Stories from Thursday, August 16, 2012

The City of Dexter will be testing their newly installed warning system at 8:30 a.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 16. Sirens will sound for a full three-minute period, followed by a voice command. This is only a test and the one and only test in the city in which the actual siren will be heard. All further testing will involve use of the chimes option, similar to church bells...

From staff reports POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Colonel Ronald K. Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has anounced a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., will arrive in Troop E on Aug. 26, 2012, to examine all aspects of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's policies and procedures, management, and operations and support services...

By COURTNEY LUKE SEMO News Service MALDEN, Mo. -- Malden police officers have arrested Raymond Williamson, 42, of Malden on suspicion of forcible rape, two counts of armed criminal action, kidnapping and forcible sodomy. According to the probable-cause affidavit provided by the Dunklin County prosecuting attorney's office, at 12:41 a.m. ...

By MADELINE DeJOURNETT SEMO News Service ADVANCE, Mo. - On Nov. 16, 2011, an improvised explosive device claimed the life of U.S. Army Spc. James Burnett, Jr., the 21-year-old son of James and Cheri Burnett of Brownwood, Mo. and Rebecca and John Metcalf of Wichita, KS...

Bradley Charles Glover, son of R. Kirk Glover and Charlett J. Triplett Glover of Franklin, Tenn., was born on April 15, 1988, in Tulsa, Okla., and died on Aug. 11, 2012, while on an outing with friends. He graduated from Centennial High School, Franklin, Tenn., in 2006. He was employed by World Champion Productions, where he taught ballroom dancing, professional competitions and was a member of New Song and People Church...

Thomas C. "Tom" Sanders, son of the late John Thomas and Velma Leona Bohannon Sanders, was born in Gideon, Missouri on November 19, 1958, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on August 14, 2012, at the age of 53 years, 8 months and 26 days...

Rosa Darlene Davis, daughter of James Roy and Rachel Brady Davis, was born in Puxico, Mo. on Oct. 23, 1951, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Mo. on Aug. 15, 2012, at the age of 60. Darlene had lived in Puxico her entire life. She was a teacher and had worked in the Poplar Bluff R1 School District where she taught Business Education. ...

James "Jim" Franklin Stepp, 80, went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 14, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Jim was born to Nathan R. Stepp and Sarah B. (VanEsler) Stepp in Grassy, Mo., on April 25, 1932. Jim was an ordained General Baptist Minister for 30 years. He worked at several other jobs during his life. He always worked very hard to provide for his family and others. He will be remembered as a caring man...