During the Feb. 7 Ozark County Law Day, Dewayne Allen, far left, admitted to violating his probation. His original 4-year prison sentences were executed. Officers recently arrested him on a warrant while he was riding horseback. Timothy “Kyle” Sprague, center, also got an OCSD escort to the MoDOC after violating his probation in a voluntary manslaughter case by racking up two more domestic assault cases. He is ordered to complete a 120-day institutional drug treatment program. Michelle Wilcox, far right, had to spend a week in jail following a positive drug test, signaling that she’d used meth while on probation.
Last October, Edward M. Rice, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, joined the nuns of the new St. Joseph's Monastery for the blessing of the two bells, photo above, left, that will ring from the chapel belfry. The nuns named the bells Maria, for the Blessed Mother, and Cecelia, for the patron saint of music.