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Bonnie Marie Stafford
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Bonnie Marie Stafford, daughter of the late Harold Miller and Ruth Roberts McBride, was born on April 20, 1949, in Dexter and departed this life on August 26, 2021, at Southeast health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 72 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, August 30, 2021...
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Donny Ray Williams
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Donny Ray Williams, son of the late Russell “Tobe” Williams and Mary Palmer Williams was born on April 7, 1947, in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on August 28, 2021, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 74 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Gary Van Milam
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Gary Van Milam, son of the late James David “JD” Milam and Nellie Mae Milam, was born on April 7, 1951, in Marshall, Arkansas, and departed this life on August 30, 2021, at his residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 70 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, September 3, 2021, from 1 p.m. ...
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Norma Marie Corbin
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Norma Marie Corbin, daughter of the late Enos Zimmerman and Ethel Faye Thompson Zimmerman, was born on December 9, 1925, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on August 23, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 95 years...
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Michael Dewain Norman Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Michael Dewain Norman Jr., son of Michael Norman Sr. of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Sarah Stroud Swaringam, was born on February 21, 1983, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on August 29, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 38 years...
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Abraham Lincoln Maclin
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Abraham Lincoln Maclin, son of the late Robert Maclin and Lula McPeak Maclin was born on September 3, 1929, in Etowah, Arkansas and departed this life on August 27, 2021, in O’Fallon, Missouri at the age of 91. Visitation will be held at the Mathis Funeral Home on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, from 5 p.m. ...
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Paul David McGhee
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Paul David McGhee passed away August 15, 2021, at his home in Deltona, Florida at age 61. David is the son of Paul McGhee and Joan “Phelan” McGhee. David was born October 27, 1959. His mother Joan preceded him in death in 1972. David is survived by his father Paul McGhee, brother Stuart McGhee (Donna) of Wildwood, Missouri, sister Laura McGhee of Dexter, Missouri and many cousins and other family members...
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Dexter School Board sets tax levy rate at August meeting
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
The Dexter School Board approved the annual tax rate at its August meeting. The board approved a tax rate of $3.5812 for the 2021-22 school year, which is unchanged from the 2020-21 school year. The district did see an increase in its total valuation at $210,631,329, which is up from $199,790,389 at the start of the 2020-21 school year...
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Stoddard County EMA approaches commission about upgrades
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County Emergency Management Agency Director Andrew Bohnert discussed upgrades to the county’s tornado siren system during Monday’s commission meeting. Bohnert sought permission from the commissioners to apply for an Emergency Management Performance Grant to upgrade the county’s system...
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Jarrell expresses concern over lack of audit notification
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County associate commissioner Carol Jarrell expressed concern that she was not notified of an ongoing audit of the county’s finances. “Someone mentioned audit to me, and I actually looked like a deer in the brightest of headlights,” Jarrell said. “And my reply was, I don’t know anything about an audit. I hadn’t been told. I didn’t know anything. … But everybody in this building knew about it. I’m hurt. I’m upset.”...
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Stoddard County Sheriff for the week of 9/1/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/21)
• Melanie Ann Bolin, 33 of Dexter, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear on a felony warrant. • Tyson Hensley, 33 of Bloomfield, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a Stoddard County warrant on three charges of possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of 9/1/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/21)
• William C. Wright, 24 of Puxico, was arrested on Cape Girardeau warrants for failure-to-appear on the original charge of improper registration, failure-to-appear on the original charge of failure-to-maintain financial responsibility and failure-to-appear on the original charge of failure to yeild right of way. Wright was booked at the Stoddard County Jail...
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Dexter Police for the week of September 1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/21)
• Bennie Wells, 50 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on charges of disorderly conduct and burning rubbish. • Jimmy Garner, 54 of Sikeston, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine. • Janisha Winford, 29 of Howardville, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine...
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Five injured in Stoddard County crash; alcohol reportedly a factor
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
STODDARD COUNTY — Five people were injured, one seriously, in a one-vehicle accident at 11:10 p.m. Monday on County Road 249, one-half mile south of Highway PP in Stoddard County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Dawson B. Duckworth, 19, of Dexter was operating a 2018 GMC Sierra truck northbound when it traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree before coming to rest in the roadway...
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