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Early runs help Charleston blow past Dexter in home opener
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — A pair of early runs set the tone and ended the game reasonably quickly for the Charleston boys basketball team on Monday night. The Bluejays opened up the game on a quick 10-0 run after senior Sam Bledsoe hit a pair of three-pointers, Blessin Kimble finished at-the-rim, and Brian Visor hit a pair of free throws. ...
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Polsgrove stepping down as EMA Director
(Local News ~ 12/03/19)
BLOOMFIELD — Kent Polsgrove announced at Monday’s Stoddard County Commission meeting that 2020 will be his last year as the county’s Emergency Management Agency director. Polsgrove, who has been the county’s EMA director since Dec. 1, 2010, said he was leaving for family reasons, including spending time with his father...
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Melvin “Hoop” Hoopingarner - Honor Tour provides long overdue thanks for veterans
(Local News ~ 12/03/19)
“If our Vietnam veterans had received this type of reception when they returned home,” observes a somber Melvin “Hoop” Hoopingarner, “they wouldn’t be dealing with a lot of the problems that they continue to face today.” Hoopingarner, from Wappapello, was among a group of 30, mainly Southeast Missouri, veterans who recently visited Washington, D.C., as part of an Honor Tour sponsored by the Wake Foundation...
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Shirley Ann Becking
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Shirley Ann Becking, was born on July 24, 1936, along the rural Northwest Dunklin-Stoddard County line road. She was the second child of Everett Ira Schrader and Thelma Louise Chatman. Shirley worked on her father’s farm and went to school during her early years. She attended Bernie High School. During the Second World War and while the Malden Air Base was operational, Shirley worked at the Base Canteen with her mother and sister...
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Carolyn Lee Carroll
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Carolyn Lee Carroll, daughter of the late Gordon Hill and Mary Harrison Hill, was born on April 28, 1955 in Jefferson City, Missouri and departed this life on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 64 years. Mrs. ...
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Penny L. Johnson
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Penny L. Johnson of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Billy Gene and JoAnn Olive Flecther Jarrell, was born in Poplar Bluff on November 11, 1966, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on November 29, 2019, at the age of 53 years, 0 months and 18 days...
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Patricia “Pat” Ann Duval
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Patricia “Pat” Ann Duval, daughter of the late Grover Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on June 19, 1944 in Blytheville, Arkansas and departed this life on November 28, 2019 at her residence in Friant, California at the age of 75 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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William Thomas Crawford
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
William Thomas Crawford, son of the late William Crawford and Margaret McLean Crawford Howard, was born on January 30, 1937 in Greensboro, North Carolina and departed this life on November 24, 2019 at his residence in Poplar Bluff at the age of 82 years...
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Mark “Moose” Harold Glenn
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Mark “Moose” Harold Glenn, son of the late Harold Moose Glenn and Mary Sue Glenn was born on April 8, 1965 in St. Louis and departed this life on November 29, 2019 at Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau at the age of 54. Visitation was held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 10 a.m. until noon Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at noon with Pastor Larry Lawman officiating. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...
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Margaret Masterson
(Obituary ~ 12/03/19)
Margaret Masterson, 98, of Vero Beach, Florida and formerly of Dexter, passed away November 22, 2019. She was born July 12, 1921 to the late Ed Meador and Annie Meadows Meador.
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Stoddard County Sheriff for the week of December 4
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/03/19)
• Terry Nicholas Thomas, age 30 of Dexter, Mo was booked in the Stoddard County Jail on possession of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid of 10 grams or less. • Tyler Jerome Abernathy, age 38 of Dexter, Mo was booked the Stoddard County Jail on probation violation...
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McCoy settles wrongful termination suit with Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 12/03/19)
BLOOMFIELD — A former deputy clerk has settled her wrongful termination lawsuit filed against Stoddard County for nearly $95,000. Ginger McCoy had sued Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks individually and in his official capacity, as well as Stoddard County, after she was fired April 8 for allegedly questioning irregularities in the April 2 municipal election...
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Dexter Police For the week of December 4
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/03/19)
• A report of stealing was made at 12:51 p.m. Nov. 17 on the 900 block of West Grant Street. The incident is under investigation. • Cindy Carter-Minks, 41, of Poplar Bluff, was arrested for first-degree trespassing at 2:02 p.m. Nov. 17 at 2025 W. Business Highway 60...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of December 4
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/03/19)
• A 23-year-old Bernie man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 1:46 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, on County Road 627 at County Road 640, one mile south of Dexter. According to the report, Luke T. Eggert was operating a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix northbound when he failed to negotiate a turn, which caused his car to run off the right side of the road and overturn...
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Stoddard County Court Recordfor the week of December 4
(Local News ~ 12/03/19)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell 11/18/19 to 11/22/19 • Yewell G. Lawrence Jr. and June M. Lawrence to June M. Lawrence Trust and Yewell G. Lawrence Jr. Trust. Glenwood Hills Estates Block 14 Lots 12-13 and 22-23. Hickory Plaza Commercial Park Outlot 3...
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Early runs help Charleston blow past Dexter in home opener
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — A pair of early runs set the tone and ended the game reasonably quickly for the Charleston boys basketball team on Monday night. The Bluejays opened up the game on a quick 10-0 run after senior Sam Bledsoe hit a pair of three-pointers, Blessin Kimble finished at-the-rim, and Brian Visor hit a pair of free throws. ...
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Dexter Board of Aldermen - City abandons right of way to alley in Hayes Addition
(Local News ~ 12/03/19)
A public hearing was held at the Dexter Board of Aldermen meeting Monday evening to discuss the abandonment of a right of way to an alley in the Hayes Addition. The alley runs from North Mulberry Street to North Locust Street just off Business 60. City Attorney Bud Lawrence informed the board that are large trees where the alley, which was estimated to be 50 to 60 years old, was originally intended to go. Rather than address the trees the alley was laid where it would fit...
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