Local News – Monday, January 22nd, 2018
The Dent County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the public for helping to locate Cody Martin. He was found at a residence in Dent County and taken into custody without incident. Martin is currently in the Dent County Jail on burglary and stealing charges. His bond is a total of $125,000 cash only. Deputies will also be seeking charges for items on him testing positive for methamphetamine during his arrest.
This is an update to a story YWT had from last Wednesday. On January 16th at approximately 1:15 in the morning, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department investigated a shooting incident in the 10000 block of Phelps County Road 2080. The victim has been identified as 39-year old William Lee Dale of Rolla. He was shot in the upper torso by a resident of the home. The reporting party said Dale unlawfully entered the residence, and assaulted a male subject. They indicated they feared for their life, and used lethal force. Dale was pronounced dead on the scene by Phelps County Coroner, Andy Davis. Anyone having any information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Detective Boshoff at 426-3860.
The City of Salem’s Park & Recreation Board will hold a meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the Salem Community Center @The Armory. After the roll call, the previous meeting minutes will be reviewed and the agenda will be approved. Park and Recreation Director Tye Lydon will report on various activities and issues. The Board will receive an update on the pool and also get a pool house repair update. Other subjects to be discussed include a TAP Grant update, park project priorities, and budget update. Other items also to be considered will include clarification of the Fund Raising Policy for Parks and Recreation, The Salem Community Center@The Armory NAP Grant Commitment, a “Freedom” Rock and SACBA/Garden Club City Park entrance sign. Under other business along with miscellaneous items will be discussed before the meeting will be adjourned. The meeting of the Salem Park & Recreation Board tonight is open to the public.
The Salem R-80 Board of Education met Thursday evening with two board members unable to attend. Superintendent John McColloch recognized the board members during School Board Recognition Week, and he also announced three people will run for two open board positions. Filing for the board seats were incumbents Carrie Snider and Chris Heavin, and Kevin James also filed. The election will be held April 3rd. At the meeting, Technology Coordinator Jim White gave a Chromebook and technology update. He said there are currently five students working in the Chrome Center and 47 repairs have been made. So far the program has worked very well. Superintendent McColloch reported the school through December has had an increase of $500,000 in revenues and $200,000 in expenditures over last year. He added the construction project at William Lynch came in $80,000 under budget. Currently the Fund 4 balance has $1,165,572.57 and that is fund used for capital improvements. Band Director David Schatz was acknowledged for being the Missouri Music Educators Association Outstanding Young Educator in 2017-2018. The board approved the resignation of Jared Patterson as the Assistant High School Track Coach before the board went into closed session. In closed session, the board hired Natalie Sellers as the new Assistant High School Track Coach and also extended the contract of Superintendent John McColloch through the 2020-2021 year. The meeting was then adjourned.