Stories from Friday, May 22, 2015

Dexter Police May 20-21, 2015 Charles Johnson, 55, of Dexter was arrested for third degree assault and probation violation at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday at 625 N. Locust Street. There is no bond, and he is incarcerated in the Stoddard County Jail. Erica Raymer of Dexter was issued a summons at 12:14 p.m. Tuesday at Grant and Park Streets for being a minor in possession...

Two robbery suspects are currently residing in the Stoddard Count Jail as a result of some vigilant Stoddard County Deputies. At approximately 12:01 a.m., Friday, May 15, Deputy Garry Brady was patrolling State Highway ZZ, near County Road 642 when he saw headlights near some farm equipment...

PARMA, Mo. -- Law enforcement officers are continuing their investigation in the murder of a store clerk during an apparent armed robbery in Parma. According to the New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens, Brenda Smith, 59, a rural Parma resident, was shot at approximately 5:30 a.m. Monday as she and another employee were opening the D and L One Stop for business...

Along with weighing in on a number of proposals Tuesday night (see related sidebar article), Dexter Board of Education members covered several other items during a non-typical session that ran nearly two hours. Significant among those items was unanimous approval for the purchase of new science curriculum at a cost of $249,001.53 to be utilized by teachers kindergarten through grade 12 in the 2015-16 school year...

Several sports-related items consumed much of the agenda at Tuesday night's meeting of the Dexter Board of Education. Presiding over the meeting initially was Board Vice President Rick Williams while President Kevin Bishop and Board Member Mark Nea filled obligations at a middle school event. ...

Dexter lost one of its most noted hometown heroes on Wednesday night. Lt. Col. (Ret) Clifford T. Manlove died peacefully at 97 years of age. Cliff Manlove was a household name not only in Dexter, but across southeast Missouri and beyond. His military career and his heroic efforts during World War II in the European Theater are well preserved in a number of chronicles, magazines and newspaper articles...

The Regional Healthcare, specifically the Mother-to-Mother program within the RHF, is working to get the word out regarding the dangers of leaving an unattended baby in a car in the heat. One method of spreading that word has been to distribute posters warning of the dangers, but Mother-to-Mother has gone a step further and are distributing "EzBabySavers," devices that are being made locally by a group of Girl Scouts...

MALDEN, Mo. - Bernie No. 5 hitter Owen Foster waited for the pitch he wanted and got it Thursday night in the Class 2, District 1 championship against defending state champion Cooter. Foster stepped to the plate looking for a curveball with runners at first and second base with two outs in the top of the sixth inning and his team trailing Cooter 2-1...

Wanda Pullum, daughter of the late John Clyde and Pearl Baker Cook, was born in Bloomfield on July 7, 1931, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 22, 2015, at the age of 83. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield is in charge of all arrangements...

Verna Godwin, daughter of the late Yewell Lawrence and Pearl White Lawrence was born on Sept. 1, 1930, in Stoddard County and died on May 22, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 84. Mrs. Godwin was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, former Chairman of the Stoddard County Children's Home board, formerly employed at Bloomfield and Dexter Public Schools, Past President of Stoddard County Women's Council for County Improvement, past co-chairman of Stoddard County Arts and Humanities, Council member of Missouri Council on Arts, named 1965 Woman of Year, and was also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Delta Kappa.. ...

At 1:17 p.m., Thursday, May 21, Dexter Police arrested Mark L. Akin, 41, of Dexter, on the charge of driving while suspended/revoked. At 1:34 p.m., Thursday, May 21, Dexter Police issued a summons to Todd W. Nichols, 22, of Dexter, on the charge of tampering with waterworks...