Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Story Updated The unofficial Stoddard County results of the August Primary are in and Stoddard County has selected a new coroner in Brent Stidham. Stidham held off Don Seymore by a count of 3,510 votes to 2,708. Stidham will replace incumbent Kenny Pope who did not run for re-election...

Jerry Don Lemar was born on March 25, 1937 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on July 30, 2020, at the Bloomfield Living Center, at the age of 83. Born to Harold and Dorothy Lemar, Jerry had three siblings: Harold Dean (deceased), Sue Mayo (Jim) of Bloomfield and Kay Dobbins (Jerry) of Santa Clarita, California. Jerry spent his formative years in Marble Hill and Lutesville until his family moved to Bloomfield...

Dorothy Lee Compton of Dexter, daughter of late Hubert William Hudgens and Ruby Emma Sadler Compton, was born in Dexter on Oct. 11, 1932, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, on July 29, 2020, at the age of 87 years...

Martha Jean Stafford, 94, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, passed away on August 1, 2020. Graveside services will be conducted at Dexter Cemetery on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements...

BLOOMFIELD — Two concerned citizens approached the Stoddard County Commission on Monday about bringing a confederate monument in Cape Girardeau to the county’s Civil War Memorial Cemetery. Paul Arnold and Alan Jones asked the commissioners how the monument formerly located in Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau could be brought to Stoddard County...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen approved three ordinances Monday evening during its monthly meeting. The first was a rezoning hearing for a property on Highway 25. The owner requested the property be rezoned from commercial to single family residential. No citizens were on hand to speak on the matter, so the board proceeded with the approval of the ordinance and the property was rezoned...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell July 20-24, 2020 • William W. Lane and Diane M. Lane to Sidney Taylor Leroux. Willis Second Addition Essex Block 4 Lots 5-6. • Alvin Smyth and Alvin Smyth Jr. to Hubert Neeley and Teresa Neeley. Original Town Dexter Block 1 Lot 6...

The Puxico Board of Aldermen heard a report on the sewer improvement project and an update on the delinquent taxes in the city at its July meeting. Maintenance Supervisor David Hawthorne delivered the maintenance department’s report on the sewer improvement project. ...

• Jarod Metcalf, 25, of Dexter, was arrested at 9 a.m. Monday, July 27, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant. • Heather Buck, 36, of Dexter, was arrested at 5:20 p.m. Monday, July 27, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant. • Jasper Cantrell 46, of Dexter, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant...

• James Arthur Davenport, 51, of Puxico was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on domestic assault – 3rd degree. • Robert Jason Aslin, age 43 of Pocahontas, Ar was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation violation. • Christopher Alan Markham, age 37 of Bell City, Mo was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on domestic assault – 3rd degree...

• Sandra L. Ekstam, 46, of Sullivan, Missouri, was arrested at 12:43 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, on suspicion of tampering with a motor vehicle and no seat belt and a warrant for parole violation. She was booked at the Stoddard County Jail. • Joshua B. Kidd, 20, of Essex was arrested at 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, on a Stoddard County failure to appear warrant for no seat belt. He was booked at the Stoddard County Jail...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Department, has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon. The county now stands at 218 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 27 active cases. 182 recoveries and nine deaths.