Stories from Friday, August 29, 2014

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There will be a statewide recount of Constitutional Amendment 1, known as right-to-farm, and Missourians will have the opportunity to stay updated on the process. Secretary of State Jason Kander announced this week the request for a recount of the amendment that appeared on the Aug. 5 primary election ballot...

A Dexter businessman wants to show his appreciation for military men and women and educate the community in the process. Sherm Smith, an owner of Smith's Auction Company and Smith Properties, is creating a veteran's wall of honor inside the Liberty Center, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2015...

The Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors voted to purchase a 2015 Chevrolet three-quarter ton pickup truck from Autry Morlan Chevrolet at a cost of $39,420 to be used as a supervisor's vehicle. The board met Wednesday night. Autry Morlan was the lowest of four bids received by the district...

A Dexter man is in custody, having admitted to at least 10 separate thefts from parked vehicles on the west side of Dexter. According to Dexter Police Det. Cory Mills, the department received a call Tuesday, Aug. 26 regarding the theft of a black suitcase and several tools from a vehicle that had been parked at the Dexter Inn at 1807 W. ...

ESSEX, Mo. -- It's only his second year in the classroom, but Kyle Carter is making a definite difference in the lives of students at Richland High School. During his initial year of teaching in 2013-14, Carter heard about the availability of a vocational grant opportunity through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and decided to take a shot at it. ...

Note: A photo gallery of the Bernie-Senath-Hornersville baseball game is available at this link: View Photos Here BERNIE, Mo. - Bernie Mules baseball coach Darrin Shipman gave senior hurler Devin Trammell the opportunity to finish what he started against the Senath-Hornersville Lions in an untraditional kind of way Thursday afternoon...

James Franklin "Jim" Jarrell, the son of the late Lloyd Leslie and Pauline Wilburn Jarrell, was born in Pyletown, Mo., on Sept. 20, 1939, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 26, 2014, at the age of 74. Mr. Jarrell had lived in Arizona for many years and moved to Dexter in 1973...

Carol J. Adams Blagg, of Dexter, was born July 10, 1951, in Risco to James Edward Adams and Dixie Marie Gremore Adams, and died Aug. 24, 2014 at the age of 63. Ms. Blagg was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by one son, Michael Allen Canoy of Poplar Bluff; and one daughter, Angela Dawn Canoy of Malden; six grandchildren; two brothers, George Wayne Adams of New Madrid and Ronald Adams of Gideon; four sisters, Dixie Corn and Pat Taylor of Risco, Vicki Klein of North Little Rock, Ark., and Sandy Turner of Warrenton, Mo.. ...