Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The Dexter Board of Aldermen approved the annexation of a piece of property bordering Dexter city limits at Monday night's meeting. A public hearing was held to discuss whether to allow the property, located at 13513 State Highway AD, into the city limits...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Board of Aldermen voted to hire a humane officer as soon as possible and also approved the hiring of a part-time employee in the city utilities department. The decision to hire a utility department worker was by split vote. The same request failed at the June meeting of the board...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield Police Department is moving to a new home this week. When an air conditioner failed last week, Mayor Donna Medlin and Bloomfield Police Chief Tim Zych assumed they would call in a repairman and go about business as usual. That's not how it worked out in the end...

Tom Foard Womack, 87, of Sikeston, was born on Aug. 17, 1925, and died on July 2, 2013. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.