Your World Today – Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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NEWS: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The Dent County Commissioners met Monday morning at the Dent County Courthouse for their regular meeting. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell stated grading would be done on Dent County Roads 4080, 6220, 6230 and 6500 while materials would be added to county road 5600. Purcell reported workers would be cleaning away debris from a bridge on Dent County Road 6080 and also be cleaning out culverts on various routes from the rains from last week. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson said grading would be done on Dent County Roads 2260, 2270, 6120 and 6123 while brush would be cut on county road 3370. Larson went on to say materials would be added to county roads 2150 and 2380. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles indicated he contacted an electrician to check out the wiring in the building and the fixtures in the clerk’s office. The report he received back was the wiring is old and if the courthouse is going to go with LED lighting they may be better off getting new fixtures rather than trying to retrofit the old fluorescent tube fixtures to use LED lights. As far as the building is concerned, there really is no way to tell how the wiring is without getting inside the walls to find out. Skiles also said the courthouse would be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley was preparing the bills for approval, getting candidate packets put together and working on the county budget. At the last meeting, Dent County Assessor Tina Whitaker came in to update the commission on the DCAI lawsuit. Her attorney wanted to know if she wanted to start another appeal process, but the commissioners decided to put that on hold until the first appeal is settled. Also coming in at the last meeting was Judge Kelly Parker to discuss the Marvin Rice death penalty case. He said there will be three days of jury selection in Wayne County before the jurors are transported to Dent County. Wayne County will then be responsible for the jurors and will house the jurors in Dent County. He also discussed the tight security on the high profile case at the courthouse. The next meeting of the Dent County Commission will be Monday morning at 9:00 at the courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.
Two accidents occurred Saturday, November 21st at 1:27 in the afternoon on Interstate 44 westbound at mile marker 189. According to the highway patrol report, a 2006 Chevrolet HHR driven by 21-year old Ashley Shirley of St. James, went off the left side of the road, over corrected, went off the right side of the road, struck an embankment and the vehicle to rest at the North Outer Road. At almost the same time, another accident occurred when a 2008 Dodge Charger driven by 28-year old Anthony Duncan of St. James traveled off the right side of the roadway attempting to evade the Chevy when his vehicle struck a sign and came to rest in a ditch. Both vehicles were totaled in the accident. The Chevy was towed by C&C Towing and the Dodge was towed by Ron Dishman’s Towing. Duncan suffered minor injuries and refused treatment at the scene, while Shirley suffered minor injuries and the 21-year old passenger, Brandon Snelson of Rolla, suffered serious injuries. Both were taken to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center by the Phelps County Ambulance. Duncan was the only person involved wearing a seat restraint at the time of the accident.
The Salem Police Department released a number of reports. On Friday, November 13th at 6:30 in the morning, an officer transported a 34-year old Salem male of Salem to the Ozark Medical Center in West Plains, in lieu of a mental commitment order. At 9:12 that same morning, an officer was detailed to Wal-Mart in reference to a shoplifter. The investigation of the report led to the arrest of a 54-year old female of Salem for stealing merchandise valued at $57.85. She was issued a summons to appear in court and released. At 9:21 that night, an officer was detailed to a residence in the 1000 block of South Oak in reference to a domestic disturbance. That investigation led to the arrest of a 29-year old Salem male for disorderly conduct. He was incarcerated on a 12-hour hold and issued a summons to appear in court. Later that same night at 11:06 an officer located a 30-year old male of Salem in the 700 block of East Center who had an active arrest warrant from Dent County. He was taken into custody on the warrant and incarcerated pending a court appearance. Anyone with any information regarding an incident is asked to call the Salem Police Department at 729-4242.
The Salem R-80 Board of Education will conduct a Special Meeting at the district administrative offices boardroom on Thursday, December 3rd beginning at 12:00 (noon). The Board will discuss the annual MSBA conference and resignations. The Special Meeting of the Salem R-80 Board of Education is open to the public.
SPORTS [TOP]
Kobe Mead scored 21 points, Antonio Quick added 19 more and Jakob Happel had three dunks and 12 points as the Salem Tigers beat Desoto, 73-56. Salem is now 2-0 on the year and will be off until December 8th when they will host the West Plains Zizzers.
The Girls basketball team beat Plato, 69-59. The Lady Tigers are 2-0 on the year.
Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and the St. Louis Blues came back to beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday night in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues' second against Buffalo in the last week. The Blues will be in Pittsburgh Wednesday night to wrap up their two game road trip starting at 5:30 with the pre-game show with the game to follow at 6:00 on KSMO Radio.
Kansas State's zone defense forced Missouri into an atrocious shooting night in a 66-42 rout in the semifinals of the CBE Classic on Monday night. Missouri will play Northwestern tonight at 6:00. Kevin Puryear led the Tigers (2-2) with nine points, but the freshman forward didn't get much help. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Bill Wisdom of Bunker, age 69, was held this morning at 11:00 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Bunker. Interment was in the Greeley Cemetery. Memorial may be made to Autism Awareness.
Memorial services for Lucas Samuel Blue, infant of Steelville will be this evening at 6:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 5:00 until service time.
Funeral services for Lavern Peters of Steelville, age 87, will be held Wednesday at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be today from 5:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Liberty Cemetery in Steelville.
Memorial services for Ellis Turnbough of Davisville, age 83, will be held Saturday at 1:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral in Steelville. Visitation will be at 11:00 until time of service.
Funeral services for Charles "Charlie/Bud" Laramore of Courtois, Missouri, age 84, will be held Sunday at 2:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from noon until services time on Sunday. Interment will be in the Lower Indian Creek Cemetery in Viburnum.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly sunny, high near 60.
Tonight..Partly cloudy, low of 38.
Wednesday..Mostly cloudy, high near 55.
Wednesday night..Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance for showers, low of 46.
Thanksgiving Day..Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance for showers, high of 60.
Thursday night.. Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain, low of 48.
