Stories from Thursday, July 25, 2019

SIKESTON — Their next mission may take them into a war zone or to render aid to victims of disaster. For the 176 military participants from the Air National Guard and the Navy Reserves and 39 of their active duty counterparts, the training at Sikeston, Barlow, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., helped prepare them to meet those challenges...

WASHINGTON – In response to recent flooding impacting many parts of the United States, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announces the availability of $217.5 million dedicated to funding conservation easements on certain lands damaged by flooding and other natural disasters...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Ruby Pauline Glastetter, 88, died July 23, 2019, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born May 26, 1931 in Peabody, Kan., to the late Grandville A. Liggett and Sylvia Jane Landreth Liggett, she was a homemaker and a longtime resident of Chaffee...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A Marston man accused of robbing an undercover Drug Task Force officer will serve up to 20 years in prison. Larry Tarver Jr., 29, who was formally sentenced Tuesday by Circuit Judge William E. Reeves, was found guilty of first degree robbery following a jury trial in June...

MILAN, Iowa — Betty Jo Daniels, 86, of Milan died July 23, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, Iowa. She was born May 2, 1933, in Missouri, the daughter of George and Flora Ester (Brush) Hampton. In 1949, she married Thyrl Daniels who preceded her in death Nov. 18, 1994...

The City of Dexter and the surrounding community lost a local icon Monday night. Longtime business owner and Dexter’s former mayor, Joe Weber, died at the age of 89 following a lengthy illness. Weber was the third generation of his family to own and operate Weber’s Ben Franklin in downtown Dexter. He served the city as mayor from 2002 until 2018...