Local News – Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
The Dent County Sheriff's Office is investigating a murder-suicide Sunday involving two brothers near the Boss community off of Dent County Road 5320 on Private Lane 533. According to a release by the sheriff's department, the incident took place Sunday and the brothers’ mother called 9-1-1 about the initial shooting. Deputies responded to the scene along with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Salem Police Department and Viburnum Police Department. Upon arrival, officers found 42-year Phillip Tinker of Boss dead in his mother's bedroom in her home from a gunshot wound. Officers then spotted 33-year old Dennis Dyer of Boss in the doorway of an abandoned trailer. Dyer then ducked into the trailer out of the sight of the deputies. After officers surrounded the trailer, they heard a shot coming from inside the residence and also observed thick black smoke coming from the trailer Dyer was in and local volunteer firefighters were dispatched along with the State Fire Marshall. Once the fire was extinguished, officers found Dyer dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The mother stated the incident began as an argument concerning a different firearm and stated Dyer shot Tinker, then left the residence. The Dent County Sheriff's Office is waiting for a positive identification of Dyer from the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors will conduct their February meeting tonight in the hospital library beginning at 6:00 pm. After approval of the agenda, the regular meeting minutes of January 22nd, and the special meeting minutes of January 28th, will be the administrator’s report that includes a summary of the operations for the month of January with Monica Stogsdill, the Chief of Nursing Report for the month with Debbie Hines, a report on the hospital foundation, as well as the marketing and community perception with COO Chris Strickland, and Administrator Kasey Lucas will present the auxiliary report and the patient satisfaction survey results. In old business the board will review the CMS Survey results and the FY’20 Finance Committee Meeting report. In new business, the board will discuss purchases before going into closed session. The February board meeting of the Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors is open to the public.
The Salem Board of Aldermen will meet tonight at 7:00 at the Dent County Fire Station at #2 South Main Street. At the meeting, Daniel Black of Black’s A-1 Septic, LLC, will seek permission to dump waste in the Waste Water Treatment Facility and Wes Hester will request the use of MRPC hours to apply for 501 C 3 Status. Bids will be brought to the board for their consideration for water tower painting including repairs, stripping, blasting and painting of the South Wines water tower. After the consent agenda, Gary Brown, Chairman of Planning and Zoning Commission, will report on the meeting held prior to the Board of Alderman Meeting. City Administrator Ray Walden will give his report on items concerning the city. The following bills and resolutions will be introduced and read. Bill #3408, an ordinance to approve the subdivision of 5400 West Scenic Rivers Boulevard in the City of Salem into Tracts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H and zone each tract accordingly; Resolution #4-2019, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement between the City of Salem and Donald Maggi, Inc. for Park Street and Highway 32 and Highway 72 waterline improvements; and Resolution #5-2019, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement between the City of Salem and Central Tank Coating, Inc. for miscellaneous repairs and stripping-blasting and cleaning (with containment) as ell as repainting the entire exterior and interior wet areas of a 150,000 gallon Horton Water Sphere Tank located on South Wines Street. The board will then go into closed session to discuss contracts and real estate. The regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen is open to the public.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking information in the case of two adult elk shot Friday on February 8th, near the Log Yard area of Shannon County. One of the elk was a 10-year-old bull, brought to Missouri from Kentucky in 2011. The other was an adult cow, born in Missouri. Conservation agents note no parts of either animal were removed. As is the case with most poaching incidents today, these actions had nothing to do with providing meat for a family. This marks the fifth known elk poaching incident since the elk population was restored in 2011. Elk poachings in the state also include an adult bull in December of 2015, a two-month-old calf in August of 2018, and a bull calf this past January. The Department of Conservation announced in 2018 that plans for a limited elk hunting season may soon be forthcoming. However, poaching cases may impact both elk tourism and the timing of an elk hunting season.