Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Sept. 14-18, 2020 • Ruben Garza Jr. and Eva Lorraine Ellis Garza to Anthony P. Brown and Bridgette Brown. Section 34 Township 24 Range 10. • Beaird Properties to Powe Gospel Church. Sadler Addition Bernie Block 5 Lots 1-4...

Linda Marie Doerschlen of Dexter, daughter of the late Colonel Eddy Jack and Betty Jane Fisher Doerschlen, was born on November 25, 1955, and passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 23, 2020, at the age of 64 years...

Terry Randall Griffey, son of the late Ike Griffey and Ruth Henson Griffey, was born on December 20, 1959 in Sikeston, and departed this life on September 23, 2020 at his daughter’s residence in Dexter, at the age of 60 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, September 25, 2020. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery in Dexter...

Jimmie Dale Norris, son of the late Herman Norris and Elsie Sifford Norris, was born on December 10, 1931 in Chaffee, and departed this life on September 27, 2020 at his residence in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 88 years. Visitation was held at the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 from noon until 2 p.m. ...

Iva Jean Bay, daughter of the late Arvil Wilson and Mary Jane Riddle Wilson, was born on February 9, 1946 in Mount Judea, Arkansas, and departed this life on September 22, 2020 at Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau, at the age of 74 years, due to COVID-19...

• Ashley Burton, 31, of Benton was arrested at 12:24 a.m. Sept. 21 on a Dexter municipal failure to appear warrant. She was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • Timothy Hurley, 30, of Dexter was arrested at 9:36 a.m. Sept. 22 on suspicion of no seat belt and no insurance and a Dexter municipal failure to appear warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...

• Amy Ledbetter, 41, of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on two warrants for probation violation. • Kasey Lynn Jenkins, 31, of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on two warrants for probation violation. • Danny Lee Baker, 45, of Puxico was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for first-degree harassment. He was released on bond...

• A 58-year-old Advance woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 7:34 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, on Highway 25, two miles east of Delta. According to the report, Matthew J. Armstrong, 34, of Puxico was operating an eastbound 1999 Freightliner, which was stopped in the road for another vehicle. Armstrong’s truck allegedly was struck in the rear by a 2018 GMC Acadia being operated by Marla J. Delay...

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission OK’d more than $250,000 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds during Monday’s weekly meeting. The commissioners approved $253,155.72 to be awarded to six entities: • Dexter R-XI Schools, $142,385;...

Bell City returned to class on Monday after a total of 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 forced the school to close on September 15. Superintendent Matt Asher said the district is now requiring junior high and high school students to wear masks at all times. ...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, has confirmed eight new case of COVID-19 and nine recoveries. The county now sits at 584 confirmed cases with 101 active, 465 recovered and 18 deaths. Broken down by age group the cases are 0 to 19 – 78 cases, 20 to 29 – 89 cases, 30 to 39 – 69 cases, 40 to 49 – 90 cases, 50 to 59 – 78 cases, 60 to 69 – 67 cases, 70 to 79 – 56 cases and 80-plus – 57 cases. ...

The response deadline for the 2020 Census changed again Monday evening to Oct. 5.