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Annual Festival of Sharing provides for 20 area agencies
(Local News ~ 10/05/21)
People gathered at the United Methodist Church in Dexter this past Friday and Saturday with the objective of helping other people. The 2021 Sharefest, which is part of the statewide Festival of Sharing, is an ecumenical event involving several churches...
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Dexter School Board reviews policy updates, approves paper purchase
(Local News ~ 10/05/21)
The Dexter School Board started a review of several policy updates and approved the annual bid for the district’s paper purchase. Superintendent Amy James presented the proposed policy changes to the board. The policies are recommended to the board by the Missouri Consultants for Education (MCE). Some policies established by the MCE are mandatory so as to be in compliance with legal requirements...
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Commission approves funds for Stoddard County Ambulance District
(Local News ~ 10/05/21)
BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission approved the Stoddard County Ambulance District for up to $225,000 in ARPA funds at Monday’s meeting. The commission voted 3-0 to allow SCAD to spend up to $225,000 on American Recovery Plan Act eligible items...
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Dexter Board of Aldermen approve ordinance, bids
(Local News ~ 10/05/21)
The Dexter Board of Aldermen revised an ordinance and accepted several bids for equipment no longer in use by the city at its October meeting Monday evening. City Attorney Yewell “Bud” Lawrence was unable to attend the meeting to present the revised city ordinance, so City Administrator Trevor Pulley presented the ordinance to the board. ...
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Kenneth Wayne “Kenny” Hickson Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Kenneth Wayne “Kenny” Hickson Jr., son of Kenneth Hickson Sr. and Jelane Hopkins Hickson, was born on September 17, 1965, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on September 26, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 56 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, October 1, 2021. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...
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Robert C. “Bobby” Crow Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Robert C. “Bobby” Crow Jr., son of the late Robert C. Crow Sr. and Helen Cox Crow, was born on January 15, 1958, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on September 30, 2021, in Wappapello, Missouri, at the age of 63 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, October 9, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 11 a.m...
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Benjamin Franklin Hayes
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Benjamin Franklin Hayes, the son of Frank and Gail Rounsaville Hayes of Festus, was born on January 6, 1975, in Livingston, Montana and departed this life on October 2, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 46. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri on Friday, October 8, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, October 8, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery...
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Glenda Bell Martin
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Glenda Bell Martin passed away September 27, 2021 in Springfield, Illinois at the age of 73. Visitation will be Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of all arrangements...
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Donald Enderton
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Donald Enderton, 56 of Bernie, passed September 26, 2021. Visitation was conducted in Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Monday, October 4, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. till 10:30 a.m. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. in the Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of arrangements...
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Sharon Michelle Trammell (Burke)
(Obituary ~ 10/05/21)
Sharon Michelle Trammell (Burke), daughter of the late James and Marguerite Burke, was born October 6, 1958, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life at her home in Dexter on September 27, 2021, at the age of 62. She and Jay Trammell met when they were in Junior High, and dated 7 years before they were united in marriage on September 25, 1982, in Dexter, Mo. ...
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