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Dexter School Board approves district handbooks; hires new physical therapy provider
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
The Dexter School Board approved the student handbooks for all schools and selected SoutheastHEALTH as the district’s new athletic training partner. The student handbooks will remain largely the same with the exception of the new lunch prices and the names of the new staff. ...
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Virginia Hopkins - Travel and volunteering to follow library retirement
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
When Virginia Goff Hopkins graduated from Bell City High School in 1951, she wasn’t yet 17-years-of-age. “My first year out of school I babysat for a teacher because I was too young to get a job,” recounts Hopkins of Bloomfield. “After that, I moved to Cape and worked a few odd jobs. I moved back to Bloomfield in 1955 and went to work at Elder’s factory.”...
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Puxico Board of Aldermen reorganizes; trades bobcat for track loader
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
The Puxico Board of Aldermen reorganized after approving the municipal election results at its June meeting. City clerk Alice Patrick presented the board with the results of the election that had been certified by county clerk Cecil Weeks. The results for the two wards on the ballot were Puxico Alderman, Ward 1: GS Kilbreth 36 votes and Lorie Davies 16 votes. For Puxico Alderman, Ward 2, Peter Coutavas received 51 votes and there were two write-in votes...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of July 1
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell June 15-19, 2020 • Judy A. Smith to Charles Jeffrey Smith, Jarrod Wayne Smith, Jacqueline J. Mayberry and Jodi Rae Smith. Section 18 Township 23 Range 9. • Cam Plus Inc. to Joyce Marie McCarthy and Michael Steven Stravino. Bent Creek Estates Subdivision Dexter Lot 11...
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Dexter Police For the week of July 1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/20)
• Richard Holland, 71, of Dexter was arrested at 11:46 a.m. June 14 on suspicion of domestic assault. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • Gavin Warner, 19, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 4:14 p.m. June 15 on suspicion of failure to comply with a lawful order and resisting arrest. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...
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Stoddard County Sheriff for the week of July 1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/20)
• Devin Aaron Justice MyRick, 33, of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation violation. • Robert Eugene Davis Jr, 33, of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation/parole violation. • Berniece Darlene Lutes, 58, of Patterson, Mo was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on failure to appear – felony...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of July 1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/20)
Michelle K. Burmeister, 40, of Jackson was arrested at 11:21 p.m. Friday, June 26, on suspicion of driving while revoked. She was booked at the Stoddard County Jail and released.
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Bernie man injured in a one vehicle crash
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
A 19-year-old Bernie man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:49 p.m. Monday, June 29, on County Road 675 at County Road 670, two miles north of Powe. According to the report, Hunter L. Slavings was operating a 2016 Ford Fiesta eastbound when it ran off the road and struck a ditch...
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Leonard Dean Frymire
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Leonard Dean Frymire, 63 of Dexter, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. Leonard was born Nov. 20, 1956, to Dempsey Noah and Flora Mae (Blocker) Frymire at Turkey Creek, Mo. His joys were playing music with his son and close friends and cooking with his daughter. Leonard loved to fish and being outdoors clearing land and enjoying nature. ...
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Alvin T. Gibson
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Alvin T. Gibson, son of the late Tom Gibson and Virgie Mae Lanning LaRue, was born on April 13, 1948 in Grayridge, Missouri, and departed this life on June 23, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 72 years. A private memorial service will be planned for a later date...
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Paul Dewey Bevins
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Paul Dewey Bevins, was born on July 15, 1940 in Paintsville, Kentucky, and departed this life on June 23, 2020 at his residence in Dexter Missouri at the age of 79 years. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors...
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Ronnie Edwards
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Ronnie Edwards, son of the late Leo Edwards and Theresa Larsen Edwards, was born on November 29, 1943 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on June 24, 2020 at his residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 76 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, June 26, 2020. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...
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Thomas Leroy Russell
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Thomas Leroy Russell, son of the late Donald Russell and Hazel Hughes Anderson, was born on December 15, 1935 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and departed this life on June 22, 2020 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 84 years...
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Earl W. Dunning
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
Earl W. Dunning, son of the late Albert W. Dunning and Etheal P. Austin Dunning, was born on July 10, 1925 in Frisbee, Missouri, and departed this life on June 22, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 94 years....
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Dexter Police to participate in July 4 drive sober campaign
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
Dexter, MO — This Independence Day, Dexter Police and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration want to remind drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Unfortunately, the summertime merrymaking can create dangerous road conditions, as some drivers hit the streets after drinking alcoholic beverages. ...
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Stoddard County confirms 136th confirmed case of COVID-19
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, has confirmed the one new case of COVID-19 today. The new case is a female in her 70s and not related to the nursing home outbreak. The patient was already in quarantined in her home prior to diagnosis...
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