Local News – Tuesday, October 29th, 2019
The Dent County Commissioners met Monday morning at the Dent County Courthouse for their regular meeting. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams reported on funds received from a class action lawsuit filed against the government for the underpayment of PILT monies from 2015-2017. The total amount received was $3,653 and that money will be put into the General Revenue Fund. She also stated the CART funds had been received this month and came in at $61,515.22 which is $305.14 more than the county received last year. Year-to-date, the CART fund balance is up $2,812.55 over 2018. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell said materials would be added and grading done on Dent County Roads 5610 and 5615 while only materials would be added to county road 5680. Purcell added that brush would be cut on county roads 2470, 6090 and 6100, and one man would be doing shop maintenance. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson reported materials would be added and grading done on Dent County Roads 2050 and 2060 while only grading was going to be done on county roads 4030, 6130 and 6160. Larson went on to say brush would be cut on county road 2050. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles attended the MRPC Annual Awards Dinner and Banquet last Thursday in Waynesville where Judy Apperson was recognized for all her years of volunteer service in the community. Skiles said 16 people attended from Dent County which was the second largest contingent from any county except the host community: Pulaski County. Commissioner Purcell said phone bids would be solicited for diesel fuel, and the commissioners approved advertising for Request for Proposals to perform a financial audit on the county for the fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The RFP’s would be due in by November 21st at 10:00 to be considered. Their next meeting will be Thursday morning at 9:00 at the courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.
Dent County Prosecutor Andrew Curley released a couple of reports from cases heard in the 42nd Judicial Court held in Dent County Wednesday in front of Judge Thompson. In the first case, Lindee Sprong of Licking pled guilty to a DWI and she was a prior misdemeanor DWI offender. She was sentenced to serve 60 days in the Dent County Jail. In the second case, Nicholas Barton of Bunker pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges of passing of bad checks. He was sentenced by Judge Thompson to serve one year in the Dent County Jail.
The Salem Police Department has released a number of reports. On Monday, October 14th, near 1:48 in the afternoon, an officer was sent to a residence in the 700 block of North Warfel in reference to property damage. The investigation of the report revealed that a person or persons unknown damaged two sections in a fence valued at $150.00. The report is under investigation. Later that afternoon at 4:41, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The traffic stop led to the arrest of a 41-year-old female of Salem for driving while having her license suspended and on an active arrest warrant from Crawford County. The suspect was issued a summons to appear in court for driving while having her license suspended and incarcerated on the warrant pending extradition. On Tuesday, October 15th at about 12:55 in the afternoon, the School Resource officer observed a 15-year-old male juvenile of Salem using a vaping product in a school bathroom. The student was detained for possession of tobacco/alternative and released to a guardian. The report will be forwarded to the Juvenile Office. Later that evening near 8:41, an officer was dispatched to Phil-Mart in reference to shoplifting. The investigation of the report revealed a male and female entered the store, took alcohol valued at $49.98 and left the store without paying for the merchandise. The report is under investigation. Please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242 if you have information regarding any ongoing investigation.