Stories from Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Most Three Rivers College students will remain out of class for the rest of the week as the college continues to recover from a ransomware attack. Dr. Wesley Payne, president, said Monday evening that all classes besides nursing and allied health — which have continued to meet throughout the incident — would not resume until after spring break...

The Dexter Board of Alderman passed three ordinances and witnessed the newest board member sworn in. The meeting opened with City Clerk Crystal Bishop swearing in Michael Shepard to the Ward I alderman position. Shepard was appointed by Dexter Mayor Jason Banken at the February meeting to finish the term of alderman Frank Killian. Killian resigned in December after moving to Ward III...

BLOOMFIELD — David Wyman, of the Missouri Department of Transportation, presented the Stoddard County Commission with an agreement to reimburse the county for a recently completed road project at Monday’s meeting. The county was approved for a Community Development Block Grant for more than $434,000 for the widening of the intersection at state Highway 25 and county Route Y...

“After living with diabetes for six years,” observes 14-year-old Drew Roberts of Dexter, “it’s just part of my life. I know what I have to do to stay alive, so I do it.” Drew says he received a wakeup call to the seriousness of his disease during the first days of his diagnosis...

The 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Day ecumenical corned beef and cabbage event will again feature a charity drawing. This year four items will be available to be won. The first is a handmade quilt measuring 74 inches by 87 inches. The quilt is both machine and hand pieced using vintage 1940 material. The pattern used is a Drunkard’s Path variation...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Feb. 17-23, 2020 • Brehmer Investments to Tammi D. Battles. O’Heren Addition Bernie Block 3 Lots 4-6. • Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Fred Lincoln Scherer III. Morries Addition Bell City Block 1 Lots 1-2...

Recently, Advance student and FCCLA member, Annie Duffield, created a project she named, Annie’s Blessings. Duffield decided that she had been blessed with way too many items to be able to keep. She didn’t want them to go unwanted and stored away in a box somewhere...

August Gene Jackson, son of the late August Franklin Jackson and Rose Parks Jackson, was born on June 29, 1927 in Aid and departed this life on February 29, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County, in Dexter, at the age of 92 years and 8 months...

James R. Stogsdill, son of the late James Perry Stogsdill and Elizabeth Francis Boulware Stogsdill, was born on March 20, 1928 in Marble Hill, Missouri and departed this life on February 29, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County at the age of 91 years...

James Britton, son of Ruth Peters Britton and the late Ollie “Ott” Britton, was born on January 10, 1959 in Essex and departed this life on March 1, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 61 years. Mr. Britton was a former employee of Brown Shoe Factory and he was a handy man for a saw mill. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter and the Knights of Columbus...

• Joshua Thomas Jerry Franklin, 30, out of Dudley, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for failure to register vehicle and another warrant for no proof of insurance. • Mary Elizabeth Parsley, 22, of Murphsbory, IL was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid and possession of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid of 10 grams or less...

• A report of property damage was made at 8:35 a.m. Feb. 17 at 127 E. Stoddard St. Investigation is ongoing. • A report of stealing and property damage was made at 5:51 p.m. Feb. 17 at 23 N. Locust St. Investigation is ongoing. • A report of second-degree burglary was made at 12:46 p.m. Feb. 18 at 702 N. Walnut St. Investigation is ongoing...

Joann Jameson, daughter of the late Claude Moore and Ruth McClain Moore, was born on April 9, 1947 in Piggott, Arkansas and departed this life on February 24, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 72 years...