Stories from Tuesday, July 9, 2024

BLOOMFIELD — The Stars & Stripes National Museum held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a 3,300-square-foot expansion project. The new building will help the museum expand its efforts to share the history of the Stars & Stripes newspaper, as well as stories of members of the armed forces...

Bloomfield city clerk, Kari Standley distributed invitations to attend the grand opening of a new community center at the Stoddard County Commissioners meeting Monday. Standley said, “We will give tours and explain the different offices.” Bloomfield Department of Public Safety will call the community center home. Bloomfield DPS handles police and fire services for the city of Bloomfield and the surrounding area...

The Bloomfield School District will participate in the Child Adult Care Food Program in the next school year. The item was approved Monday by the Board of Education during their monthly meeting, according to Superintendent Jason Karnes. “This program will allow us to offer an after-school snack for all students staying after school, free of charge to students,” Karnes shared. “We will discuss this at length when everyone is back on campus in August.”...

Grille It Up is back Friday and Saturday with all of the community favorites, including mud volleyball and bed races. Organizers are excited to bring this event back to Dexter for its ninth year, said Jamie Rowe, director of the Dexter Parks Department...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dennis Allen Carmack of Essex has been selected as the district deputy of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for the local area. The BPO Elks National Convention was held June 30-July 3 in Austin, Texas. Carmack will be district deputy for lodges in the Southeast District of the Missouri Elks Association and will serve a one-year term...

The Dexter Police Department will conduct a training July 17 at Dexter schools. It will be a mock active shooter training. It will be conducted in the morning hours of Wednesday, July 17. The Dexter Police Department will participate, along with Dexter Fire Department, Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Stoddard County EMS...

Highway M in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as construction crews perform pavement repairs and striping.   This section of roadway is located from Highway K to Highway 25 near Aquilla.     ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Anna Lopez started her career in health care as a frontline caregiver serving as a radiology tech. Over the next 28 years, she dedicated herself to one nonprofit health care system and worked her way up to chief operating officer. Now Lopez brings her vast experience to Southeast Missouri as the new chief operating officer for Mercy Southeast...

• Kevin Hurley vs. Jessica R. Hurley – CC Dissolution of Marriage W/O Children • Stevie S. Housel vs. Seth L. Housel – CC Dissolution of Marriage W/O Children

• St. vs. Isaiah Germaine Polnitz - Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 16 - 19 Mph) • Bernie vs. Jackie Rondle Pipkin - Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (11-15 Mph Over) • Bernie vs. Ruth Anne Lovette - Driver Of Motor Vehicle Failed To Wear Properly Adjusted/Fastened Safety Belt; Fine...

A federal law created in 1991 sought to prevent certain phone call telemarketing practices. Called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the law restricted corporations from using robocall technology to send mass advertising messages to people’s landline phones. The law also applies to politicians, though politicians, because of First Amendment considerations, are given more latitude than businesses and corporations. ...