Stories from Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Route ZZ in Stoddard County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. This section of roadway is located between Route 60 and County Road 612. Weather permitting, work will take place Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m...

The city of Clarkton is under a boil water advisory until further notice. City officials said this is a precautionary measure due to the city well going down about 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Further information will be released as it becomes available.

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission paid out $59,904.82 in Coronvirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act money last week. The state of Missouri awarded the county $3,405,212 in CARES Act funds, and $2,376,026.25 has been spent so far...

The Puxico School Board approved the annual audit and began discussions on the possible construction of a new elementary school. The audit was presented by Steven Austin with Kraft, Miles and Tatum LLC. The board approved the audit after the presentation...

“Every day is a good day now, no matter how bad it gets,” said 2020 guest reader Windell Minson to the virtual audience. “I have a sayin’ that I say. The sun will still come up in the east everyday. No matter how bad things get in your life the sun will come up everyday. You just have to look for it.”...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Nov. 23-25, 2020 • Rosetta Robertson Trust to Garrett M. Christian and Kacey L. Christian. Glenwood Hills Estates Block 5 Lot 18. • Peggy S. Palmer to Peggy S. Palmer Trust. Carter’s Park Addition No. 2 Dexter Block 4 Lot 10. Chautauqua Park Third Addition Block 17 Lot 7...

Tim Wayne King passed away peacefully at his home on Friday November 27, 2020 in Cape Girardeau at the age of 56.  He was born December 28th, 1963, in Sikeston to Larry and Gail (Goza) King. On June 4th, 2011, he was united in marriage to Sherry (Fitzpatrick) King. Mrs.King survives of their home in Cape...

John Rowland, son of the late John Thomas Rowland and Myrtle Rector Rowland was born on September 7, 1930 in St. Clair County, Illinois and departed this life on November 28, 2020 in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 90...

Gail Ben Kirkpatrick, 87 of Bernie, Passed away November 24, 2020 at Sikeston.  Visitation was held Saturday November 28, 2020 from noon until 2 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Services began at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 2020 starting at 2 p.m.  Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Lois M. McKuin passed away November 27, 2020 at the age of 100.  A Private Family Only Service will be conducted by Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.

Pauline Comfort, daughter of the late Lewis Hindman and Euna Lunsford Hindman, was born on December 2, 1926 in Shidler, Oklahoma, and departed this life on November 26, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 93 years. Mathis Funeral home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Geneva Statler, daughter of the late Fred McAnelly and Ella Lowery McAnelly, was born on March 26, 1934 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on November 27, 2020 at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Missouri, at the age of 90 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Interment followed in Triplett Cemetery in rural Bloomfield...

Charlotte Mayberry, daughter of the late Dr. Floyd Ormond Kelley and Grace M. Groeneman Kelley, was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 14, 1941 and departed this life at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, on November 30, 2020 at the age of 79...

The director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, confirmed two COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday afternoon as well as 16 new cases. Godwin also confirmed 75 recoveries. The county now sits at 2,184 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 222 active cases, 1,918 recoveries and 44 deaths...

“I like standing on the corner,” says Walter Rushing of Dexter. “I especially like it when school gets out. The bus drivers and parents honk as they go by, and the kids who walk always have a smile and a friendly word.” Rushing, sporting a Navy veteran cap, his walker proudly adorned with US flags, is a familiar sight on the corner of Grant and Park Lane, one of the busiest intersections in town...