Stories from Monday, June 2, 2014

The Advance Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Monday, May 19 at 6 p.m. in Advance City Hall. All aldermen and Mayor Carl "Pete" Ritter were present to hear a request from Advance Community Library President Cara Mayberry and Treasurer Karen Tropf to spend the necessary funds from the library's budget to provide a 10th anniversary "block party" for the community...

Dexter Police May 31 - June 2, 2014 Police investigated an unattended death on W. Castor at 7:22 a.m. Friday. Joseph Edward Lemoine Saffell, Jr., 32, of Dexter was arrested Friday on a Missouri Probation warrant for shock time. Saffell was transferred to the county jail...

Betty Horton, daughter of the late William "Bill" Sanders and Waneata Walker Sanders, was born on Oct 26, 1940, in Bernie and died in her residence at Essex on May 30, 2014, at the age of 73. Mrs. Horton was the former head cook at Fiddler's Fish House in Dexter and a former cook at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was a resident of Essex...