Local News – Thursday, September 9th, 2021
The Dent County Sheriff’s Department has released reports from the latter part of August. On Saturday, August 21st, a deputy observed a 24-year-old Salem woman near a residence on North Iron Street. The deputy knew the woman to have an active arrest warrant through Dent County. She was arrested and transported to the Dent County Jail and was incarcerated. She was also arrested for possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid. The next day, a deputy traveled to a residence in the 1000 block of Dent County Road 5070 to serve an arrest warrant. At that time, a 34-year-old Salem man was arrested for an active arrest warrant through Dent County. The man was transported to the Dent County Jail and was incarcerated. On Tuesday, August 24th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 3000 block of West Highway 32. During the course of the stop, a 38-year-old Salem man was arrested for driving while being intoxicated. He was transported to the Dent County Jail where he was fingerprinted, issued a summons and released to a sober party. On August 26th, a deputy observed a 27-year-old Salem man riding a bicycle on Second Street. The deputy knew the man to have an active arrest warrant through Dent County. The deputy attempted to make contact with the man, but he fled and ignored commands to stop. The deputy caught up to the man on Water Street and he was arrested for the active warrant and resisting arrest by fleeing. He was transported to the Dent County Jail and was incarcerated. The next day, Friday the 27th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on North Highway 19 near the Short Bend Conservation Area. During the traffic stop, a 24-year-old Salem man was arrested for the possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. The man was transported to the Dent County Jail where he was fingerprinted, issued a summons and released. Later that same day, a deputy traveled to a residence in the 2500 block of North Highway 19 to serve an arrest warrant. As a result, a 58-year-old Salem man was arrested for having an active arrest warrant through Dent County. The man was transported to the Dent County Jail and incarcerated. And finally on August 30th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 500 block of South Main Street. During the stop, a 34-year-old Salem woman was arrested for having two active arrest warrants through the Dent County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was transported to the Dent County Jail and incarcerated. Please call the Sheriff’s Office at 729-3241 if you have any information regarding an ongoing investigation.
The Dent County Fire Protection Board of Directors will be meeting this evening at 6:00 at the fire station at #2 South Main. After the roll call and approval of the consent agenda, the board will review the minutes of the August meeting before hearing the financial report and approving bills. The next item on the agenda will be the calendar review followed by the monthly reimbursement report before addressing any old or new business, followed by various reports. The date will then be set for the October meeting before adjourning. The meeting of the Dent County fire protection district board of directors is open to the public.
An accident happened Monday afternoon just before 5:00 in Phelps County on CR3060 at HyPoint Industrial Park Drive. According to the report from the highway patrol a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado being driven by 52-year-old Susan Cornelius of St. James turned into the path of a 2010 Ford Flex being driven by 59-year-old Lorri Waldron also of St. James. Waldron was taken by EMS to Phelps Health in Rolla for treatment of minor injuries. Both vehicles had moderate damage and were removed from the scene by Spurgeon’s Towing. The report went on to state that both drivers were wearing seat restraints at the time of the accident.
There will be a University of Missouri Grazing School at the MU Wurdack Research Center September 22-24 at Cook Station, Missouri. To enroll or for more information contact Nathan Bilke online at nathan.bilke@usda.gov or call (660) 654-4576 or contact Gatlin Bunton online at buntong@missouri.edu or call (573) 775-2135. There will also be a Grazing School in Houston September 15-17. Call the Texas County Extension Office at (417) 967-4545.