On Oct. 1, 2021, Missouri’s current motor fuel tax rate of 17 cents per gallon will increase to 19.5 cents per gallon. Under Senate Bill 262, you may be eligible to receive a refund of the 2.5 cents tax increase you pay on Missouri motor fuel in vehicles weighing less than 26,000 pounds for highway use on or after Oct. 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Refund claims for this period may be submitted on or after July 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022.
Although you may not apply for a refund claim until July 1, 2022, you will need to begin saving records of each purchase occurring on or after Oct. 1, 2021, that you intend to include in your refund claim next year.
A refund claim form will be available on the Department of Revenue’s website prior to July 1, 2022. A claim must be filed by the customer who purchased the fuel, and records of each purchase must be maintained by the customer and available for inspection by the
Department for three years.
The following information will be required when submitting a refund claim:
1. Vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle into which the motor fuel was delivered;
2. Date of sale;
3. Name and address of purchaser;
4. Name and address of seller;
5. Number of gallons purchased; and
6. Number of gallons purchased and charged Missouri fuel tax, as a separate item.
The Department will be developing an online system so that customers can electronically file a claim and receive an approved refund.
Please note: Missouri’s motor fuel tax rate will increase by 2.5 cents per gallon annually on July 1 until it reaches 29.5 cents in July 2025. Under SB 262, you may request a refund of the Missouri motor fuel tax increase paid each year: 2.5 cents in 2022, 5 cents in 2023, 7.5 cents in 2024, 10 cents in 2025, and then 12.5 cents in 2026 and each year after.
Dexter, MO - Robert Samuel Watts, Jr. has not been seen or heard from by his family since October 10, 2021.
Watts attended a funeral in Chicago, Illinois and later checked into the Ashland Motel on West 47th Street in Chicago. He left the motel around 2:00 a.m. on October 11th driving a 2021 bluish-gray Jeep Cherokee. He did not have a cell phone in his possession at the time of his disappearance. None of his bank or credit cards have been used since the 10th of October.
Robert is almost 62 years old. He stands 5'8" tall and weighs about 190 pounds and is African American. He has one tattoo on one of his arms of the Letter G and the letter D with a big X between them. He may be wearing black-rimmed eyeglasses and a large chain with a cross.
If you have seen Robert Samuel Watts, Jr. or his vehicle, please contact the Dexter Police Department at 573-624-5512 or Officer Thomas Forkum 421-1911
Dexter, MO - The Powe Farm received recognition on Saturday, September 25, 2021 as a Century Farm. The Powe Farm, as it has always been called, was purchased by John Whitehead, Violet (Norman) Silliman's grandfather, on September 20, 1920. it was described as the south half of section 8 in Township 23 North in Range 9 East and is located at Powe, Missouri.
The Silliman family were recognized in a small ceremony at the Stoddard County Fair main stage area.
On February 9, 1921, Drew Norman, Violet (Norman) Silliman's father, purchased the land from John. john had begun to clear the trees from the farm, when he decided to sell the farm to Drew. Then when Drew purchased the farm, he finished the clearing of the trees. This acreage soon became part of 419 total acres that the family now owns in this vicinity.
Drew Norman farmed the acreage until 1939. At that time, the Ray Silliman family took over the farm and Drew moved his family to Bernie, Missouri.
Ray Silliman and his sons, Bill and J.W., farmed the land until 1946 and they then moved to Vinson, Missouri. The farm was contracted to local farmers at that time.
On October 29, 1952, Bill Silliman and Violet Norman were married. They began to farm the Powe land until their retirement in 1975.
The farm today is operated by B. Dawson Planting Co. This company is consists of Bill and Violet's daughter, Karen (Silliman) Dawson, her husband Bruce, son Billy, daughter-in-law Rachel and granddaughters Caroline and Ellie Dawson.
The Powe Farm has always grown the crops that are traditional grown in this area of the country.....beans, corn, and most recently, cotton.
The Missouri Century Farm Program celebrates the lasting contributions farmers and ranchers have made to our country’s and state’s heritage.
In 1976, the Centennial Farm project was initiated in Missouri, awarding certificates to persons owning farms that had been in the same family for 100 years or more. Ten years later, the University of Missouri Extension and the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources created the annual Century Farm program and recognition. The Missouri Farm Bureau joined as a co-sponsor in 2008. Since the program began in 1976, more than 8,000 Missouri farms have received the Century Farm designation.
The public is invited to come out to the Stars and Stripes Museum and Library on October 1st and 2nd for their Liberty Days 2021 celebration.
Over the course of two days, the museum will have reenactors, historians, and special presenters on site to teach guests of all ages about the significance of our nation’s military timeline, from pre-civil war all the way into our modern engagements.
Many other special events will be taking place over the weekend as well.
Blind Velvet, Joyful Noise, and Clifton Hoffmann will be providing live entertainment throughout the day on Saturday.
Willy Bill’s BBQ and Abuela’s Mexican Kitchen will be providing food both days and there will be a vendor market craft show set up in the parking lot of the museum also.
Admission is free to all guests.
The event will be open from 8-4 on Friday, October 1st and 10-4 on Saturday, October 2nd
Dexter, MO - The 2021 Stoddard County Fair Parade winners have been announced. In the category of Commercial/Business 1st Place went to Central Gardens.
Holloway Distributing won 2nd Place and Sage Creek earned a 3rd Place finish.
Photos of the parade can be viewed on the ShowMe Times Facebook page.
