest in the law and an ensuing career spanning more than four decades soon will retire after 25 years of service as a trial and appellate judge. Having hit the mandatory retirement age of 70, Judge Robert Barney of Dexter will retire from the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, on Sept. 1...
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Aid farm on Emerson tour
(Local News ~ 08/22/12)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor AID, Mo. -- About 40 Stoddard County farmers and political candidates gathered at the farm of Elvin and Jane Kingree, located west of the Aid community, Tuesday afternoon to meet with Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-8) as part of a farm tour that included stops from Wright, Texas and St. ...
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