News – Wednesday, October 16th 2024

The Doe Run Company’s Maroon and Gray mine rescue teams took home multiple awards at the Missouri Regional Mine Rescue contest held September 23rd through the 26th at the Missouri University of Science and Technology’s experimental mine site. The Maroon team took first place in the field competition, and the Gray team took first place in both the team technician and first-aid competitions. In addition, team members Gary Moore took second and Luke Davis took third in the benchman competition. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) judges the competition which is the only underground mine rescue competition in the United States. A total of nine teams competed, including teams from Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico and Tennessee. Doe Run’s mine rescue teams train on a voluntary basis and compete in mine rescue competitions annually. The teams consistently place near or at the top at regional and national mine rescue competitions. Doe Run’s Gray team technicians are Mark Barton and Sara Laskowsky, who won first place in the team technician competition, while the Maroon team’s technicians, Andrew Hampton and Jacob Piatt, took second. Doe Run’s Gray team members Eric Click, Chris Brawley and James Gamblin came in first in the first-aid competition, and Jarred Tackett, Brandon “Buck” Roderman and Mike Snyder from the Maroon team took second in the first-aid competition. Doe Run’s focus on safety is evident beyond mine rescue. Across the company, Doe Run employees completed nearly 35,000 hours of environmental, health and safety training in 2023. 
Healthy Dent County has announced that the Fashion Show that was to be held on Saturday, October 19th at the Salem Community Center@The Armory was is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. All ticket sales will be refunded. You can contact them at 573-729-8163 for questions or concerns.

The Salem Police Department has submitted the following reports. On the night of Thursday, September 26th at approximately 7:00 officers conducted a traffic stop after seeing a subject they knew to have active warrants. As a result of the stop Roy Briggs, age 55 of Salem, was arrested on his warrant for possession of controlled substance with a bond of $3,000 cash or Surety. Then Friday morning the 27th at approximately 2:00 officers were dispatched to the area of Third and Macarthur for a report of a suspicious person sleeping under a carport. Contact was made with the male, and it was found he had active warrants out of Franklin County Missouri. As a result, Shane Lang, age 39, was arrested on a no bond warrant out of Franklin County. Lang was incarcerated at the Dent County Jail awaiting extradition. Late that same night, at approximately 11:30, officers arrested a female subject who had an active warrant for her arrest. Contact was made with her at her home and as a result Ashley Swaringan was arrested on her warrant for disorderly conduct with a bond of $184.50 cash only. Then on Thursday, October 3rd, at approximately 1:00 in the afternoon, officers located and arrested a male subject for outstanding warrants. Officers while on patrol located Anthony Justice, age 29 of Salem, who they knew had an active warrant out of Dent County for felony stealing with a bond of $10,000 cash or surety. Justice was incarcerated at the Dent County Jail. Please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242 if you have any information regarding any investigation.

Join Danielle Norris on Saturday October 19th from 9:30 to 10:30 in the morning for a Foxy Sly Fall Kids Paint Party. Your kid will paint an adorable sly fox in a pumpkin! The artist will take your kids step by step, until they have a finished a painting perfect for fall! The class is for kids 5 and up! Interested persons can sign up at salemcommunitybetterment.com