Stories from Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Jan. 6-10, 2020 • Charles Thomas and Stephanie Thomas to Odis L. Lewis and Vonita A. Lewis. Section 3 Township 26 Range 8. • Karen K. Kyle to Michelle Essary. SEC 33 TWP 27 R 11. SEC 4 TWP 26 R 11...

BLOOMFIELD — Representatives with the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission informed the Stoddard County Commission on Wednesday of a change in its meeting schedule. Executive Director Hannah Barnett and Transportation Planner Scott Perry told the commissioners at their weekly meeting that the group’s three bimonthly meetings will be held on the same day at the Dexter office...

The fate of the Progressive Industries and Target Case Management (TCM) buildings remains unknown after the SB40 Board rejected the only bid received and the Sheltered Workshop will apparently not be moving from its current location. Workshop not moving...

“I always wanted to be a teacher,” a smiling Rosemary Walker observes. “From the time I was a little girl, I wanted to teach, and when I look back over my career in business education, my greatest pleasure came from watching the students in my secretarial practice class move on to good jobs, or to take their skills with them to college.”...

Dexter native Gladys Casey Sting celebrated her 100th birthday on January 4 at Hickory Log with a dinner consisting of ribs, beef brisket and of course birthday cake. She was joined at the celebration by about 74 family and friends. Sting had not seen some in attendance for many years. Some traveled more than 850 miles to attend the milestone event...

Ira Avery, Jr. of Whitewater, son of late Ira, Sr. and Sophia Ann Kelly Avery, born June 4, 1923 in Clines Island and passed away in Whitewater on Jan. 13, 2020, age 96. He was born, raised, attended church and school at Clines Island in Stoddard County. ...

Terry Lee Stickles, son of the late Argil Stickles and Opal Edwards Stickles, was born on November 8, 1955 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on January 15, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 64 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Saturday, January 18, 2020. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Carolyn Kay Robinson, daughter of the late W.C. Hillyard and Mamie Carlisle Hillyard, was born on July 17, 1942 in Broseley, Missouri and departed this life on January 17, 2020 at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri at the age of 77 years. Funeral services were conducted Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, January 20, 2020. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

• A 40-year-old Dudley man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, on Highway H at Highway 25 in Stoddard County. According to the report, Jason R. Patterson was operating a 2010 Nissan southbound when he failed to stop at a stop sign, and his vehicle struck a cable barrier, four posts and an embankment...

• Carli Long, 32, of Dexter, was arrested at 11:56 a.m. Jan. 5 on a failure-to-appear warrant. • Brandon Campbell, 38, of Dexter, was arrested at 1:59 p.m. Jan. 5 on a first-degree trespassing charge. • Kevin Rice, 21, of Clarkton, was arrested at 1:27 p.m. Jan. 7 on a failure-to-appear warrant...

• Travis R Rowland, age 46 of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation/parole violation.   • David Patrick Carter, age 37 of Bloomfield was booked the Stoddard County Jail on probation/parole violation. • Andrew Blake Worthy-age 33 out of Puxico-was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for domestic assault-2nd degree...

The Lunch Box in Dexter received a $13,500 grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture Agriculture Development division. The grant will be used to install a new walk-in cooler at the facility. This will allow the safe storage of more food. Currently the facility has an outdoor walk-in cooler that has limited storage. ...