Stories from Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Dexter Police Department will participate in the DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The unwanted prescription medication can be placed in a drop box in the lobby of the Dexter Police Station...

KENNETT, Mo. – Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain announces that Benny Lynn Johnson, 59, of Milan, Tennessee was convicted by a Stoddard County Jury on October 20th of the felonies of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. The jury recommended the maximum possible sentence on each of three charges of driving while intoxicated causing a death and two charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident...

A Bloomfield man is facing multiple charges after authorities found him in possession of drugs and a firearm at his residence on Tuesday. Andy Holden, Chief Deputy with the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department, said in a news release that Stoddard County deputies assigned to the SEMO Drug Taskforce, received information indicating David Barfield was selling methamphetamine from his residence in Bloomfield...