Stories from Friday, July 20, 2012

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The University of Missouri T.E. "Jake" Fisher Delta Research Center hosted its annual Advisory Board meeting beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. According to officials the event is usually held in March, but due to some changes that have taken place over the past few months, it could not be held until now...

The Secretary of Agriculture has designated 17 Missouri counties as primary agricultural natural disaster areas, making certain farmers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), in addition to other disaster programs...

A 24-year-old Dexter man has been charged with assault, the result of a wreck that occurred on Two Mile Rd. in Dexter just before midnight on Thursday, July 12. Stewart J. Barney was formally charged on Thursday, July 19, on a Stoddard County warrant for the Class C felony of second degree vehicular assault for operating a...

Linda F. Wages, 75, of Bertran, Mo., died July 17, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Linda was born Jan. 16, 1937, in Deventer, Mo., to the late Lendell and Mary Slayden Hunt. She moved to Bertrand in 1990 and was a long time member of Abun-dant Grace Church in Bertrand. She was of the Baptist belief...

Virginia Cossey, daughter of the late Eddie and Edna Layton, was born May 23, 1941, in Bloomfield, Mo. and died at her home in Dexter on July 20, 2012, at the age of 71. Virginia was a homemaker, and worked for a short period as a nurse assistant. She was a member of the Living Water Worship Center in Bloomfield, Mo...

Don Duane Ashley Sr., age 74, formerly of Lilbourn, died July 19, 2012, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Dec. 26, 1937, near Osceola, Ark., son of the late Reno and Helen Crews Ashley. Don was a member of Lilbourn United Methodist Church and sang in the choir. ...