Bernie News

Division two court in Stoddard County had a busy Thursday. Judge John Spielman of Dunklin County presided over court for the day because Judge Joe Satterfield was away.

Noreen Hyslop Photo Both local teens involved in a Sunday afternoon wreck were wearing their seatbelts, avoiding serious injury, according to the Highway Patrol.

Noreen Hyslop photo - Rev. Doyle Corlew has spent a lifetime in front of a classroom and behind a pulpit.

Noreen Hyslop photo Charles Marcum is the new Bernie High School principal and joined Bernie board members in his first meeting this week.

The Bernie Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance amending the solid waste policy of the city and also an ordinance authorizing Mayor James Tilmon to contact the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to prepare to award a contract for a sidewalk improvement project.

He recalls nothing about the most traumatic day in his life; not the darkness, or the horrific howl of the wind, and not the stillness that followed in the wake of the May 19, 1949 tornado that devastated parts of Stoddard County.

Another shake and bake meth lab has been discovered in Stoddard County this week.

It is a dream come true. Ron Owens grew up in Bernie, playing in the salvage yard his father owned.

Swiss police were searching Saturday for a 12-year-old American boy missing near a popular tourist attraction in the Bernese highlands.

One man is dead and another is charged with involuntary manslaughter following a two-vehicle accident Sunday on Route Z, seven miles east of Bernie.

A 37-year-old Dexter man is in Stoddard County Jail in lieu of a $150,000 cash only bond, facing four felonies resulting from a fatal accident that occurred late Sunday afternoon.

It was a deadly weekend involving motorcycles for three area residents. A Bernie Man, 41-year-old Ronald P. Craver, lost his life in an accident Sunday afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving hit the rear of a Honda ATV that had slowed to make a left turn.

An accident late yesterday afternoon has claimed the life of a Bernie man. Missouri Highway Patrol reports indicate that 38-year old Michael Norman of Dexter slowed on Route Z a ' 7 miles east of Bernie on his ATV 4-wheeler when a motorcycle driven by 41-year old Donald Craver struck his vehicle in the rear.

A deadly motorcycle crash in Stoddard County was among many accidents the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to Sunday.

Noreen Hyslop photo Newly named Bernie Supt. John Boyd, at left, discusses options presented by the school district's CTA Salary Committee during Monday night's regular monthly meeting.

Public Water Supply District #7 reorganized the board of directors at their regular meeting held May 7. PWSD #7 is in the midst of a $1.23 million rural water project which will bring treated water to nearly 200 customers in the southeast portion of Stoddard County.

The interrogation of individuals for purchasing pseudoephedrine led to the discovery of a meth lab this week.

Mike McCoy Photo Newly elected Bernie City Council members are sworn in during this week's monthly meeting.

Thirteen Southeast Missouri communities, including Perryville and Frohna, have been selected to receive $1.3 million in federal enhancement funds.

A 36-year-old Bernie man, Cletus Patterson, is free, having posted a $35,000 cash only bond, following his arrest on two felony charges that include the unclassified felony of statutory sodomy in the second degree and the Class A misdemeanor of child molestation in the second degree.