Stories from Monday, July 7, 2014

Dexter Police July 3 - 6, 2014 April L. Jackman, 33, of Dexter was arrested at 12:04 a.m. Thursday on Fairground Drive. She is charged with DWI drug intoxication. Ray D. Casey, 66, of Dexter was arrested at 129 Hunt St. at 9:15 a.m. Thursday. He is charged with third degree assault...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Hope International will be sponsoring three Back to School Bashes in August. The first event will take place in Bernie at the First Assembly of God Church from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The drop-off location for any school supplies or other donations will be Bernie's Hope International facility on the south edge of town...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland will be sponsoring Mingo Mania on Saturday, July 26, at the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge on Highway 51 in Puxico. The event will feature a boardwalk nature trail, a scavenger hunt, viewing the birds and snakes of Mingo, and and owl pellett dissection...

Lyman Fowler, son of the late Floyd and Lottie Helderman Fowler, was born in Advance on April 6, 1926, and died at his home in Puxico on July 4, 2014, at the age of 88. He had lived in the Puxico area most of his life, worked for the Missouri Highway Department, farmed and had driven a school bus for the Puxico School District for 26 years. ...

Terzah Cope, of St. Peters, Mo., was born Nov. 21, 1929, to the late Orville J. and Gertie M. McClain and died Friday, July 4, 2014, at the age of 84. Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles, Mo., is in charge of all arrangements.

Wanda A. Kelm, 72, of Advance, died July 6, 2014, at her home in Advance. She was born Nov.16, 1941, the daughter of Carl and Marjorie Cheathan Denton. Wanda had been a homemaker and a member of Advance First Church. She loved being a mother and loved her pets...