Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2023

The weekly meeting in the Stoddard County Commission Chambers opened with the closing of Tyson in Dexter. Dexter City Administrator Dave Wyman said 683 workers at the Tyson production plant plus the poultry farmers in the area will be affected. Wyman said these employees also contribute to Dexter and have kids in the Dexter School System...

Richard (Dick) Sayers, 83 of Bernie, passed away August 4, 2023 at Missouri Delta Medical Center, Sikeston, Missouri. A Memorial Service will be held at a later time. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements.

Sheila Smith, daughter of the late James Rayburn and Beulah Caine Rayburn, was born on July 15, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on August 4, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 72. Graveside services will be held at a later date...

Lawrence Beatty, son of the late Lawrence Beatty and Marguerite Pyatt Beatty was born on August 9, 1950, in Moses Lake, Washington and departed this life on August 4, 2023, in Bloomfield, Missouri at the age of 72. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, August 11, 2023, from Noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m...

• Katie M. Whitley, 35 of Bell City, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a stste warrant issued by Stoddard County for probation violation • Brady Sherrell Cooper, 27 of Malden, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for fail to appear on charges of operating a motor vehicle without maintaining financial responsibility and driver/front seat passenger fail to wear properly adjusted/fastened seatbelt...

• Tamra Jones, 53 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for fail to appear/pay fine • Karen Hawley, 50 of Bernie, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for fail to appear/pay fine • Samuel Poe, 38 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for fail to appear/pay fine...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier 7/24/23 to 7/28/23 • Joe D. Lara, Bailee N. Lara, Bailee N. Hyslip to Kevin M. Koechner, Kandy L. Koechner, RIDGETOP ACRES SUBD. DEXTER, BLK 2, LOT 1 SEC 28 TWP 25 R 10 • Vernon Leroy Hickson to William T. Gregory, WILLIS SECOND ADD ESSEX, BLK 2, LOTS 5 AND 6...

Dexter Mayor Jason Banken opened Monday’s Dexter Board of Aldermen meeting, discussing what he called the “elephant in the room.” “Today the Tyson announcement devastated us all,” said Banken. “We have a lot of unknowns coming up. We are working on them. We are dealing with them. We are trying to get those people relocated to jobs somewhere else in the future. That is not immediate. We want everyone to know publicly also we are working on that, seeing what our future is and seeing what we can do for those employees.”