Stories from Saturday, July 13, 2024

Ask someone their favorite animal, and the responses might seem fairly standard — dog, monkey, maybe a penguin. It's not every day a 12-year-old says their absolute favorite animal is a snake. Sawyer Goodman of Cape Girardeau is fascinated by the slithery reptiles. From a young age, he wanted to know all about them, even going as far as his bedtime story for three years being the "Missouri Snake Guide"...

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), in coordination with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT), held a public meeting on Thursday, May 30 from 4-6 p.m. to discuss the proposed replacement of the Route 62 bridge over the St. Francis River. The bridge is located at the state line from Dunklin County, Missouri to Clay County, Arkansas...

Beginning a week or so before the Fourth of July, you hear a lot of rhetoric about people saying that the holiday often is taken for granted and that although the Fourth of July celebrates freedom many in America take freedom for granted. Yes, the Fourth of July is about summer cookouts, vacations, trips to the pool, and, in most places, fireworks displays...

Beginning a week or so before the Fourth of July, you hear a lot of rhetoric about people saying that the holiday often is taken for granted and that although the Fourth of July celebrates freedom many in America take freedom for granted. Yes, the Fourth of July is about summer cookouts, vacations, trips to the pool, and, in most places, fireworks displays...

Okay, what is it with “what if’s?” You know what I’m talking about. Those questions that come up when we make plans or get some questionable news. Going on a trip? “What if” you run out of gas? Looking for a job? “What if” I don’t get hired? Have a sniffle? “What if” it is pneumonia or worse, allergies? “What if” I’m allergic to my spouse or my kids?...

• 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. Zachary A. Tucker - Owner Operated Motor Vehicle Without Maintaining Financial Responsibility (Motor Vehicle Required To Be Registered) - 1st Offense • St. vs. Richard E. Kevitt - Domestic Assault - 3rd Degree • St. vs. Gerard Allen Barker - Failure To Register As A Sex Offender Pursuant To Sections 589.400-.425-2nd Offense...

• 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...

07/01/24 to 07/05/24 • Ian Christopher Keller, Bloomfield, MO, to Destiny Nicole Snell, Bloomfield, MO • Michael Gene Blankenship, Malden, MO, to Heather Ann Albert, Dexter, MO

• Charles E. Kruse, Pamela K. Kruse to Ross Cotton Co., JP – SEC 12 TWP 24 R 10 • Lesa Lafferty, Alma Louise Lafferty to William C. Lafferty, Alma Louise Lafferty – SEC 12 TWP 27 R 10 • William C. Lafferty, Alma Louise Lafferty to William C. Lafferty, Houston Tyler Lafferty, Alma Louise Lafferty – SEC 21 TWP 27 R 10...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Madison Glaus of Dexter was named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Glaus joins more than 2,700 additional Fulbright College students on the Spring 2024 Dean’s List...

Keller Public Library will hold its annual used book sale Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug. 3. Hardbound books are 50-cents. Paperbacks, children’s books, DVDs, books on CD and other items are 25-cents. The event will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday...

Russell Vance, 49, of Dexter was arrested on Sunday, June 30, for other agency warrant. _ Jennifer Jeffries, 39, of Dexter was arrested on Monday, July 1, for warrant service, failure to appear/pay fine. Cameron Edwards, 18, of Dexter was arrested on Tuesday, July 2, for driving with an excessive blood alcohol content of 8/100%...

Richard Edward Kevitt, 76, of Bloomfield was arrested on a Stoddard County warrant for domestic assault third degree. He was booked in Stoddard County jail without bond. _ Andrew Phillip Cook, 31, of Puxico was arrested on a Stoddard County warrant for abuse or neglect of a child – no sexual contact. Bond was set at $12,500 cash or surety...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — The new chief nursing officer for Mercy Southeast is celebrating a bit of a homecoming. Katie Finder grew up in Jefferson County, Missouri, and started her health care career at Mercy St. Louis. After serving the last two and a half years as chief nursing officer at Mercy Ardmore in Oklahoma, she is returning to Missouri to take the same position at Mercy Southeast...

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his SUV as he pumped his fist in a show of defiance...