Stories from Monday, March 4, 2024

No ballots or raw vote counts were needed at the Bearcat Event Center. Instead, Stoddard County Republicans voted by a show of hands in Missouri’s Republican presidential primary caucus on Saturday, March 2. Donald Trump won by a landslide, 115 votes, and gained all six Stoddard County delegates. County votes are distributed among townships. Nikki Haley and David Stukenburg received no votes...

The Stoddard County Commission meeting Monday, March 4, revealed cyber issues created a two-week extension for filing personal property assessment forms. The internet service provider was down three days, causing the Stoddard County Assessors website (e-file link) to be inaccessible, according to the discussion...

Donald Olen Pickard, 77, of Marble Hill passed away March 1, 2024. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery...

Jerry Jones Jr. son of the late Jerry Jones Sr. and Tina Blagg Jones was born Sept. 8, 1984, in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life Feb. 28, 2024, near Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 39. Funeral services were conducted on March 1, 2024, at Duck Creek Baptist Church in Puxico. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements.

Carol Swallows, daughter of the late Paul Parris, and Bessie Henson Swallows, was born Sept. 19, 1943, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life Feb. 26, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 80. Graveside services were held at Dexter Cemetery Feb. 29, 2024...

Wayne Owens, son of the late Rube Owens and Minnie Gordan Owens, was born Sept. 8, 1944, in Danville, Kentucky and departed this life March 1, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 79. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday March 6, 2024, at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral Services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday March 6, 2024. Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery in Dexter...