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Malden's Kent Hampton said serving people is why we're all here on earth. He's served 38 years as a manager at Noranda, the largest employer in southeast Missouri; two terms in the Missouri House of Representatives; and as a deacon for 14 years at First Southern Baptist Church at Malden. Now, at age 66, he wants to continue serving as Dunklin County's next clerk. He faces incumbent Carol Hinesly on Nov. 4. "I bring a different perspective to the job," Hampton told SEMO TIMES. "More transparency. "I want to encourage people to come to the courthouse," the candidate continued. "I want them to know I'm their friend and neighbor. I enjoy meeting and helping people. As a public servant, I'm

Dunklin County Clerk Carol Hinesly was at the office recently, as she was for the last 30 years. She loves her job serving the people of Dunklin County, and on Nov. 4 the people have the opportunity to re-elect her as their clerk. "I've worked here under three clerks," the county clerk said. "I have all the experience that 30 years in this office gives you." Carol started her public service life decades ago helping at the county assessor's office. "When Billy Horner was county clerk, I wrote the tax books for the assessor and helped collect taxes," Hinesly said. "He did it all as clerk, and hired my mentor Dixie Ross. "Then I worked for Charles Isbell, who

Republican Tila Rowland Hubrecht won the Mo. Dist. 151 representative seat in the last special election. Voters on Nov. 4 will decide if she returns to Jefferson City to fulfill a complete term. She has had careers as both a teacher and nurse. She said those real-world experiences offered her a unique perspective regarding representing the people of her district. "I'm committed," she said. "I'm a conservative who supports and represents the common sense values of my district. “I think much of Southeast Missouri is just forgotten," the representative added. "I am committed to work for change to benefit us all." Hubrecht said she's experienced the struggles of day-to-day living on restrictive budgets and the struggle her constituents face to

Poplar Bluff High School Principal Mike Kiehne recently presented senior Namara Haq a letter of commendation on behalf of the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. Haq joins about 24,000 commended students throughout the nation for her exceptional academic promise, placing among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the 2013 Preliminary SAT qualifying test.

Walter Dearing feels pretty good about his chances for being elected Mo. Dist. 150 Representative. Born in Kennett, Dearing was reared on a Dunklin County farm, where he "chopped cotton, picked cotton, pitched watermelons" and decided to pursue a career as a public servant. "I decided to go into law enforcement," he told SEMO TIMES. "I was a cop for 41 years." He began his career at the Poplar Bluff Police Department in 1973, where he earned $375 a month. Dearing served in Dunklin County's law enforcement community beginning four years later, and spent 29 years as an investigator for the prosecuting attorney's office. These days, Dearing manages the Missouri Community Services office at Kennett. "I've been in public service