Local News – Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

The Dent County Sheriff’s Department has released a few reports for the third week of August. The first report was for Wednesday August 17th, as a deputy responded to Highway 32 East near Boss to assist with a motor vehicle accident. During the investigation, a 23-year-old Salem man was arrested on an outstanding warrant. The man was also found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Dent County Jail and incarcerated. On Friday, August 19th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on Highway 68. During the stop, a 26-year-old Houston man found to be driving with a suspended or revoked driving privilege. The man was arrested and transported to the Dent County Jail where he was processed per departmental procedure and released with a citation. Later that day, deputies responded to the 700 block of Dent County Road 3230 for a reported assault. During the investigation, a 41-year-old Salem man was arrested and transported to the Dent County Jail. He was processed per departmental procedure and later released from custody after being issued a criminal summons for assault in the 4th degree. On Monday, August 22nd, a 23-year-old Salem woman reported a firearm had been stolen from her residence. The item was entered into a nationwide database for stolen property. The investigation is pending. Lastly on Friday, August 26th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on East Center Street. During the stop, a 33-year-old Salem man was arrested on an active warrant and incarcerated at the Dent County Jail. Please contact the Dent County Sheriff’s Department at 573-729-3241 if you have information on any ongoing investigation.

An accident happened Saturday evening just before 6:30 in Phelps County on County Road 2120, about four miles north of Rolla. According to the report from the highway patrol, a 2006 Honda Shadow being operated by 77-year-old William Colgrove of Vichy, was traveling west when he struck a deer in the roadway causing the bike to overturn. Colgrove, who was not wearing a safety device, suffered serious injuries, and was taken by Phelps Air to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. The Honda sustained moderate damage and was secured at a nearby residence.

Need trees and shrubs for your landscape? Go native with tree and shrub seedlings from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Native trees and shrubs can help improve wildlife habitat and soil and water conservation while also improving the appearance and value of private property. MDC’s George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking offers a variety of low-cost native tree and shrub seedlings for sale for reforestation, windbreaks, erosion control, wildlife food and cover, and other purposes. The nursery provides mainly one-year-old, bare-root seedlings with sizes varying by species. Seedlings varieties include: pine, bald cypress, cottonwood, black walnut, hickory, oak, pecan, persimmon, river birch, maple, willow, sycamore, blackberry, buttonbush, hazelnut, redbud, ninebark, spicebush, elderberry, sumac, wild plum, witch hazel, and others. Seedlings are available in bundles of 10 or increments of 25 per species. Prices range from 34 cents to $1 per seedling. Sales tax of 6.1 percent will be added to orders unless tax exempt. There is a $9 handling charge for each order. Receive a 15% discount up to $20 off seedling orders with a Heritage Card, Permit Card, or Conservation ID Number. The nursery grows millions of seedlings each year, but some species are very popular and sell out quickly and some seedlings occasionally succumb to harsh weather or hungry wildlife, despite the nursery staff’s best efforts. Even if a species is listed as “sold out,” customers can still place an order for those seedlings because other orders may get cancelled, freeing up inventory. Customers won’t be charged for seedlings unless they are available to ship. Due to shipping costs tripling from past years, the nursery must now charge shipping fees for orders being shipped to Missouri addresses. This is the first time in the nursery’s 80-plus-year history that they have had to do this. Orders will be processed beginning September 1st through April 15th, 2023. Orders will be shipped or can be picked up at the nursery near Licking from February through May. You can learn more and place orders using MDC’s 2022-2023 Seedling Order Form Found in the September issue of the Missouri Conservationist, at MDC regional offices and nature centers, or by contacting the State Forest Nursery at 573-674-3229 or StateForestNursery@mdc.mo.gov.

A Missouri Lottery Club Keno player won $136,568 on August 16th, using favorite numbers he’s played through the years on his 8-spot ticket. He was playing Keno at the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3684 in Viburnum, when all eight of his numbers were among those drawn. Because he had also added the Double Bulls-Eye option, he won a base prize of $125,000. In addition, all 6-, 7- and 8-spot games have an automatic rolling Progressive Jackpot, which increased his total winnings to $136,568. As for what he plans to do with the money, he said he and his wife already have some ideas like maybe a family trip to Hawaii. Twenty numbers are drawn in Club Keno every four minutes. Players can choose to play one to 10 spots, with prizes increasing as more spots are played. Players can also add play options like the Multiplier, Bulls-Eye or Double Bulls-Eye to their tickets for a chance to win even larger prizes. In fiscal year 2021, players in Iron County won more than $2 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $200,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $261,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.