News – Tuesday November 16th, 2021
The Dent County Commission met yesterday in regular session. Wes Mobray reported for District 1 that crews will be grading 5530, 2470, 2490, 4080, and hauling rock to 4080, 2470, and 2490. Gary Larson reported for District 2 that crews will be grading 4370, 5250 and hauling material to 4370 and 5240. They will be brush cutting on 4480. Darrell Skiles reported that he will be attending a PHA meeting in St. James on Thursday followed by MRPC External Relation Committee meeting and a MRPC board meeting where they will work on Federal and State priorities. The commission will not be meeting next Monday due to the annual MAC conference. Angie Curley reported that all bills were approved. Jamie Homeyer, Assessor came in to discuss plat books for 2022. The contract will be with Clear Basin for the software, it's $2500 a year (for 3 years) to download quarterly and/or yearly and The Salem News will do the printing. Gary Larson made a motion to approve, Wes Mobray seconded and The Commission approved and signed the contract. The Commission agreed 3-0 to donate county MRPC grant hours to the Jadwin Rural Fire Dept. Then the meeting was adjourned.
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Missouri State Highway Patrol will again join members of Concerns of Police Survivors in paying tribute to fallen officers and showing support for law enforcement by participating in Project Blue Light. General Headquarters, division offices, and troop headquarters buildings will display blue lights from Monday, November 29, 2021, through Monday, January 3, 2022. Thirty-one members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol have given their lives in fulfillment of the Patrol’s mission of providing service and protection to Missouri’s citizens. Participating in Project Blue Light is a way to honor those 31 troopers and the more than 700 other law enforcement officers in Missouri who have made the ultimate sacrifice while performing their duties.
An accident happened Sunday evening at 7:30 in Laclede County on eastbound Interstate 44 seven miles east of Lebanon. According to the highway patrol report, a 2000 Subaru Legacy being driven by 64-year-old Linda Iler of Salem was traveling west when she traveled off the left side of the road and overturned striking the cable barrier. Iler, who was wearing a seat restraint, was taken by Mercy ambulance to Cox Hospital South in Springfield for treatment of serious injuries. The Subaru was totaled and removed from the scene by C&L Towing.
The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that select ticket sales for the 2022 regular season will go on sale this Friday, November 19 at 10 am CT. Dubbed “Red Friday”, fans can purchase single-game All-Inclusive tickets or choose from a variety of five, six and ten-game ticket packs centered around 2022’s highest demand games, including Opening Day, Yankees and Cubs series, and the season-long salutes to franchise icons Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright. To celebrate the occasion, the team will be giving away various ticket packs, Cardinals gift cards and favorite promotional items to fans throughout the day this Friday via the club’s official Twitter account. Fans can also find
special Red Friday pricing on Packs and All-Inclusive tickets available all weekend long. The organization plans to release its 2022 promotional giveaway schedule later this week, prior to the Red Friday on-sale. Furthermore, fans interested in entertaining groups at Busch Stadium for 2022 games may purchase Party Suite tickets beginning this Wednesday, November 17. More information can be found at cardinals.com/suites. Fans can find more information and make their Red Friday ticket purchases at cardinals.com/redfriday.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 89,861 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season Nov. 13 and 14. Of the 89,861 deer harvested, 54,415 were antlered bucks, 7,187 were button bucks, and 28,259 were does. Top harvest counties for opening weekend were Franklin, Texas with, and Benton. Last year, hunters checked 80,744 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season. The November portion of firearms deer season continues through Nov. 23. Missouri’s archery deer and turkey season resumes Nov. 24 through Jan. 15, 2022. The late youth portion of firearms season runs Nov. 26-28. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 4-12 followed by the alternative methods portion Dec. 25 through Jan. 4, 2022. Get more information about deer season and hunting regulations from MDC’s 2021 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where hunting permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov/about-us/about-regulations/fall-deer-turkey-hunting-regulations-information.