Stories from Friday, April 5, 2024

Route 114 in Stoddard County will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform shoulder repairs. This section of roadway is located from Trotter Street to County Road 763 near Essex, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, April 8 through Tuesday, April 29 from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily...

Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain filed charges Friday, April 5, on Kennett resident Joseph Rogers, 32, for an assault on a resident at the Senath Health Care Center nursing home by an employee. Bond has been set at $75,000. More details to follow in the DDD as they become available...

A Dexter police officer has been terminated in the death of a police dog, and the Stoddard County prosecutor’s office has been asked to way in. Officials allege the officer was also responsible for the neglect of a previous police dog. Officer Derrick Durall, the K-9 handler for Apollo, was terminated, according to an executive session vote Monday by the Dexter Board of Alderman. The information was included in a press release from the city...