Local News – Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Dent County Prosecutor Andrew Curley released reports from court held in Dent County Monday in front of Judge Kelly Parker. Curley stated that Matthew Doyle of Salem pled guilty to two counts of failing to register as a sex offender. Judge Parker sentenced Doyle to 14 years in the Department of Corrections under RSMO Section 559.115 with a 120-day shock incarceration. Also on Monday, Tristan Dubois of Salem pled guilty to three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced by Judge Parker to seven years suspended execution of sentence with five years of probation and parole. Prosecutor Curley requested a Section 559-115 Institutional Treatment Program to address the substance abuse problem. Judge Parker ordered Dubois to complete the CORE program in southwest Missouri. In another case on Monday, Jimmy Govreau pled guilty to forging a money order. Judge Parker sentenced Govreau to a suspended imposition of his sentence with five years supervision, restitution is to be made and Govreau was to have no contact with the victim.

The Salem Police Department has released the following reports. On Saturday morning, October 10th at about 11:50, an officer was dispatched to Mobil for a report of someone leaving without paying for fuel. It was reported that a man had pumped $35.28 worth of gas and did not pay for it. Contact was later made with the subject and due to the police investigation a 23-year old Salem man was arrested and issued a summons. Then on Tuesday morning, October 13th around 9:26, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of South McArthur for a report someone living in unsafe conditions. Contact was made with the subjects in question. One subject, a 40-year-old Salem female, had an active warrant for her arrest. She was taken to the Dent County Jail and was incarcerated. On Thursday morning, October 15th, at approximately 8:00, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of East Roosevelt for a report of a male being there that had an active warrant for his arrest. Contact was made with a 45-year-old Salem male who had four active warrants for his arrest. The male was taken into custody without incident and incarcerated at the Dent County Jail. That same afternoon near 2:33, an officer was dispatched to the Salem High School for a report of a theft. It was reported that a lock box containing approximately $500 in cash was stolen. Video surveillance of the incident was reviewed, and this incident is under investigation. If you have any information about an ongoing investigation, contact the Salem Police at (573) 729-4242.

The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds hunters, meat processors, taxidermists, and others of new regulations now in effect regarding transporting deer, elk, and other cervid carcasses into Missouri and within the state, and of new regulations on cervid-carcass-disposal requirements for meat processors and taxidermists. The new regulations of the Wildlife Code of Missouri are part of Conservation Department’s ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly disease called Chronic Wasting Disease which affects deer, elk, and other members of the deer family, called cervids. Regulation changes for hunters who harvest deer in Missouri from a Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone county are that the deer must be telechecked before any parts of the carcass may be transported out of the county of harvest. Whole carcasses and heads of deer harvested in Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone counties may only be transported out of the county of harvest if the carcass is delivered to a licensed meat processor and/or taxidermist within 48 hours of exiting the county of harvest. There are a number of regulations that have changed for hunters bringing deer and other cervids into Missouri from another state. There are also regulation changes for taxidermists and meat processors. The Conservation Department will again offer statewide voluntary CWD sampling and testing of harvested deer during the entire deer season at select locations throughout the state. It will also be mandatory for CWD sampling for hunters who harvest deer in counties of the CWD Management Zone on November 14th and 15th. Any changes to mandatory sampling requirements due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will be posted at mdc.mo.gov/cwd and be available from regional offices. Get more information on the regulation changes and other CWD information for fall deer hunting, including a map of the CWD Management Zone, from MDC’s 2020 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations & Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/.

Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking an Accounting Authority Order (AAO) authorizing it to track and defer, in a regulatory asset, all extraordinary costs and certain foregone revenues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This AAO request applies to Ameren Missouri’s provision of natural gas service to its Missouri customers. Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than November 10th with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission at P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0360. Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel by calling (866) 922-2959, or the Public Service Commission Staff at 1-800-392-4211. The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency that represents the general public in matters before the Commission. Ameren Missouri provides natural gas service to approximately 132,350 customers in 25 Missouri counties including Dent, Phelps and Gasconade counties in this area.

The City of Salem Park and Recreation Department and Salem Holiday Committee are looking for churches, businesses, organizations and even private individuals that would like to set up an illuminated holiday display inside the Salem City Park starting the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Contact Melissa Dubois for more information at 573-729-6290. These displays would be for Salem’s first drive through light display in the park that would be scheduled to be from November 25th through January 1st.

The Friends of the Salem Public Library will be meeting on Monday, November 2nd at 12:00 noon in the Salem Library basement at the corner of 4th and Jackson Streets. All members are urged to attend.