Stories from Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Charles Bell, son of the late Doy Bell and Bernice Bowman Bell, was born on September 10, 1937, in Formosa, Arkansas, and departed this life on November 27, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 86. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 30, 2023...

Laura Greenwood, daughter of Janet Litzler Carroll and the late Paul Kenkel, was born on October 1, 1959, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on December 1, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 64. A Celebration of Life will be planned later...

Meghan Jones, daughter of Marshall Ward and Sherri McDaniel, was born on February 10, 1991, in Sullivan, Missouri, and departed this life on November 26, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 32. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on December 1, 2023...

John Claude Hays was born on Wednesday, April 13, 1938 in Campbell, Missouri to Claude Hays and Nellie Thacker Hays.  He departed to be with Jesus and his loved ones in heaven on Friday, December 1, 2023 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 18 days.     ...

• Christopher Michael Edwards, 50 of Kennett, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of distribute/deliver/manufacture/produce a controlled substance. • Norma Jean Schumacher, 54 of Bloomfield, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a Wright County warrant for Driver/front seat passenger fail to wear properly...

By JOSH AYERS Editor Katelyn Lambert with Bootheel Regional Planning opened the weekly commission meeting with an update on the ARPA funds. She Water District Number 5 will have an update on their computer software in January. The Bell City Fire Department had a $5,000 claim for clean up of the site for the proposed new fire station. The commission approved the release of $5,000 from the ARPA funds already approved for the Bell City Fire Department...

The November Dexter School Board meeting opened with resident, Jason Ryan speaking to the board. Ryan said he had met previously with administration and board members. He had requested different procedures in the posting of school board meeting agendas and minutes. The notices and minutes are now posted on the website as discussed in the previous meeting...

Dexter City Administrator Dave Wyman said as part of his report Monday evening at the Dexter Board of Aldermen meeting that MODOT is conducting a study on Highway 60 from Bertrand to Morehouse. The purpose of the study is to determine the what is needed to convert Highway 60 to Interstate 57...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier 11/27/23 to 12/01/23 • Bob Sutton Real Estate & Loans to Daniel Decuyke SEC 24 TWP 24 R 10 • Terry Lawrence Woodruff to Lloyd Mark Kerner SEC 24 TWP 26 R 10 • Melanie Morris to Jenna Elaine Snider Hubbard SEC 24 TWP 26 R 10...