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Lifetime Achievement Award winner Hale's coaching legend grew in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 07/23/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — Paul Hale made a name for himself in Stoddard County, leading the boys basketball programs at Bernie and Dexter for a combined 16 years. Hale was recognized for his achievements Saturday, July 13, by winning the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sixth Annual Semoball Awards...
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Former Dexter mayor, Joe Weber, dies at 89
(Local News ~ 07/23/19)
The City of Dexter and the surrounding community lost a local icon Monday night. Longtime business owner and Dexter’s former mayor, Joe Weber, died at the age of 89 following a lengthy illness. Weber was the third generation of his family to own and operate Weber’s Ben Franklin in downtown Dexter. He served the city as mayor from 2002 until 2018...
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Jodi Smith: Living with Fragile X syndrome; student research project helps family identify rare genetic disorder
(Local News ~ 07/23/19)
“Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of autism and intellectual disabilities. It affects one in 4,000 boys and one in 6,000 girls worldwide. Fragile X syndrome occurs when a single gene on the X chromosome shuts down. This gene makes a protein needed for normal brain development. In FXS, the gene does not work properly. The protein is not made, and the brain does not develop as it should.” — fraxa.org...
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Stoddard County proclaimed a Purple Heart County; medical marijuana discussed
(Local News ~ 07/23/19)
BLOOMFIELD – The Stoddard County Commission signed a proclamation Monday to make it a Purple Heart County, and Dexter City Administrator Mark Stidham addressed the commissioners on potential medical marijuana facilities in the county. Stidham said that Dexter is considering an ordinance that would require a 500-foot buffer between the front door of medical marijuana facilities and schools, state-licensed daycare facilities and churches...
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Puxico School Board hears technology update;tax rate hearing set
(Local News ~ 07/23/19)
The Puxico School Board heard a technology update and set a tax rate hearing at its July meeting. Technology Director Don McRoy delivered a report to the board updating the status of various technology projects. McRoy started with the elementary school, stating that the computers in the elementary lab have been replaced. A new printer has also been installed. All new computers are equipped with Windows 10 Pro. The aging projector in the elementary lab has been replaced with a 65 inch TV monitor...
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Alan Eugene Long
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Alan Eugene Long passed away July 14, 2019 at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden, Alabama. He was born July 26, 1949 in Grayridge to the late James Ray Long and Electa Karma “Kay” Long (McCoy) where he resided with his younger brother, Gary Long...
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Robert “Buck” E. Sivert
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Robert “Buck” E. Sivert, 76, of Elburn, Illinois, passed away surrounded by the love and prayers of his family on Thursday, June 6, 2019 following a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born March 27, 1943, the son of Robert E. Sivert and Dealie Verneice Eubanks Sivert. He was born at home in Bernie where he attended and graduated local schools...
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Georgia Querita Marvel
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Georgia Querita Marvel, of Cape Girardeau, was born in Hartman, Arkansas, on Sept. 28, 1935, and passed away at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau on July 17, 2019, at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 28 days. Visitation was held on Friday, July 19, 2019, after noon at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m...
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Patsy Cook
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Patsy Cook passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Westridge Place Assisted Living in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 88. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Martha Tucker
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Martha Tucker passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at her residence in Essex, Missouri. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Larry G. Southerland
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Larry G. Southerland of Moscow Mills, Missouri, was born in Dexter on April 1, 1942, and passed away at Progress West in O’Fallon, Missouri, on July 18, 2019, at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 17 days. Visitation was held on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, after 11 a.m. at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter until time of services at 1 p.m...
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Delvan Lloyd Rochelle
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Delvan Lloyd Rochelle, son of the late Bert Rochelle and Una Tschudin Dilallo, was born on Sept. 23, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. and departed this life on July 15, 2019 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 90. A graveside service was conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Thursday, July 18, 2019...
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Bertha Helen McKay
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Bertha Helen McKay, daughter of the late Charley Lewis Smith and Birtha Mae Smith, was born on June 26, 1930 in Risco, Missouri, and departed this life on July 13, 2019 in Town and Country, Missouri at the age of 89. A graveside service will be conducted at Hagy Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at noon with Brian Burke officiating...
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Kim Liesel Pierce
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Kim Liesel Pierce, daughter of the late Liesel Klaus, was born on Jan. 1, 1966 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on July 17, 2019 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 53 years. A memorial service will be conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Elijah Allen officiating...
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Joe Ernest Weber
(Obituary ~ 07/23/19)
Joe Ernest Weber died July 22, 2019 at Winchester Nursing Center at the age of 89. Born June 14, 1930 in Dexter, son of the late Ernest R. Weber and Gladys Norman Weber, he married Joyce MacDonald on May 12, 1952. He was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Dexter, where he sang in the chancel choir and served as Finance Chair and in other positions within the church. ...
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Stoddard County Sheriff's Department for the week of July 22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/19)
• Mark A Hatchel, 44, of Dexter was booked at Stoddard County jail on suspicion of on tampering with motor vehicle, second degree; possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid; and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Missouri Highway Patrol for the week of July 22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/19)
• Dale L. Dodson, 40, of Essex was arrested at 10:14 p.m. Friday on a felony Scott County warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of child neglect, a Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of driving while revoked, a Dexter Police Department warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of driving while revoked, and suspicion of driving while revoked and no seat belt. He was booked at Stoddard County jail...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of July 22
(Court News ~ 07/23/19)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell 07/08/19 to 07/12/19 • Dennis R. Wheetley and Sandra K. Wheetley to Kylie Stoverink. Masters and Masters Add Advance Block 4 Lot 1. • Teresa Diane Smith, Ronald Dix, Lisa K. Scherer and Jeffrey O. Scherer to Tamara K. Perkins. Westwood Hills Add Dexter Outlot 5...
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