Stories from Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Marge Thurston, daughter of the late Walter W. Heigle and Glennia Howard Heigle, was born on July 8, 1932, in Morrilton, Arkansas, and departed this life on August 7, 2022, at her residence in St. Charles, Missouri, at the age of 90 years. Mrs. Thurston was a mother and homemaker, and she was of the Church of Christ faith...

Danny Creasy, son of the late James D. Creasy and Norma Grace Creasy, was born on June 4, 1948, in Qulin, Missouri, and departed this life on August 6, 2022, in Wappapello, Missouri, at the age of 74. Graveside services will be conducted on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Bobby Strickland, son of the late John Strickland and Mildred Teel Strickland, was born on May 24, 1958, in Gideon, Missouri, and departed this life on August 7, 2022, in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 64. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, August 12, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. ...

Pedro Javier Orocio passed away August  8, 2022 at the age of 45.  Visitation will be Thursday, August 11, 2022 at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Kennett, Missouri from 10 a.m. until noon.  Funeral services will then be conducted at noon at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Kennett, Missouri.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Alan Wade Botsch 74 of Bernie passed away August 7, 2022.  Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral Services will then be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment will follow in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with Full Military Honors.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

The Dexter Police along with the Bloomfield Police Department, Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department and the Bernie Police Department participated in active shooter training Friday at Dexter High School. The training was conducted by the Missouri Highway Patrol. This training has been going on with different departments involved for the past three weeks...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri gathered enough signatures to make it on the November ballot, the secretary of state announced Tuesday. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft also said a proposal to allow ranked-choice voting failed to collect the roughly 170,000 voter signatures from six of the state's eight congressional districts to get on the ballot...