Stories from Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Lawrence Duley, son of the late Archie Duley and Lucinda Blevins Duley, was born on April 27, 1927, at Risco and died at The Manor in Poplar Bluff on Dec. 9, 2012, at the age of 85. Mr. Duley attended the Midland Church at Poplar Bluff, was a retired carpenter, a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II, and a former resident of Dexter currently residing in Poplar Bluff...

Vernon Leon Smith, 83, of Marble Hill and formerly of Advance, died Dec. 7, 2012, at Clara Deville Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. He was born Nov. 16, 1929, at Jackson, Mo., the son of John William and Hattie Alberta Crader Smith. Vernon had been a farmer , was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a member of the Whitewater Meth-odist Church...

Elsie Glodean Streeter, 91, of Oran, died Dec. 9, 2012, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. She was born March 26, 1921, in New Madrid County, Mo., the daughter of James Fred and Nancy Louise Wilburn Calhoun. Elsie had been a homemaker and the assistant Scott County Collector. ...

NOREEN HYSLOP-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com Three new Chamber of Commerce directors were named during the recent Full Membership Meeting of the Chamber at Hickory Log. Taking over the duties in January will be, from left, Kevin Bishop with Southern Bank, Tracy Christian with BA Promotions, and Scott Kinchen with US Bank...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - While most people haven't even begun to think about it yet, workers at Stoddard County Clerk Joe Watson's office are preparing for yet another election. Tuesday, Dec. 11 will mark the official opening day for candidates to file for the April 2, 2013 municipal election. Candidates may file for office until January 15...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission signed an agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) at their regular meeting Monday to proceed with replacing a bridge on County Road 784 located in LaValle Special Road District. The next step will be to solicit requests for proposals (RFPs) from engineering firms to design the new bridge...

By DAVID SILVERBERG SEMO News Service KENNETT, Mo. -- Another attempt by Tom Todd to have a new election in all of Missouri House District 150 has failed. In a petition for a writ of prohibition which was filed Thursday in the Missouri Southern District Court of Appeals, Todd requested Judge William Winchester's order for a Dec. 18 election in only two precincts be set aside...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Manging Editor Through the generosity of a caring community, 50 families who applied for help this holiday season are now facing a bright and Merry Christmas. The list of those in need seems to grow with each passing year. Never before have so many families applied, and never before has the paper experienced the generosity to the extent we have this holiday season...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Manging Editor Dexter firefighters and local police detectives, along with several others from neighboring departments as far away as Nixa, learned a lot about determining the cause of a fire during a two-day workshop that took place at the Stoddard County Ambulance District facility over the recent weekend...