By: STEVE SMITH SSMITH@LACLEDERECORD.COM The Lebanon Police Department is currently without the services of a police dog. Lebanon Police Chief Bryan Arnold, who started on the job last month, said he had learned that the department’s police dog, Zidane, had missed an annual certification. As a result, he decided to…
By: FINES MASSEY EDITOR@LACLEDERECORD.COM Area law enforcement officers raised about $30,000 to make sure that kids in Laclede County got the Christmas that they deserved. Nearly 200 children were chosen to participate in the annual Shop With A Cop event at Walmart on Saturday morning. For more on this story…
By: FINES MASSEY EDITOR@LACLEDERECORD.COM A person of interest in a Texas murder investigation killed himself Friday night after shooting at Lebanon officers who were looking for him at a local hotel. The Amarillo, Texas, Police Department contact the Lebanon Police Department at about 9:40 p.m. Friday with information that Christopher…
By: STEVE SMITH SSMITH@LACLEDERECORD.COM Conway kindergarten through 6th grade students are now sporting new footwear thanks to the Life 360 Church of Conway and a shoe manufacturer. The Life 360 Church presented more than 400 pairs of shoes to students in the Laclede County R-1 School District last week. School…
FARMINGTON – Michael Philip Jung of Farmington passed away on November 24, 2019, at Mercy St. John’s in St. Louis at the age of 58. He was born on February 25, 1961, in St Louis to the late Cletus Jung…
By: STEVE SMITH SSMITH@LACLEDERECORD.COM The Lebanon Downtown Advisory Board is seeking funds to hire a Main Street Manager. Those attending a meeting of the board Tuesday night heard the case for why the board believes a manager is needed. Steve Hite, chairman of the Downtown Business District Advisory Board, said…
Verlin Dale Green died November 16, 2019. Husband of Bonnie Green; and brother to Dennis, Richard, Pam, Joyce, Daryl, Doyle, and Mark Green. Arrangements are pending.
BONNE TERRE — Sandy Davis, age 75, of Bonne Terre, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at her residence. She was born October 2, 1944, to the late Clinton and Francis (Wilson) Wilfong.
FARMINGTON – Tina L. Brooks Maxey of Farmington passed away November 19, 2019, surrounded by her loving family, at her residence at the age of 60. She was born March 14, 1959 in St. Louis, MO to the late Dane…
By: CHRIS RODEN FOR THE LACEDE COUNTY RECORD Joel E. Barber Superintendent Rachelle Jennings was ecstatic to hear what Mike Davis, chairman of the Lebanon Education Foundation, had to say to the Joel E. Barber School Board on Nov. 18. “I am proud to present a check for $13,300 to…
By: STEVE SMITH SSMITH@LACLEDERECORD.COM Charges have been filed in a Thursday evening shooting in Phillipsburg. Becki Stalder, 44, of Springfield faces two counts of assault in the first degree and two counts of armed criminal action. James and Ashley West, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, were airlifted from the scene…
FRANKCLAY — David Compton, 78, of Leadwood, passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Parkland Health Center North. He was born on Tuesday, November 19, 1940, in Leadwood.