Local News – Monday, June 24th, 2019

The Salem Police department has released reports from June 6th through 11th. On Friday evening, June 7th, at about 9:21, an officer located a 36-year-old male of Salem near the 800 block of South Hickory who had an active arrest warrant from Jefferson County. The suspect was taken into custody on the warrant and incarcerated pending extradition. About an hour later that same night, near 10:30, an officer was dispatched to a residence in the 800 block of East Ellis in reference to someone trying to break into a residence. The investigation of the report revealed a 21-year-old male of Hillsboro broke a door in of the residence, assaulted the resident, then fled the scene on foot. The report is under investigation. On Saturday afternoon, June 8th, at about 5:36, an officer located a 22-year-old male of Salem near Craig Industrial Drive and Highway 32 who had two active arrest warrants from the City of Salem. The suspect was taken into custody on the warrants and incarcerated pending a court appearance. On Sunday morning, June 9th, near 7:35, an officer was dispatched to the area of Center and Hickory Streets in reference to a suspicious vehicle. The investigation of the vehicle led to the arrest of an 18-year-old male of Salem for minor in possession of intoxicants. The suspect was issued a summons to appear in court and released. Later that same evening at approximately 8:40, an officer located a 51-year-old Salem male near Highway 32 and Highway 19 who had an active arrest warrant from Dent County. The suspect was taken into custody on the warrant and incarcerated pending a court appearance. On Tuesday evening, June 11th at about 9:11, an officer was contacted at the Salem Police Department in reference to an assault. That investigation revealed a 26-year-old male of Salem had assaulted a 36-year-old female of Salem at a residence in the 200 block of East Roosevelt. Further investigation led to the arrest of the suspect who was incarcerated pending the application for a warrant. Please contact the Salem Police Department at 573-729-4242 if you have any information regarding any ongoing investigation.

An accident occurred Saturday evening at 6:40 in Maries County on Highway 63 about 1 1/2 miles south of Route A. According to the highway patrol report, a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by 21-year old Juana Parker of Vienna, was traveling southbound when she turned into the path of a 2008 Toyota Tundra driven by 65-year old Donald Moore of Salem. The Chevrolet traveled off the roadway and overturned. Parker sustained minor injuries and was transported to Phelps Health Rolla by Maries Osage Ambulance. Moore was not injured in the accident. Both drivers were wearing safety restraints at the time of the accident. The Chevrolet was totaled and removed from the scene by Plaza Towing. The Toyota sustained minor damage and was towed from the scene by C & C Towing.

The Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District announced three Salem R-80 6th graders students were honored with a first place award and two honorable mentions in the Annual Earth Day Poster, Trash and Graphic Art contest. This year’s contest theme was “Be Waste Wise.” The contest required participants to re-purpose trash into three-dimensional pieces of art or create posters (hand drawn or graphically designed), based on this year’s theme. There were 518 entries from 14 schools. The contest was open to kindergarten through 12th grade, home school, college and university students who reside or attend school in Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties. The winners from Salem R-80 Middle School were Jade Rathbun who captured First Place; while Kaylynn Sites and Nautia Nickles attained Honorable Mentions in the contest. The Salem R-80 students participating in the contest were under the direction of teacher Angela Dingess.

The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Salem present this year’s Independence Day Parade in Salem with the theme an “Ozark 4th” Parade. Entry forms are now available for the parade that will begin at 6:00 in the evening on July 4th. This year’s route will be the same as it has been in the past starting from the SBU Salem campus and traveling east on Franklin, then moving north on McArthur before heading east on 4th Street and finishing up around the courthouse square. Those interested in being the parade can pick up a copy of the parade rules at the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce office at 200 South Main Street along with their entry form. Entry forms need to be submitted by July 1st and can be dropped off at the chamber office, e-mail them to chamber@salemmo.com, mail them to the chamber office at 200 South Main, Salem, MO 65560 or fax them to 573-729-6741. On July 4th, the parade will begin lining up at 5:30. Following the parade, the annual Independence Day Fireworks display will again be held at The Commons starting after 9:00. If you have questions, contact Tabitha at the Chamber of Commerce office at 729-6900.