Archive for 2025
Obituaries – Friday, January 3rd 2025
Funeral Services for Freda Nadine Stricklin of Bixby, age 70, will be held at 11:00 this morning, in the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel. Burial will be in the Dotson Cemetery in Bixby.
A Celebration of Life for Grace Elizabeth Sexton of Salem, age 72, will be held at 12:00 noon tomorrow in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel with Full Military Honors to follow. Visitation will be held from 10:00 tomorrow morning until service time at the chapel.
Funeral service for Ardell Evans of Steelville, age 95, will be held at 12:00 noon tomorrow at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 10:00 in the morning until time of the service. Interment will be in the Shoal Creek Cemetery in Berryman, MO. Memorials may be made to the Shoal Creek Cemetery in Berryman.
Funeral services for Shirley Ruth Sapaugh of Salem, age 85, will be tomorrow at noon at the Salem First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery.
A funeral service for Kenny Hood of Licking, age 62, will take place Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at Fox Funeral Home in Licking. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until service time.
Memorial Services for Jessica Elaine Mason of Viburnum, age 77, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel. Visitation will be held from 3:00 in the afternoon until service time. Burial will be at a later date in the Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Ironton, Missouri. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Shriners Children’s Hospital.
Funeral Services for Chantell Young of Salem, age 56, will be held at noon on Monday in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10:00 until service time in the chapel. The family of Chantell is asking that you wear bright colored clothing in her honor. Burial will be in the Miner Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to Wilson Mortuary to help the family with final expenses.
Funeral services with Military Honors has been rescheduled to Wednesday at noon for Lee Cordell Malone of Rolla, age 90, at the Rolla Chapel of James & Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time.
Funeral services for Todd Allan Constable of St. James, age 62, will be held Thursday at 1:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary Rolla Chapel. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 Wednesday evening at the chapel. Interment will be in the Winn Maxwell Cemetery.
Funeral Services for James Richard Pax, age 76, of Salem will be held Saturday January 11th in the morning at 11:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial with Military Honors to follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday January 10th in the evening from 5:00 until 8:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel.
Sports – Friday, January 3rd 2025
The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers coming off a 2-2 showing in the Cabool Tournament, will travel to the School of the Osage to face the Indians tonight. The Salem Freshman will start the night out at 5:00 entering the contest with a 1-4 record. The Salem JV Tigers will play next starting around 6:15 going into the game with a 4-2 record, and the varsity game will be last starting around 7:30. The Varsity Tigers are 4-6 on the season while the Indians enter the game with a 7-2 record fresh off their 2nd place finish in the Legends Bank Holiday Classic. The varsity contest can be heard on KSMO Radio starting with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson around 7:15.
The Missouri Basketball Tigers will open their SEC Conference schedule against Auburn Saturday afternoon starting at 2:30 on KSMO. Missouri is 11-2 on the year.
The St. Louis Blues coming off their Winter Classic win over Chicago Tuesday, 6-2, will host the Ottawa Senators tonight at 7:00, then they will be in Ohio where the Blues will play the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night starting at 5:30 with the pre-game show followed by the play-by-play at 6:00.
The 15-1 Kansas City Chiefs will finish up the regular season playing in Denver against the 9-7 Broncos this Sunday afternoon at 3:25. The first seeded Chiefs will likely be resting several players. CBS will be broadcasting the game.
News – Thursday, January 2nd 2025
The Salem Board of Aldermen have rescheduled their special meeting of the board for tonight at 5:30 at the Old City Hall Auditorium. The original meeting was canceled due to not enough members to form a quorum. At their meeting, the board will do the first and second reading of Bill #3636 that would approve the change order #2 for the City Sidewalk Tap Grant project. The cost of the change order is for $10,807 which will be the cost to tear out and replace the heated sidewalk areas from Main to Washington Street on the south side of the road. The replacement portion from the original plans was for the apron only, but this change order also moves the snow-melt systems into the ADA compliant sidewalk as well. The original total for the project from prior years funds was $73,409.84. With the two new change orders adding $1,943 from Change Order #1, and $10,807.00 from Change Order #2, the total cost from prior year’s funds would be $86,159.84 if MoDOT approves Change Order #2. The board will also discuss and hold the first and second readings of Bill #3637 that would amend items A and B from Section 710.330 regarding sewer billing to make these items applicable to all utility accounts, and remove items C, D, and E. The meeting will then be adjourned. The special meeting of the City of Salem Board of Aldermen tonight is open to the public.
An accident occurred Monday evening at 5:19 on Highway 72 North of Salem near Dent County Road 2230 that took the life of a 72-year-old Female pedestrian. According to the Highway Patrol report the woman entered the roadway in front of a southbound 2007 Dodge Charger driven by a 35-year-old Salem Female. The victim was taken by Salem Memorial Ambulance to SMH where she was pronounced deceased at 6:00 by Dr. Charles Featherly. The Dodge sustained minor damage and was removed from the scene by Whitaker’s Towing.
The Salem Memorial Hospital Board of Directors held their regular meeting Monday night at 7:00 in the Hospital Library. After approving the agenda and minutes from the previous meetings, Hospital CEO Brooke Bollman gave her report, stating there is no new news on the affiliate program. The hospital experienced total operating revenue of about $3.1 million and total operating expenditures of about $1.9 million, leaving total profit of $1.3 million for the month of November. Bollman did clarify that they are still working with the auditors to adjust some accounts, including taxes and retirement. 340B revenue for November was $250,000, total expenses were $71,000 leaving a total profit of $178,000. The hospital currently has 32 days worth of cash on hand. During the CNO report, Bollman stated that there are seven nursing position openings across various departments. EMS attended a first responders appreciation night; through the ARPA Fund they received $90,000 in new equipment. There have been two new hires in the Med/surg department and two resignations. During the QAPI Report, it was noted that the hospital continues working on their patient experience project, and their medication events project. Ten organizations submitted more than $700,000 in requests for ToRCH Grant Funding. The recipients of this grant will be announced on January 6 via press release. Deborah Gorman with Infection Prevention gave an update on illness, stating there has been a rise in COVID cases at the hospital, including 4 positive cases in long term care. There have been two positive cases for RSV, and seven positive cases of the flu in December. There have not been any new candidates for the open board position and due to the finance committee not having the required three members, those meetings have been halted until further notice. There will be a bi-weekly special director’s meeting, to discuss acquisition, every other Tuesday evening at 7:00. One of those meetings will be held the same day as the regular board of director’s meeting. The board approved Brooke Bollman to conduct funding research to replace the hospital’s Pulmonary Function Test machine. The current machine is no longer working at optimal capacity and the parts are not replaceable due to being obsolete and no longer compatible with the current operating system. Bollman will be looking for ways to fund this purchase within the budget as well as any possible grant opportunities. Once purchased, the new machine may take up to 120 days to be delivered and come with a five year warranty. The meeting then adjourned to closed session. The date for the next board meeting has not yet been announced.
Obituaries – Thursday, January 2nd 2025
Funeral Services for Freda Nadine Stricklin of Bixby, age 70, will be held at 11:00 tomorrow morning, in the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 this evening in the chapel. Burial will be in the Dotson Cemetery in Bixby.
A Celebration of Life for Grace Elizabeth Sexton of Salem, age 72, will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel with Full Military Honors to follow. Visitation will be held from 10:00 Saturday morning until service time at the chapel.
Funeral services for Shirley Ruth Sapaugh of Salem, age 85, will be Saturday at noon at the Salem First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery.
Funeral service for Ardell Evans of Steelville, age 95, will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 10:00 Saturday morning until time of the service. Interment will be in the Shoal Creek Cemetery in Berryman, MO. Memorials may be made to the Shoal Creek Cemetery in Berryman.
Memorial Services for Jessica Elaine Mason of Viburnum, age 77, will be held on Saturday afternoon at 5:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel. Visitation will be held from 3:00 in the afternoon until service time. Burial will be at a later date in the Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Ironton, Missouri. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Shriners Children’s Hospital.
Funeral Services for Chantell Young of Salem, age 56, will be held at noon, Monday, in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10:00 until service time in the chapel. The family of Chantell is asking that you wear bright colored clothing in her honor. Burial will be in the Miner Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to Wilson Mortuary to help the family with final expenses.
Funeral Services for James Richard Pax, age 76, of Salem will be held Saturday January 11th in the morning at 11:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial with Military Honors to follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday January 10th in the evening from 5:00 until 8:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel.
Sports – Thursday, January 2nd 2025
The Salem Basketball Tigers will be on the road tomorrow evening to take on the Osage Indians. Salem enters the contest with a 4-6 record while Osage holds a 7-2 record. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with Tiger Talk starting at approximately 7:20.
The St. Louis Blues played the Chicago Blackhawks in the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field on New Year’s Eve. Cam Fowler scored on a wrist shot early and Jordan Kyrou followed up with a goal of his own to give the Blues a two score led within the first 10 minutes of play. The Blues would pile it on by scoring four more times on the night as they beat Chicago 6-2. The Blues will play the Ottawa Senators tomorrow night at 8:00