Stories from Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Stoddard County Corrections Officer Roy Jones was arrested Saturday evening in Bollinger County on allegations of incest and rape in the second degree, according to the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department. Jones is due in court Wednesday for arraignment...

A nearly $20 million budget and two-year contract for a student resource officer were among items approved by the Dexter R-XI Board of Education during June's regular monthly meeting. According to Superintendent C.A. Counts, the Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget 'strives to meet the financial obligations necessary to achieve a high quality education that our children deserve.'...

Stoddard County officials have said a Dexter homicide victim was stabbed, but no other new information has been released. An investigation into the death of Jimmy Lynn Casey, 66, began after a home-health worker found his body June 28 at his residence in the 1100 block of Mulberry Street...

Three Rivers College and Dexter Parks and Recreation are partnering to provide a weekend of fitness, food and fun in East Park with summer festivities and a foot race aimed at the entire family. The Dash-n-Splash 5k will kick things off at 6 p.m. Friday with a 3.1 mile run and 1-mile walk. Proceeds will benefit TRC-Dexter's Student Success Fund, which assists with scholarships and other special projects...

Six incoming seniors at Dexter High School participated in the 2018 Missouri Girls State held June 24-30 in Warrensburg. Anna Bishop, Rylie Frizzell, Olivia Lacy, Erica Parris, Macy Roper and MaKenna Wilson attended the event held at the University of Central Missouri...

By STEPHEN MOORE President Donald Trump's aluminum and steel tariff policies have now triggered retaliatory tariffs from other nations, including Canada, the EU and China. Last week President Trump imposed new tariffs on more than $30 billion of Chinese electronic equipment and other consumer goods. ...

A new Dexter police officer is expected to start work Monday, according to city officials. Board of Aldermen members voted July 2 to appoint Derrick Durall as a patrolman, on the recommendation of police chief Trevor Pulley. Durall will start at a salary of $32,000, said city administrator Mark Stidham...

Three new Senate Bill 40 board members were appointed by Stoddard County Commissioners during Monday's meeting. Danny Griffin, Ray McLane and Josh Hester were appointed to fill two open SB40 board spots and one other which was up for reappointment. "This is something we all have thought about heavily," Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis said following the ballot style vote in which he was the lone vote for Sheila Alsup, Daniel Robinson and Mike McCollough...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN If Mitch McConnell's Senate can confirm his new nominee for the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump may have completed the capture of all three branches of the U.S. government for the Republican Party. Not bad for a rookie. And the lamentations on the left are surely justified...

Staff Reports The Southeast Missouri Superintendents Association selected Dr. Tim Hager as its "Outstanding Superintendent for 2018." By earning this honor, Hager was a finalist for the Pearce Award, which is given to the Outstanding Superintendent for the state of Missouri. The Pearce Award was awarded at the spring Missouri Association of School Administrator (MASA) Conference...

Liberal extremists are taking their open borders strategies to new lengths with their latest rally cry to completely eliminate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Extremist calls to "abolish ICE" -- sometimes without even understanding what the brave men and women who enforce U.S. immigration laws do -- should send shivers down the spines of Americans everywhere...

Area students recently learned the basics of sewing through a partnership between a local sewing shop and a national youth development campaign. Myra Knight, owner of Sew Much More in Poplar Bluff, hosted four girls last week as part of Row By Row Jr., a summertime youth development program introducing sewing and its intrinsic benefits to kids age 6-14...

The Three Rivers Endowment Trust has selected its officers for new fiscal year. Leading the organization as its chair is Keith Holloway, whose term runs through June 2019. He and his family live in the Cape Girardeau area, where Holloway owns Professional Packaging, a regional pallet brokerage. His wife, Kathy Bess Holloway, is the General Manager at Bluff City Beer; the couple have two sons, Joda and James...

PIEDMONT, Mo. - James E. Bowles, 74, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at his home near Mill Spring, Mo. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Memorials have been suggested to the Bowles Clearwater School Scholarship Fund and may be sent to Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel, 100 Piedmont Ave. Piedmont, MO 63957. Online condolences may be left at www.morrisonworleychapel.com...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Michael Wayne Sherritze, 59, of Malden died Monday at his residence. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Landess chapel with the Rev. Stewart-Allen Clark officiating. Burial will be in the Parma Cemetery in Parma...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- One Sunday morning this past spring -- in the midst of a spectacular sophomore season -- Kameron Misner woke up to a prickling sensation permeating his foot. As an integral cog in the Missouri Tigers baseball machine he's produced a 2017 freshman All-American campaign and was named to the preseason Second Team All-SEC in 2018. ...

Teresa R. Kuper, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Ms. Kuper, the daughter of the late George and Kathryn Friedman Kuper was born Aug. 4, 1933 in Glennonville, Mo. She was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and had retired from John J. Pershing VA Medical Center...

DEXTER -- Three Rivers College and Dexter Parks and Recreation are partnering to provide a weekend of fitness, food and fun in East Park with summer festivities and a foot race aimed at the entire family. The Dash-n-Splash 5K will kick things off at 6 p.m. Friday with a 3.1-mile run and 1-mile walk. Proceeds will benefit TRC-Dexter's Student Success Fund, which assists with scholarships and other special projects...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Rev. Dayna Zoll-Cookson of Puxico went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 9, 2018 at her home surrounded by family at the age of 41 years. Dayna was born Nov. 26, 1976 at Poplar Bluff, Mo. and had lived in Dudley, Dexter, New Mexico, St. Louis and Puxico. She graduated from Puxico High School in 1995, attended Three Rivers Community College, SLCC and acquired her Master of Arts degree from Lindenwood University in 2011 in Counseling...

There are basic requirements that must be met in order to conduct official business in a transparent and legal manner, Poplar Bluff city attorney Mark Richardson explained Tuesday during a training for members of 20 volunteer boards and commissions...

DEXTER -- A nearly $20 million budget and two-year contract for a student resource officer were among items approved by the Dexter R-XI Board of Education during June's regular monthly meeting. According to Superintendent C.A. Counts, the Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget 'strives to meet the financial obligations necessary to achieve a high quality education that our children deserve.'...

The man who was killed in the accident Monday evening involving a stolen truck found in rural Butler County has been identified. "The deceased is identified as 40-year-old Dwayne Young, who had been living in Poplar Bluff," said Butler County Coroner Andy Moore...

Two weeks after testifying in the murder trial of his co-defendant, a Doniphan man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison Tuesday afternoon for his role in the 2016 shooting death of a convicted sex offender. Accompanied by his attorney, Ted Liszewski, Matthew Brandon Bruce appeared before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for sentencing, having pleaded guilty in May to the Class B felony of voluntary manslaughter...