Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2013

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Westbound Route 60 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located between Route F and Route WW. Weather permitting, work will performed Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily...

DeAnn Sentell, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sentell was born Oct. 3, 1955, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a paralegal. On June 20, 2001, she married Lavon Sentell and he survives...

Robert Wayne Sanders, son of the late Marion Sanders and Ammie Autrey Sanders was born on Feb. 3, 1926, in Hagerville, Ark., and died on May 7, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 87. Mr. Sanders was the Central Elementary Head Custodian at Dexter Public Schools for many years, and was a resident of Dexter...

Peggy L. Rangel, daughter of the late Grover Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on Aug. 6, 1940, in Blytheville, Ark., and died on May 4, 2013, at her residence in Dexter, at the age of 72. Mrs. Rangel was a member of the Living Water Worship Center in Dexter and retired from Federal Mogul in Malden...

Missouri's A+ program will expand. That was the message shared by Gov. Jay Nixon last week at Scott City High School. The A+ program provides an opportunity for students to meet specific criteria and receive two years of free college tuition to any of the state's public community colleges. Ninety-nine percent of the state's public high schools are in the program, and Scott City was a recent addition...

PUXICO, Mo. -- A Puxico man is in custody, charged with leaving the scene of an accident in relation to the Saturday night wreck in Dexter that left two Bloomfield residents hospitalized. According to Dexter Police, an anonymous tip came in during the early morning hours of Wednesday that led officers to a Puxico residence where they located Tommy Andrew West, 28, the person of interest sought by authorities since the accident...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission heard a report on state legislation concerning local Solid Waste Districts, discussed appointments of the SB 40 Board and opened statements of qualifications from four engineering firms to design a new bridge on County Road 754 at their regular meeting Monday...

Returning aldermen were sworn in at the board's most recent meeting Monday night. Aldermen Terry Battles (left) and Tim Aslin took the oath of office. Alderman Kirby Taylor (not pictured) was also re-elected in April, but was out of town this week. He was sworn in at an earlier date. Also pictured are Mayor Joe Weber and City Clerk Crystal Bishop...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County has named its new Chief Executive Officer, who began his first day on the job Wednesday morning. Adam Bracks is a native of Perth, Australia, where he received his bachelor's degree, but his master's degree was earned at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. ...

Dexter Police May 7, 2013 Police report that a window in the 700 block of N. Two Mile Rd. was broken during an apparent burglary attempt at 5:03 a.m. An investigation continues. A warning was issued to Larry Greenwall of Poplar Bluff for tall grass and trash in a yard at 504 E. Grant at 10 a.m...