Stories from Tuesday, April 27, 2021

The Bell City Fire Department is looking to build a new fire station and it needs the public’s help to do it. Bell City Fire Chief David Scherer said the department has purchased a Shell station located on Walnut Street. The Shell station will be the site of the new station...

The Stoddard County Emergency Management Agency has rolled out some new technology to assist in their duty to provide early warning messaging to County residents in the event of severe weather. SDS Weather’s RadarOmega is now active in the county. This system includes a cyclonePORT network with weather stations installed in Dexter, Puxico, Bloomfield, Dudley, Advance and Essex, and a mobile unit based out of Bernie. ...

The Dexter School Board reorganized and elected new officers at its April meeting. School board president Jim Reiker and Rick Williams did not seek re-election to the Dexter School Board in the April municipal election. With two candidates registered to run for the two empty seats, no election was required. ...

Joyce Lee Creed Francis, daughter of the late Doy Lee Creed and Velva Ann Hardy Creed, was born on May 29, 1938, in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on April 19, 2021 at NHC Healthcare in Maryland Heights, Missouri, at the age of 82 years...

Alice Lorene Martin, daughter of the late Preston Elihue Shipman and Eunice Lorene Williams Shipman, was born on December 10, 1944 in Flint, Michigan, and departed this life on April 19, 2021 at Winchester Nursing in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 76 years...

Betty Stoker Taylor, daughter of the late Charles Stoker and Iva Gilbreth Stoker, was born on April 26, 1941 in Clay County, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 21, 2021 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Terry Joe Childers, son of William Childers of Bernie, Missouri, and the late Mildred MacCarthy Childers, was born on August 30, 1960 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on April 22, 2021 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 60 years...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell April 12-16, 2021 • Evan J. Hicks, Stevan Hicks and Sandy L. Hicks to Evan J. Hicks and Sandy L. Hicks. Replat of Sykes Fourth Addition Bloomfield Block 3 Lots 5-6. • Julie Rehm Keathley, Alan George Rehm and Tamara Rehm to Michael G. Lambert and Jessica L. Lambert. Glenwood Hills Estates Block 13 Lots 5-10...