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BELLE — OutKast Sports Complex construction manager Jimmy Zumwalt, owner of Mid-State Pipeline, said Feb. 16 that the project is moving forward in the design phase and needs to be approved to …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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2/21/24
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BELLE — A 17-year-old boy was declared dead on May 24 of a suspected suicide by hanging according to the Maries County Sheriff’s Department.
The death of Kamron R. Picard (Turner) is …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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5/31/23
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BELLE — Several members of the Belle community on May 9 addressed the aldermen about the unbecoming conduct of some of its members.
Rebecca Withouse was present to first ask the board for …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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5/31/23
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BELLE — While Belle Police Officer Erican B. Sugg continues to wait for a March 21 Administrative Hearing through the Department of Public Safety to determine the outcome of complaints made …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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2/14/24
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BELLE — The State Fire Marshal’s Office at on Feb. 13 confirmed a Feb. 7 fire at Rector Radiator Repair is under criminal investigation.
According to Mike O’Connell, director …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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2/14/24
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BELLE — The Maries County R-2 Board of Education decided in an Aug. 29 closed session to decline the School Resource Officer (SRO) candidate, the second one recommended by the city, because the …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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9/6/23
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BELLE — The city of Belle’s attorney, Nathan Nickolaus with Lauber Municipal Law, filed a motion on Feb. 15 to schedule a hearing on or around March 4 in Judge William E. Hickle’s …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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2/21/24
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BELLE — While the city of Belle has not yet hired a school resource officer (SRO) for the 2023-24 school year, Marshal Jerry Coborn said on Monday that his office was planning to arrange a …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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8/23/23
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BELLE — During the April 10 meeting, Belle Mayor James (Pudd) Mitchell informed the public that the audits for the 2019-22 fiscal years, awarded to KD Audit on Jan. 10, 2023, remain unfinished, …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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4/17/24
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BLAND — Bland Mayor Pro Tem Merrilee Spurgeon fielded questions regarding the city’s recent lack of patrol cars at the Aug. 14 board meeting and reassured citizens that they would …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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8/23/23
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BCBA volunteers Mark McClane, Vicki Nelson, Barb and Gary Schaller, Jeff Horstman, Steve Vogt, and Ken Stanfield worked to plant flowers at the new welcome to Belle sign.
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8/23/23
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BELLE — Belle Mayor Daryl White, Jr., at 10:05 a.m. on Thursday, called an emergency closed session meeting on Aug. 24 to discuss “personnel” following the previously scheduled tax …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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8/30/23
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Belle Ya Ya’s hosted its annual community Easter Egg Hunt on March 30 at Belle City Park. Parents of children ages three to four-year-olds gathered to assist the littles picking up the colorful …
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4/3/24
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Belle Mayor Daryl White, Jr., on July 18 wrote and submitted the following letter to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s Office (AGO) as a response to Sunshine Law allegations made in …
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7/26/23
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BELLE — Since OutKast Sports requested to be annexed into the city on Feb. 13, Mayor Pro Tem James (Pudd) Mitchell has worked to find a way to make the request a possibility.
“I met …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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4/3/24
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BELLE —Former Belle aldermen, city employee, and a sheriff’s deputy recall their versions of the proceedings of previous city meetings, which directly contradict statements made by the …
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By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
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7/26/23
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Low turnout in Maries County, Bland precincts
BELLE — Low turnout at the polls on Tuesday morning will determine a two-way race in all three Belle Board of Aldermen positions. The annual …
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4/3/24
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BELLE — A petition requesting the Missouri State Auditor examine the city of Belle’s 2023 finances, with the possibility of reverting to previous years, is now underway.
State …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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4/3/24
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Maries County was experiencing a D3 Extreme Drought when storms rolled through last week. Thursday morning hit Vienna especially hard with limbs down throughout town. On Ballpark Road, a tree fell …
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7/26/23
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BELLE — Concerned parents of Bland Middle School students shared grievances on March 26 with the Maries County R-2 Board of Education.
Board President Kenda Sanders shared the rules with …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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4/3/24
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