Stories from Friday, October 11, 2024

BLOOMFIELD — In a strongly worded ruling, Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner has been found guilty of knowingly violating Missouri’s open records law in failing to release body camera footage in the 2003 killing of a dog by a deputy. Judge Wade Pierce found that Hefner’s defense — whether or not the matter of safety/security something was something that took precedence over a records request — was an attempt to hide what happened. Hefner has been fined more than $6,000...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — A Mississippi County community is heartbroken following the death of one of its longest and strongest supporters. Former State Rep. James Stephen “Steve” Hodges Sr., 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...