Stoddard County News

City governments are busy making preparations for the 2010 US Census. In March of 2010, census forms will be delivered to every residence in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Corey Noles photo White sits at his new desk in the Stoddard County Government Building.

Noreen Hyslop photo Lt. Governor Peter D. Kinder, at left, paid a special visit to Dexter Monday afternoon to award local physician and community servant, Dr.

Delivering as promised, the Stoddard County Public Health Center will be holding a second H1N1 flu vaccine clinic on Wednesday, Nov.

Like households across the country, Missouri schools are also facing difficult economic times and if predictions serve correctly, the times will only be more difficult in the coming year.

The most recent Law Day in Stoddard County was a busy one with eight people being sentenced to prison.

This week's Stoddard County Law Day saw several high-profile cases set for trial.

The Stoddard County Ambulance District Board of Directors voted to take bids on paving a parking lot on the western edge of their property on Cooper Street at their meeting Wednesday night.

Farmers in about two-thirds of Missouri's counties, including Scott and Stoddard counties, may be eligible for aid because of a federal disaster declaration for water and wind damage.

Noreen Hyslop photo Heather Ellis, arm-in-arm with her mother, Hester Ellis, exits the Stoddard County Justice Center Wednesday afternoon following a pre-trial hearing in a case that has gained national attention.

The Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors approved several purchases to improve communications from cell phone and internet users at their regular meeting Oct.

A Dunklin County criminal case that has gathered widespread attention will have a hearing in Stoddard County Wednesday afternoon.

17, 1984 A family of five was injured late yesterday afternoon, when an unusual autumn tornado whipped through an area near Duck Creek in Stoddard County; Dewey Thomas, his wife, Linda, and their three daughters were hurt when a tornado damaged their home in the back of a store Dewey operates near the boarder of Stoddard and Bollinger counties.

The Region E Homeland Security Oversight Committee will hold their annual meeting Oct.

Corey Noles photo A painter works to put the finishing touches on the new Stoddard County Government Building.

Son to Ryan Keith and Julie Rhiannon Davie of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Anyone entering the Malden Community Center late Wednesday afternoon may have been taken aback at the overpowering sweet smell of "weed" -- marijuana.

Noreen Hyslop photo Friends Alyssa Pixley and Olivia Atkinson are covered with the coats they have gathered thus far as they go about the business of "Making a Difference." This year marks the second year for the coat campaign which was begun by Olivia.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Submitted photo The sign in front of Stoddard County Public Health Center at Bloomfield tells the story.