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Stoddard County Commission releases more CARES Act money
(Local News ~ 12/08/20)
BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission issued checks totaling $175,422.99 in Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds last week. The state of Missouri gave the county $3,405,212 in CARES Act funds, and $2,551,449.24 has been spent so far...
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Longtime hawker Bonnie Webb announces retirement
(Local News ~ 12/08/20)
They say all good things must come to an end. One of those good things will soon come to an end. Longtime street hawker for the Dexter Statesman, Bonnie Webb, has announced her retirement. For 18 years Webb has been a fixture at the intersection of Business 60 and Walnut Street, selling copies of the Dexter Statesman and, as of a few years ago, the Daily American Republic...
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Dexter Board of Aldermen addresses light agenda
(Local News ~ 12/08/20)
The Dexter Board of Aldermen quickly worked through a light agenda Monday evening. The board passed one resolution at the meeting. The resolution will allow the city to apply for federal assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program for the construction and purchase of equipment for the new all-inclusive playground at Boon Park. According to the resolution, the city currently has committed to a 50% match share for the project elements...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of December 9
(Court News ~ 12/08/20)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2020 • James E. Laramore, Ronald D. Weathers and Tabitha E. Weathers to Southern Bank. Section 36 Township 25 Range 9. • James E. Laramore, Ronald D. Weathers and Tabitha E. Weathers to Southern Bank, Hickory Hills Subdivision Dexter Block 6 Lot 14...
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Linda Lee Hill
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
It is with great sadness that we, the family of Linda Lee Hill announce her passing on November 29, 2020 in Modesto, Ca. Linda was born in Colusa, Ca to Jacob and Esther Schantz on April 21, 1948. She was a longtime resident of Colusa County. She married Jerry Urchison Sr. ...
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Robert Lynn Stoker
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Robert Lynn Stoker, son of the late Lester Stoker and Mildred Hudgens Stoker, was born on January 1, 1955 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on December 1, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, at the age of 65 years. Mr. Stoker was a former truck driver for Tyson Foods. He was an outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding four-wheelers...
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Jessie Wayne Barnes
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Jessie Wayne Barnes, 97 of Bernie, Passed away December 2, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Private Services are being planned with burial in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie, Missouri in charge of all arrangements...
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Maria Teets
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Maria Teets, daughter of the late Arthur Kester and Jessie Cunningham Kester, was born on June 17, 1948 in Hayward, California, and departed this life on December 5, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 72 years...
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Jeanette Sandra Parish
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Jeanette Sandra Parish 77 of Bernie. Passed away December 6, 2020. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 2 p.m. in Bernie Cemetery. Interment will follow. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.
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Frances Mae McIver
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Frances Mae McIver, daughter of the late William Russell, and Myrtle Richards Russell, was born on January 7, 1934 in Lamar, Arkansas, and departed this life on December 1, 2020 at The Arbors at Auburn Creek in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 86 years...
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Lisa Ann Renae Deprow
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Lisa Ann Renae Deprow, daughter of Brad Deprow and the late Kimberly Hook Deprow, was born on October 16, 1987 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 5, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 33 years...
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Alvy Eddie “Butch” Shelby
(Obituary ~ 12/08/20)
Alvy Eddie “Butch” Shelby, son of the late Alvy Shelby and Glendola Cokley Shelby, was born on November 12, 1944 in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on November 18, 2020 at UMC Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 76 years. Graveside services were conducted at Old Bethel Cemetery on Saturday, December 5, 2020...
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Stoddard County confirms 53rd COVID-19 related death
(Local News ~ 12/08/20)
The director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, confirmed the 53rd COVID-19 related death in the county. The case was not related to a nursing home outbreak. Godwin also confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday along with 34 recoveries...
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PB woman gets 20 years for producing child porn
(Local News ~ 12/08/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Poplar Bluff woman was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Tuesday morning for producing child pornography. Amber M. Longhibler was sentenced to 240 months on the felony of sexual exploitation of a minor (production of child pornography) by U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to Assistant U.S. Attorney John Koester...
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