Stories from Sunday, August 28, 2011

The family of Kim Slavings, director of the Stoddard County Gospel Mission, reports that she is showing "remarkable" improvement as she recovers from a recent collapse at her workplace. The Slavings and Lemons families, along with their church pastor, Rev. Josh Carpenter, have expressed their gratitude to the entire community for their calls of concern and prayers...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer The Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors tabled action on the purchase of a new UPS power backup system and then approved an upgrade to the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system at their regular meeting Thursday night...

By DAVID LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A new Missouri law prohibiting teachers from having private online conversations with students suffered a double setback Friday. First, a judge blocked it from taking effect because of free speech concerns. Then the governor called for its repeal...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner issued a release Friday afternoon announcing the arrests of several individuals on drug related and other charges. As the result of an ongoing investigation into illegal drug activity, the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office secured a search warrant from Prosecuting Attorney Russell Oliver on a residence in the southeast part of the county...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Essex resident, R.G. Langley, has made a lot of memories in his 91 years. Perhaps none is as memorable, though, as his trip to the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. R.G. was all of 13 years old, growing up in the small farming community of Essex when some older buddies in town asked if he'd like to be included on a trip to Chicago. ...