Local News – Monday, July 17
The Salem Police Department have released reports from the first week of July from the calls received and traffic stops. On Monday night, July 3rd, at approximately 8:00 officers contacted and arrested 25-year-old Phylicia Tinker for an active warrant for her arrest. Tinker had no bond and was incarcerated at the Dent County Jail. The next morning at approximately 10:00 officers were dispatched to the City Park for a report of vandalism. It was reported that in the overnight hours subjects damaged and defaced park property. Video surveillance was obtained of the suspects and this incident is still under investigation. Then Thursday afternoon, July 6th, at approximately 5:00 officers were dispatched to Walmart for a report of a trespasser due to prior shoplifting. Contact was made with the 39-year-old Salem female and she was issued summons to appear in court and reminded not to be on Wal Mart property. At approximately 11:00 in the evening on Friday, July 7th, officers were dispatched to the 400 block of East Hunt for a report of a domestic disturbance. Once on scene officers were informed that a male subject was highly intoxicated and assaulting subjects at the residence. As a result a 44-year-old Salem male was arrested for disorderly conduct and placed on a 12-hour safekeep due to his level of intoxication. That same night at about midnight officers conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle failing to stop at a stop sign. During the traffic stop the officer observed signs of impairment from the driver. An investigation into Driving While Intoxicated was conducted. As a result of the investigation a 29-year-old Salem male was arrested for DWI. If you have any information about any ongoing investigation please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242.
A Special Meeting of the City of Salem Board of Aldermen will be Tuesday at 6:00 in the City Hall Council Chambers at 202 North Washington. After the call to order and roll call, an Open Public Hearing on Floodplain Management will be heard. Interested parties may comment and will be limited to three to five minutes. There will be then be a second reading of Bill #3551 which relates to adoption of floodplain management regulations. The Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen was called by Mayor Greg Parker.
The Salem Memorial Hospital Board of Directors meeting for Tuesday night has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
The University of Missouri Extension is holding a class for the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification exam. ServSafe training and certification is the most widely recognized food safety certification in all jurisdictions. The class will be held Tuesday, July 25th and Wednesday, July 26th in Rolla from 9:00 in the monring until 1:30 in the afternoon at 105 Fairgrounds Road at the Missouri Department of Mental Health Rolla Regional office. The cost is $125 to attend and includes the purchase of the ServSafe Food Manager Course book and exam. The class includes two days of lecture followed with an exam. Both days must be attended. All registered participants will receive a course book and exam. Please contact instructor Cece Kimmel for further course content questions: 573-458-6256; or call the Phelps County Extension Office at 573-458-6260.
The Missouri Department of Transportation has approved the proposed 2024-2028 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Projects in the STIP for Dent County include a scoping engineering project on Route TT for bridge improvements over Crooked Creek in the next two years, the bridge replacement on Highway 19 South over Gladden Creek at an expected cost of $1,827,000 in the 2024 fiscal year, pavement improvements to Route K from Highway 19 to Route KK as well as on Route J from Highway 72 to Highway 32-72 at a cost of $2,071,000 in fiscal year 2025, upgrades to pedestrian facilities on Highway 32 to comply with the ADA Transition Plan at a total cost of $1,991,000 that will begin in fiscal year 2025 with the engineering and right-of-way purchase followed by the construction beginning in fiscal year 2026; the bridge improvement on Route B over Dry Creek at a cost of $1,330,000 in the 2026 fiscal year, and the bridge improvement on Highway 19 over Spring Creek for $231,000 in fiscal year 2027. The STIP program is available on MoDOT’s website: www.modot.org.
A lucky Missouri Lottery player got a little extra bang for his buck when his Mega Millions ticket won a $1 million prize in the July 4 drawing by matching all five white-ball numbers drawn. He purchased the winning ticket at Casey’s, 800 E. Scenic Rivers Blvd. in Salem. Mega Millions is a multi-state game that is drawn on Tuesdays and Fridays. In Fiscal Year 2022, players in Dent County won more than $3 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $301,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $208,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.