Stories from Thursday, February 29, 2024

A Dexter man has been arrested on felony charges of possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon. Dustin Hadley was arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday near the intersection of State Highway H and State Highway U near Bernie, said Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner...

Gregory Altman II, son of Greg and Kristie Altman of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Windy Gail Gardner, was born Oct. 3, 1995, in Odessa, Texas, and departed this life Feb. 16, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 28. A Celebration of Life service was held at The Lair Event Center in Dexter on Feb. 24...

Wayne Cagle, son of the late Henry Cagle and Evelyn Walker Cagle, was born Jan. 24, 1944, in Leora, Missouri, and departed this life Feb. 21, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 80. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Feb. 24. Interment followed in the West Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Bloomfield...

Herbert Richard Higginbotham, son of the late Herbert Russell Higginbotham and Evelyn Long Higginbotham, was born June 18, 1934, in Carroll County, Arkansas, and departed this life Feb. 25, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 89. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. March 1. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Shirley Lundy, daughter of the late Gene and Irene Estes, was born on Nov. 5, 1935, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on Feb. 15, 2024, in Summerfield, Florida, at the age of 88. Graveside services will be held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield at 1 p.m. March 1...

Harold Pullum, son of the late John Harold Pullum and Ellen Purcel Pullum, was born July 19, 1944, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on Feb. 24, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 12:30-2 p.m. Feb. 28. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter...

Donald Rothlisberger, son of the late Albert Rothlisberger and Peachie Tilley Rothlisberger, was born April 9, 1945, in Iron Mountain, Missouri, and departed this life on Feb. 21, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 78. A memorial service was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Feb. 26...

Bobbie Ward, daughter of the late Richard Sheldon and Addie Caldwell Sheldon, was born Jan. 10, 1930, in Advance, Missouri, and departed this life Feb. 19, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 94. A private graveside service was held at Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bloomfield...

Mark Williams, 40, of Bernie was arrested Saturday, Feb. 17, for driving with an excessive blood alcohol content. _ Daren Bilderback, 52, of Dexter was arrested Sunday, Feb. 18, for assault-simple. _ Nicholas McCloud, 30, of Malden was arrested Sunday, Feb. 18, for warrant service, failure to pay fine...

Stoddard County County Recorder Candy Collier Warranty Deeds • Hessling Construction Inc to Lloyd Barr, Megan Barr SEC 19 TWP 25 R 10 • O S Hunting Club to O S Farms SEC 16 TWP 24 R 9 • Bobby D. McGowen, Karyn R. Griffin, Steven W. Griffin to Bobby D. McGowen, Karyn R. Griffin MCCOLLUM SECOND ADD DEXTER BLOCK 4 LOTS 12 13 AND 14 SEC 35 TWP 27 R 8...

Michael John Bratu, Bernie and Courtnee Rae Shepersky, Bernie Jeremy Allen Whittemore, Dexter and Kelly Dean Cain, Dexter Benjamin Albert Dyle, Dudley and Cynthia Kaye Heaton, Dexter

The Dexter School Board will donate a portion of its right of way to the city of Dexter for phase three of trail expansion operations. The matter was discussed during the Tuesday, Feb. 20, board of education meeting, along with a leadership academy for teachers and recent calls for service by school resource officers...