Stories from Tuesday, January 14, 2020

“This is an exciting time to be involved at the Stars and Stripes Museum,” Morgan Wilkinson observes enthusiastically. “We finally have secured enough funds that we can maintain a full-time staff, and we are able to plan a broad array of activities that will appeal to various ages and interests.”...

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two stories detailing the construction at Southwest and Central Elementary. The bond issue passed by voters in April of 2019 is bringing a much needed preschool program to Dexter Schools. Assistant Superintendent Gavin Miller said students will enter the new addition from the kindergarten hallway. ...

The Puxico School District began a link to a survey along with a letter to parents and community members on Jan. 10. Two versions of the survey were sent out. One was sent to community members who do not currently have children attending Puxico Schools while a similar survey was sent to parents of current students...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Dec. 30, 2019- Jan. 3, 2020 • Billie Pat Wright to Rickie Dewayne Rainey and Becky Dean Lizenbee. Section 22 Township 25 Range 10. • Darrell Tipton and Cheryle Morin to Anson Barney. SEC 23 TWP 25 R 10...

Tommy Lee Pullum, son of the late Bill Pullum and Jessie White Pullum, was born on January 1, 1952 in Bernie and departed this life on January 8, 2020 at his residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 68 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Interment followed in the Essex Cemetery...

Lucille Newsom, daughter of the late August Jessie Sittner and Gertrude Tuck Sittner was born on March 26, 1920 in Vanduser, Missouri and departed this life on January 12, 2020 at the Winchester Place in Bernie at the age of 99 years. A Graveside service was conducted on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at the Shain Memorial Cemetery near Fisk...

• A report of stealing was made at 2:09 p.m. Dec. 24 at 123 E. Stanley St. Lot 10. • Charles Neslon, 37, of Dexter, was arrested on a failure-to-appear warrant at 11:26 p.m. Dec. 24.

• Destiny Michell Corbin, age 26 out of Lake Land, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for possession of controlled substance; assault-3rd degree; and a parole violation. • Thomas Lee Simmons, age 38 out of Caruthersville, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on warrants for forgery and stealing...

Tara Saunders of Dexter likes to play $5 Scratchers games, using the information provided at MOLottery.com to see what games are new and which have the most prizes remaining. In the first week of 2020, that strategy paid off. Saunders played “$100,000 Money Multiplier,” a game that had been available for less than two weeks with no top prizes claimed at the time. She purchased two of the tickets at Walmart, 2025 W. Business Highway 60 in Dexter, and took them home...

The Puxico Board of Aldermen reviewed the city's audit and heard an update from Stoddard County Emergency Management (EMA) Director Kent Polsgrove. Tim Mayberry, a representative from Van de Ven, LLC, the city’s auditing firm, was present to present the fiscal year 2019 audit. ...

As Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center and Dexter R-XI prepare for a new partnership, potential improvements appear down the line for both schools.