Stories from Tuesday, September 17, 2019

BLOOMFIELD — A representative of Smith and Company attended U.S. Highway 51 Bridge Replacement over the Ohio River Public Kickoff Meetings last week in Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois. Bill Robison, of the Poplar Bluff-based engineering firm, reported what he learned to the Stoddard County Commission at its weekly meeting Monday morning...

Ellen Russom runs Stan’s Carpet in Dexter by herself, in fact she is the only employee there. She has been at the Dexter store since 1999. If a roll of carpet or flooring needs to be moved, Russom hops on her forklift and moves it where it needs to go. She can cut a piece of carpet for you. However she admits the installers who are independent contractors will cut the larger pieces. She sweeps, waits on customers, she does it all...

• Robert Jason Aslin, 42, of Dexter, was arrested Friday on a probation violation and an aggravated DWI charge. • Gary Lee Rohan, 51, of Puxico, was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor failure-to-appear warrant. • Natalie Jean Maze, 39, of Dexter, was arrested Saturday for possession of a controlled substance (35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannaboid) and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...

• A 51-year-old Puxico man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:50 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, on Highway J at Highway 51, five miles south of Puxico. According to the report, Jamie B. Howard was operating a 2006 Dodge pickup westbound when he failed to stop at the intersection and continued straight, striking an embankment...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell 09/02/19-09/06/19 • Larry J. Curtis and Tori Curtis to Brian Taylor. Nelson’s Addition Dexter Block 3 Lot 2. • Mark Booker and Kristi Booker to MMRS. Glenwood Hills Estates Block 14 Lots 19-22...

• A license plate was reported lost or stolen on the North Outer Road at 8:52 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. • Hunter S.L. Williams, 26, of Dexter, was arrested on a warrant at 10:03 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 at 1003 Wildwood Dr. • Troy D. Underwood, 34, of Dexter, was arrested on a warrant at 10:59 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 at Stoddard and Nelson streets...

Anyone who has had the pleasure of knowing Kitty Kandalaft of Dexter may have trouble believing that this soft-spoken, gracious southern lady had her beginnings in the rustic, rugged terrain of West Virginia...