Stories from Thursday, January 5, 2023

Stoddard County Coroner Brent Stidham has released the Coroner's Office report. This report released by Stidham each year shows the money spent and the number of cases investigated by his office the previous year. “The Stoddard County Coroner’s office consists of myself and Deputy Coroner Ashley Robey,” said Stidham. “It is our mission to investigate every death in the County and provide accurate death information for death certificates and family members.”...

A Dexter man is facing two felony charges after his arrest during a traffic stop Tuesday. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said a Stoddard County deputy conducted a traffic stop on Bradford Dewayne Marcum, 52 of Dexter. Hefner said the traffic stop occurred in Bernie near the intersection of Main Street and Mann Street...

A Bunker man was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to his role in the beating death of a Brick’s Off-Road Park patron in 2018. Rickey B. Holt, 44, of Bunker pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Class C felony of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to Missouri Casenet...