Stories from Friday, August 2, 2013

Dexter Police Aug. 1, 2013 Police arrested Jonathan E. Bowler, 39, of Dudley at 1:51 p.m. Thursday at the local Probation and Parole office on a warrant service. A report of property damage at 911 S. W. Business 60 on Thursday evening is under investigation by police...

Doris Jean Robinson, 80, of Dexter, died on Aug. 1, 2013, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Lois Anona (Mathis) Waltrip of Bloomfield, Mo., formerly of Clarkton, Mo., was born April 25, 1918, in Kennett, Mo., to Linus Andrew Mathis and Willie Mae Shepard Mathis, and died Aug. 1, 2013, at The Baptist Home in Ironton, Mo., at the age of 95. On Nov. 19, 1938, she was married to James Thurman Waltrip in Caruthersville, Mo. Mr. Waltrip preceded her in death on July 10, 1994...

Jeanette Satterfield, daughter of the late Bernard Harold Cravens and Syble Hill Cravens was born on Jan. 13, 1931, at Fisk and died at her residence in Dexter on July 31, 2013, at the age of 82. She was united in marriage to Zural Satterfield on Oct. 4, 1949, at Piggott, Ark. Mr. Satterfield preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 1981...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two Arkansas residents were hospitalized following a Thursday afternoon wreck near Poplar Bluff involving a Puxico man. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 64-year-old Arthur L. Norris of Puxico was westbound on Rt. B at Rt. AA, three miles east of Poplar Bluff shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday when a second vehicle pulled into his path...

Doris Jean Robinson, daughter of the late Imogene Jenkins, was born on March 21, 1933 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on August 1, 2013 at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the First Christian Church of Dexter, a lifelong resident of Dexter and a homemaker...

NOREEN HYSLOP-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com Paige Mays, a 2013 Bernie High School graduate, is one of two Stoddard County ARC scholarship recipients for 2013. Paige is the daughter of Kevin and Robin Mays and will be pursuing a degree in Special Education at Mineral Area College this fall. ...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Castor Township voters are being asked to continue a 35-cent per $100 assessed valuation property tax in the special election to be held Aug. 6. The only other measure on the special election ballot is a use tax in the City of Dexter...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A change in the mail pick-up schedule at Dexter Post Office is having a significant impact in the way many local businesses conduct business, including The Daily Statesman. There was no formal announcement or news release notifying the general public that rather than the multiple mail pick-ups at the local post office, there is now only one. The established routine now calls for one daily pickup at 11:30 a.m. for all outgoing mail...

By DAVID SILVERBERG SEMO News Service POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Health Management Associates Inc. of Naples, Fla., which owns Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, is being purchased by Community Health Systems Inc. of Franklin, Tenn. The purchase will not be final, however, pending approval by 70 percent of CHS' shareholders, which is expected to happen around March...

By DONNA FARLEY SEMO News Service WAPPAPELLO, Mo. - Although the main budget for the Wappapello Lake roject has seen funding cuts, about $2.3 million will be received in the current fiscal year to continue repairs and improvements related to the 2011 flood...