Local News – Friday, December 11th, 2020
The Salem Christmas Committee’s “Holidays at Home” continues this Saturday with the 29th Annual Cookie Walk from 10:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon at the Bonebrake Center. Please remember to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Then at 7:00 at the Salem Civic Theatre, better know as the City Hall Auditorium, it will “Christmas with Cash and the King” with Roger Robinson as Johnny Cash and Sean Michael as Elvis Presley. Tickets for the show will be $10 and only available at the door. For more information, call 806-598-2310. Don’t forget the “Light Up the Park” light display at the Salem City Park will continue through January 1st and that is absolutely free. In case you didn’t know, there are two parts to the “Light up the Park” as the first part is main entrance to the Salem City Park and that will exit out on to Park Street, but the display continues off of Park Place Drive to the west of the Salem Community Center @The Armory where you can drive down into the parking area for additional displays. Don’t forget to tune into 97.5 while at the park to enjoy Christmas music during your drive.
As part of the Environmental Assessment, the Missouri Department of Transportation is currently accepting public input on a proposed project to improve the Highway 19 Round Spring Bridges over the Current River and Spring Valley in Shannon County. The goal of the project is to improve the condition and functionality of these aging structures. Although funding is not yet secured for the project, MoDOT is exploring alternatives for replacing or rehabilitating each structure through the study. The Environmental Assessment will include a detailed overview of alternatives for each structure and will ultimately result in a recommendation for a preferred alternative at each bridge location. In addition, as part of the Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act review process, the public is encouraged to provide input regarding the historical significance of these bridges or the potential impacts of the proposed project. Interested persons may review the project in more detail and share their thoughts at www.modot.org/roundspringbridges. Comments may also be shared with MoDOT Project Manager Pete Berry at (417) 469-6242 or Consultant Project Manager David Kocour at (816) 256-8584.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol invites the public to visit their updated website at statepatrol.dps.mo.gov. The improved Missouri State Highway Patrol design works best with Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser. The home page has been advanced and modernized to make finding information easier and to improve the user’s experience. The Patrol’s new Show-Me Integrity Accountability Portal is featured prominently to provide an in-depth look into the Patrol’s organization, training, career opportunities, and key statistics. The Patrol added a “What’s Trending” window at the bottom of the homepage, showing the agency’s Twitter posts so those who do not use social media will still be able to follow the most recent agency news. They want their website to be a service to the public and feel it’s important that visitors can easily find the information they need. When you visit our homepage, statistics, driver examination locations, career opportunities, and troop headquarters’ locations are only a few clicks away.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released an arrest report from Thursday morning at 9:46 in Phelps County. According to the report, 31-year old Derick Place of Salem was charged displaying the plates of another person on his vehicle and not wearing a seat belt. Place was also charged with a Texas County Warrant for driving while having his license suspended, a Phelps County warrant for driving while having his license suspended, a second offense plus a charge for displaying excessive vision reducing material. Price is currently in the Texas County Jail and is bondable.