Stories from Monday, July 15, 2024

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Sunday called for unity and pledged an independent review following the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday where former President Donald J. Trump was shot and injured. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said in remarks from the White House, adding that “there is no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter.”...

Chaffee High School students attended the 44th National Beta Club Convention in Savannah, Georgia, and returned home with a national champion. Eli Nix, a junior — now rising senior — and the historian of Chaffee Beta Club, took first place at the convention in the Recyclable Art Division 2 by repurposing an old window and aluminum cans to make a stained glass window...

Mark 6 is a pretty dark chapter in the ministry of Jesus. John is in prison. (Keep in mind John is the cousin of Jesus. He also baptized the Christ). John is in prison for upsetting the wife of Herod. Well, it was a little more than that. You see, Herodias was married to Philip, the brother of Herod. ...

Killing mosquitoes was the task assigned to an unmanned aerial vehicle pilot in Dexter’s East Park on June 11. The pilot of the UAV, also known as a drone, applied a botanical insecticide product of Rockwell Labs Ltd. called EcoVia EC. The active ingredients contain thyme and rosemary oil. The inert ingredients contain wintergreen oil...

Wednesday, July 17 Summer reading Keller Public Library will host its summer reading program from 11 a.m.-noon. The Dexter Parks and Recreation Department will talk about the local parks program. Thursday, July 18 Farmers market Dexter Farmers Market is open 4-6 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 3 at East Park. Those interested in being a vendor can contact the Chamber at info@dexterchamber.com or 573-624-7458...

Following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, local Democrats and Republicans found common ground in their shock at the event. “I was thanking God that he was OK,” state Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff) remarked. He believed God intervened to save Trump’s life...

James Cook, son of Frank Cook of Bernie, Missouri and the late Estell Manes Cook, was born June 22, 1955, in Arkansas and departed this life July 11, 2024, at the age of 69. A Celebration of Life service will be planned for a later date. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Ricky Long, son of the late Rodney and Margaret Long, was born on July 4th, 1953, in Advance, Missouri, and departed this life July 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 71. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter July 15, 2024. Interment followed in Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery in Advance...

Richard Dennis Gant, son of the late Bruce Edward Gant and Beulah Mae (Maskill) Gant, was born Sept. 9, 1946, in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life at Mercy Hospital of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri July 13, 2024, at the age of 77. Richard was a lifelong resident of Stoddard County and was of the Protestant faith. ...

Neda Charlene (Lewis) Bowman, 74, of Campbell, was born to the late Charlie and Ruth Fowler Lewis in Poplar Bluff, Missouri Saturday, Oct. 8, 1949. She departed this life Sunday, July 7, 2024 at her residence in Campbell, Missouri. Charlene was a surgical tech at Dexter Hospital working under Dr. Hill...

David E. Moore, son of the late Eanes Moore and Laveda Crump Moore, was born May 12, 1949, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life July 13, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 75. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 3-4:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2024...