Stories from Thursday, June 7, 2012

By JOE GAMM SEMO News Service MARBLE HILL, Mo. - A 55-year-old Marble Hill man being held in the Bollinger County Jail on seven charges, including assault on a law enforcement officer, reportedly killed himself in his cell early Tuesday morning...

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri's tax revenue is running a little ahead of projections heading into the final month of the state budget year. Figures released Tuesday by the state Office of Administration show general revenue is up 3.4 percent compared to 2011. That's ahead of the projected 2.7 percent growth upon which the 2012 budget was based...

By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Board of Aldermen tabled action on a request by the Community Center Committee to move the rental of the building back to City Hall after a lengthy discussion Monday night at their regular meeting. Barb Trout, a committee member, voiced a concern by the committee that having the building rental handled by the Police Department was causing confusion...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor The Stoddard County Long Term Recovery Committee (LTRC) is looking for a few good men or women who don't mind giving of their time and talents to help county residents in need. The recently established LTRC has been working from a list of about three dozen names established by FEMA officials during the months that followed the floods in the spring of 2011...