Stories from Wednesday, October 8, 2014

SUBMITTED photo September Elks Students Larry White, Dexter Elks Lodge member, presents certificates and $50 checks for Savings Bonds to Bell City seniors Quinton Herkenhoff, son of Dan and Sharon Herkenhoff, and Nicole Rampley, daughter of Jim Jr. and Bobbie Rampley. ...

The Dexter Police Department participated in the Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Week Law Enforcement Campaign conducted September 14-20, 2014. During the enforcement effort, officers issued a total of 61 traffic tickets including: 0 child safety seat violations; 25 safety belt tickets; 6 speeding tickets; 1 driving while intoxicated; and 50 other traffic violations. 0 felony arrests were made as a result of the crackdown...

Dexter Police Oct. 7, 2014 At 1:05 a.m. Monday, summonses were issued to Benny L. Johnson, 52, of Milan Texas and Charles Dwayne Johnson, 54, of Dexter. Both were summoned for third degree domestic assault at 1309 W. Business 60. A counterfeit $20 bill was reported at U.S. Bank. Police are investigating...

The Highway Patrol arrested two individuals in Stoddard County on Monday for DWI and traffic related charges. At 7 a.m., the patrol arrested Lucas Hernandez, 24, of Malden for DWI, having no driver's license and C&I driving. He was transported to the Stoddard County Jail...

by JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer The Dexter Board of Aldermen met Monday night at the Dexter Municipal Building; and, among the items discussed was the passage of two new ordinances. The reason for the passage of the ordinances was to officially approve the provision of water to an area outside the city limits...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer BERNIE, Mo. -- The Bernie Board of Aldermen worked through a routine agenda Monday night that included setting Dec. 12 as the date for the annual Christmas meeting and setting the hours for trick-or-treating in the city from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 31...

By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer The bridge on County Road 307 in Pike Township has hit a snag in moving forward, while two others have been completed under the Off-System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program (BRO) in Stoddard County. The Stoddard County Commission has been aggressively pursuing replacing deficient bridges in the county using federal BRO funds...

by JONATHON DAWE Statesman Staff Writer His first night as a law enforcement officer, Sammy Stone found himself involved in a car chase as well as a foot chase. At the end of his shift, the then 20-something had a realization: He loved being a cop. Now the Chief of Police for Dexter Police Department, Stone celebrated 30 years on the local department on Oct. 5. He still loves it...

A memorial service for Leslie and Ernestine McQuary will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery Committal Shelter in Bloomfield. Leslie, originally from Dexter, died on Jan. 29, 2014, and Ernestine, raised in Bloomfield, died on Feb. 16. They had lived in Tuscon, Ariz. since 1950 and were married for 78 years...