Local News – Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
The Dent County Sheriff’s office has released report for activities by the department from October 2nd through the 6th. On Wednesday, October 2nd, deputies traveled to a residence on Dent County Road 4170 to attempt to serve an arrest warrant. During the course of the incident, a 22-year-old Salem female was arrested for having an active warrant through Dent County. The female was transported to the Dent County Sheriff’s Office and incarcerated. The next day deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 800 block of East 3rd Street. During the traffic stop, a 33-year-old Salem man was arrested for driving while having his license revoked or suspended. The man was transported to the Dent County Sheriff’s Office where he was fingerprinted, issued a summons and released. Then on Friday, October 4th, deputies traveled to a residence in the 800 block of East 1st Street in an attempt to serve arrest warrants. During the incident, a 32-year-old Salem man and a 32-year-old Salem woman were arrested for having active warrants through Dent County. The man and woman were transported to the Dent County Jail and were incarcerated. On Saturday, October 5th, deputies conducted a traffic stop at North Washington and West 7th Street. During the traffic stop, a 48-year-old Salem man was arrested for driving while having his license revoked or suspended. The man was transported to the Dent County Sheriff’s Office where he was fingerprinted, issued a summons for driving while having their license revoked or suspended and failure to display valid plates on a motor vehicle. The man was then released. A 49-year-old Steelville man was also arrested during the traffic stop for the unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a prior drug offense. The Steelville man was also transported to the Dent County Sheriff’s Office where he was fingerprinted issued a summons and released. Finally on Sunday the 6th, deputies conducted a traffic stop at the Highway 68 and 19 North junction. During the traffic stop, a 48-year-old Eminence man was arrested for having three active warrants through Shannon County. The man was transported to Dent County Sheriff’s Office Jail where he was incarcerated. If you have any information regarding an ongoing investigation please call the Sheriff’s office at 729-3241
The Missouri Community Betterment (MCB) honored 13 communities, five youth groups and 9 community leaders at their 56th Annual Conference held in Mexico, Missouri on Monday afternoon. Nearly 130 volunteers, community leaders and youth from across the state were in attendance to celebrate community and economic development efforts as well as network with each other and connect with resource providers. The community of Buffalo won the Gene Speichinger Community of the Year Award. The City of Salem finished third in Category III and Steelville finished fourth in Category II. Jennifer Whitson from Steelville was honored with an Adult Leadership Award while Emily Smith from Steelville was presented a Youth Leadership Award. Congratulations to all the communities that participated in the event.
The VFW Post in Salem is reminding students that the VFW essay contests and teacher award nominations are going on now. The Voice of Democracy essay contest is open to high school students and that is the VFW's premier scholarship program where students compete for more than two million dollars in scholarships and incentives. Students compete by writing and recording an audio essay on annual patriotic theme which this year is "What Makes America Great." The Patriot’s Pen (PP) essay contest is open to 6th through 8th grade students that also includes home schooled students. Students write an essay on the annual patriotic theme "What Makes America Great" with national winners getting at least $500 while the top prize is $5,000. The contest consists of four levels starting with the local post competition, with that winner going to the regional level. The regional winners move on to the state competition before those winners move on to the VFW National Competition. There is also a Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award that is open to all current classroom teachers in grades K-12. Anyone can complete the nomination form and 350 word narrative describing why the teacher should be selected. All essay contests or teacher nominations must be received by VFW Post 6280 no later than October 31st. You can drop off your sealed entries at the VFW Post 6280/American Legion Post 99 at 2522 Highway 32 West in Salem. You can also mail your entries along with flash drives for the 'Voice of Democracy" audio entry to the VFW Post 6280, P.O. Box 735, Salem, MO 65560. Late, incomplete or entries not following official contest rules may be disqualified. All first place finishers will advance to the District competition in November. Winners will be notified in November and receive their certificates/cash prize during our annual awards banquet on December 14th at the Salem United Methodist Church. If you have question, please e-mail them to cdr.vfw.post.6280@gmail.com.