The Bernie School Board adopted a medical marijuana policy and set a date for a tax rate hearing. The board adopted a medical marijuana policy based on the advice of school attorneys said Superintendent Dustin Hicks. Voters passed Amendment 2 in the November 2018 election to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri...

The July meeting of the Bernie Board of Aldermen opened with a public hearing. The hearing centered around a dog impounded for biting a Bernie resident. William Turnbow approached the board and asked that his dog be released. Turnbow expressed concern that the dog was not being cared for properly. ...

Paul Jones, son of the late Berchel Jones and Catherine Couch Jones, was born on December 3, 1937 in Whitesburg, Kentucky and departed this life on July 13, 2019 at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, Missouri at the age of 81 years. Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. ...

ELLINGTON — An endangered silver advisory has been issued as authorities search for an Ellington man who suffers from dementia and hypoglycemia and was last seen leaving a care facility on foot, possibly en route to Poplar Bluff. The Ellington Police Department issued the advisory after Richard Dorey, 78, was last seen at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Brent B. Tinnin Manor, 200 Euel Polk Drive...

Tim Robey general sales manager for Autry Morlan Chevrolet Cadillac, recently presented a putter to Stan Durham, who made a hole-in-one Monday, July 1, 2019, at Crowley's Ridge Golf Course in Bloomfield. Durham, of Bloomfield, made his first career hole-in-one on the par 3, 97-yard sixth hole with a sand wedge. Autry Morlan awards putters to local golfers who make holes-in-one. Someone must have witnessed the feat for a golfer to receive the putter...