Local News – Thursday, March 29th, 2018
The Salem Police Department was contacted Tuesday by a local gas station about a device that tracks credit card information that was placed inside the gas pumps. The device was later determined to be a credit card skimmer. Someone had installed the skimmer inside of the gas pumps behind the credit card machine. The Salem Police Department was able to take possession of two devices and have them sent for analysis. The investigation into this is ongoing. At this time, the Salem Police is not certain if this was the only time this has happened. They also are not certain if these devices store the information for future use or can transmit the captured credit card information via transmitter. They are asking anyone who has used their credit card at gas stations recently to monitor their credit card accounts and bank statements for unauthorized transactions. If you have questions, contact the Salem Police Department at 729-4242.
The Dent County Sheriff’s Office has released some reports. On March 17th, Dent County Deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant at a residence on Dent County Road 6400. A 41-year old Salem man, who had an active warrant from Phelps County, was located and taken into custody. He was later extradited to Phelps County. That same day, deputies responded to a report of a cat being shot on Dent County Road 5013. It was reported that the victim found her cat dead beside her house with a gunshot wound. This report is still under investigation. On March 19th, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 19 near Center Street. The driver, a 21 year old Salem woman, was found to be in possession of a glass smoking device with burnt marijuana residue. She was arrested, fingerprinted, issued a summons, and released. Also on the 19th, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 72 near the Salem Memorial District Hospital. The driver, a 46-year old Oklahoma man, was arrested for driving while being intoxicated. He was fingerprinted, issued a summons, and released to a sober driver. On March 23rd, deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Dent County Road 2113. A 21-year old Salem man, who had an active Dent County warrant, was located and arrested. He was taken to the Dent County Jail and incarcerated. If you have information regarding any ongoing investigation, please contact the Dent County Sheriff’s Department at 729-3241.
Irvin Johnson, Kaitlynn Stephan, Kyleigh Wood, Haiden Sanders and Eva Heard participated as individuals at the tenth annual Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program (MoNASP) State Bullseye Tournament held March 23rd and 24th in Branson and represented the Salem Middle School. The tournament drew 3,132 student archers in grades 4-12 from a record setting 140 schools across the state. The top two scorers for the middle school Tigers in the individual competition were Johnson who had a score of 287 with 17 tens and ranked 5th out of 201 8th grade boys. Stephan shot a score of 270 and that placed her 45th out of 168 8th grade girls. The Salem High School Team that attended the tournament was made up of senior Emma Morrison, junior Manthey Caden, sophomore Jacob Walther and freshmen Bryan Heathman, Avery Gambill, Dawson Sanders, Trinity Lewis, Luke Morrison, Carley Gamblin, Michelle Street, Grace Kunkel and Austin Gilbert.This young team finished 32nd out of 32 teams in the tournament.
There will be a Hay Production program April 6th from 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the evening at the MU Wurdack Farm in Cook Station. Developed by MU Extension Specialists, this program will provide the fundamental knowledge to help you lower production costs and improve net returns per acre. The cost is $40 per person, or $60 per farm couple. To RSVP by April 2nd, stop by the Dent County MU Extension Office or call 573-729-3196, or you can go to extension.missouri.edu/dent. If you would like more information, please call Ted Cunningham, MU extension Livestock Specialist at 573-729-3196.