Stories from Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Registration has begun for the 2021 Dexter Parks and Recreation youth volleyball season. The league is open to girls entering the fourth through sixth grades. The registration fee is $35 and the entry deadline is Aug. 12. For more information, call 624-8244 and visit dexterpark-rec.com...

The deadline to register for the Dexter Parks and Recreation’s Heartland Football League travel teams is Thursday, Aug. 5. Dexter will field a third- and fourth-grade team and a fifth- and sixth-grade team for the upcoming season. The registration fee is $75...

Justin Micheal McGowan, son of Jerry Don McGowan of Bernie, Missouri and the late Shirley Louise McGowan, was born on February 27, 1958 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on July 31, 2021 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 63...

Elbert Lowell Gilooly, son of the late James Hamilton Gilooly and Vivian Delores Crick Gilooly was born on June 10, 1945, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on July 30, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 76 years...

Billy Morris Curry of Morris, Missouri, son of the late A.B. “Buck” and Clara (Purvis) Curry was born on April 04, 1941 in Lamar, Arkansas and passed away on July 29, 2021 in Morehouse, Missouri at the age of 80 years. Billy had lived in Southeast Missouri most his life. ...

Theresa Lynn Brown, 68 of Bernie passed away July 31, 2021 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation was held on Monday, August 2, 2021 from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment followed at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Terry Keith “T.K.” Barber, born on December 19, 1956 in Sikeston, Missouri, passed from this life on July 28th, 2021 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 64 years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Louise Taylor of Morehouse, Missouri, his brother, Marshall Barber of Morehouse, Missouri and son-in-law, Randy Evans of El Dorado, Arkansas...

Dexter, Mo. – Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County has reopened its Emergency Services, Behavioral Health and Inpatient units following a tornado that caused significant damage to the facility on July 10. The hospital issued a news release saying damages have been repaired in these areas and extensive, additional testing has been completed to ensure patient safety...

Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs, Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley and Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor are all strong supporters of the Second Amendment. So it might surprise some to see that all three have reservations about the newly-signed law House Bill 85, also known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act...