Longtime Radio Personality Marv Luten interviews guests, shares community updates, National and Local sports and more.
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**Marv in the Morning Podcast**
Welcome to the Marv in the Morning Podcast. Now, here’s Marv. Good day again on the Marv in the Morning Podcast on the Fort Not Lost in the Woods podcast site, brought to you by the Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, VFW Post 3168 of Lacquey, TK’s Pizza, Bell’s Construction, The Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture, Shelter Insurance Agent, Dave Holloway, of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply, and Seeger Toyota.
What are we going to talk about is a question I ponder while I was trying to put this podcast together. Then the president ended that when he dissed the Pope. Now, I’m not a Catholic, but I do respect his position as leader of their church and a holy man, plus an American. He’s supposed to preach for peace around the world. All the Popes throughout time have done that. Trump called that wrong, said the Pope is weak on foreign affairs and a liberal. He just should have called him a Democrat.
The news media knows how to pull Trump’s trigger. Just get him to talk about a situation that comes up, and it just seems to get Donald Trump’s approval rating going further downward across the country. And now his own party, the Republicans, are reflecting on Trump’s comments and they are not supportive. If he would just shut his mouth or say no comment to the media, the approval rating might improve. Not that it matters any, he’s in the Oval Office until 2028 unless God intervenes, and trashing the Pope cannot be helping.
The war with Iran, of course, is dominating the headlines because despite the fact it’s in the Mid-East, far away from the US soil, it’s affecting everyday life here in the states and throughout the world. Simply because of oil prices, which is turned into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, which affects the prices we pay on about everything we not only use, but in a lot of cases, need to survive, like food and fuel, to get to work, so we can make more, so we can spend more.
I ran into my second encounter with a spread head snake last week. I thought it might be a bit early, but with the warmer weather, and it is April, I saw one crossing our gravel road as I was headed home. Still not sure what type of snake it was. I was behind it, but when I saw its hog type nose, it was time to jack around with it. I checked its eyes from a distance to make sure they were not the cat type eyes, which indicates a poisonous snake.
Got a little closer and watched it raise its head and spread it like a cobra. And even though I’ve seen them before, it’s still very impressive. I went on my merry way and let the snake find his way into the woods.
Big event at the Pulaski County Shrine Club coming up this Saturday the 18th, their annual crawfish boil, which is open to the public. Advanced tickets are $25, $30 at the door. Kids under 12, half price, five and under are free, and it’s for all you can eat. Along with the crawfish boil and all the fixings, pulled pork and hot dogs will also be available. For the kids, bounce houses, a mouse racer, too. There will be live music, gun raffles, door prizes, and even an Alpha Gal friendly table. The fun starts at high noon and lasts until the food is gone. And I will say, there’s a lot of fresh crawfish all the way from Louisiana for the event.
Well, before we get into our interview this week, I need to brag a little bit on someone very near and dear to me. My 35th wedding anniversary is coming up next week. How my lovely wife, Carrie, has put up with the 3:00 AM wake up calls, leaving in the afternoons for ballgames, and coming home late at night for all those radio years is beyond me.
All while doing the majority of the farm work, taking care of the house, and the four legged kids. She’s been the biggest blessing in my life, and sometimes I don’t make it easy. But a shout out to my better half, which I mean sincerely. My better half. God blessed me with a great one. Happy anniversary, dear. I’m getting her new weed eater for our 35th anniversary. Just kidding, I think.
**Stacy Ball Interview**
Marv: Today on the podcast, we visit with Pulaski County Sheriff, Stacy Ball, whose department is getting paid by ICE to take care of ICE’s job here in Pulaski County. We’ll find out all about this program, which makes too much sense to be government funded. An interesting chat with the Pulaski County Sheriff is coming up.
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Marv: On the podcast, we are joined by Pulaski County Sheriff, Stacy Ball, in his second year now as the Sheriff of Pulaski County. And last time we talked, you were just getting started. And now a year later, I don’t think it’s been going.
Stacy: It’s been going good. We’ve, uh, we’ve been able to, to establish a good team down in the Sheriff’s office from the deputies to the jailers, uh, to the staff. I mean, it’s been a work in progress, but I’m very, very comfortable with, uh, with where we’re sitting right now with, with our deputies and jailers. I mean, my wife going to sleep at night, it’d be like 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning or I’d wake up 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, I’d go into the jail, check it out because I just was not comfortable. Ask any Sheriff, the jail is the biggest heartache of, of the whole operation. And, uh, the quickest lawsuit. And we’re still battling lawsuits that we’ve been able to, to maintain so far. But it’s just getting that team, building that team and getting the, uh, getting the right people in there and the right positions, the right leadership, and it, it now allows me to sleep better at night because I know that my guys are out there doing a great job.
Marv: So why is the jail the biggest pain?
Stacy: Well, that’s where you, you got inmates down there that they have nothing to do but time to think. If you touch them, if you, if they get aggressive and, and you get aggressive back to try and stop, uh, I mean, they will sue you for inappropriate contact. If you pat a inmate on, hey, good job, and they might turn around and say, hey, they, they sexually assaulted me, or, or I mean, it’s, it’s a lot of mox-neck stuff. They come in here hurt and they claim that they were hurt in jail, or they’ll fall in jail or something and say they hurt themselves, and then we take ’em to the doctor, pre-existing injury, but they’ll sue the jail for just about anything. Whatever they can do to, to get a dollar. And granted, I mean, stuff happens in the jail, we’re not perfect. Uh, it is a difficult environment, especially when you’re putting a bunch of inmates together, a bunch of criminals and, uh, in that environment, they fight, they do whatever, and if we’re not there in time, uh, like one of the lawsuits we, you know, there was a fight, the guy ended up dying, the, I mean, there’s no way to be able to react in the, that amount of time to get there to, to help. Especially where we were before, when it was only one or two jail, two, well, two jailers down there. Now we got four or five jailers on the floor at any time. So, that makes it a lot better too. So now I have jailers everywhere because I got a full staff.
Marv: And of course, that takes money.
Stacy: It does. And, uh,
Marv: And how are you able to get that extra cash?
Stacy: Well, we’ve gone through, through grants. Uh, we’ve gotten the Blue Shield Grant, we’ve gotten a couple other grants that have helped us, uh, with equipment and stuff for, for the Sheriff’s office. As a Sheriff or anybody that’s in charge of a budget, you’re always trying to find ways to save money, the biggest bang for the buck. Programs that you can do to get extra money without a big, you know, a big a burden to the county. And one of the biggest things that, that we’ve been able to enter into is an agreement with ICE, the 287G agreement. Uh, which is an MOU I’ve signed with ICE. All this does, this program does, is it keeps ICE from coming into our county. As we’ve seen across the country, uh, ICE, I mean, they’ve taken a bad rap. A lot of things have happened for, you know, various reasons. When I was presented with this opportunity, it was a no-brainer because it’s, uh, it’s a way for me to make money for my budget for equipment, for, uh, vehicles, things like that, maintenance. I mean, what, whatever it is. They, they now give me money to do their job, which doesn’t take away from the county budget because the deputy may make a traffic stop and get some money from ICE. Well, ICE is paying me back their hours worked. They’re paying me back their overtime if any. They’re paying me back 25% of their benefits. Uh, so the deputies, we’re actually making more than what the deputy’s making on the road at the end of the day if we’ve, if we find a, a an illegal alien. We’re not out hunting. Uh, we don’t have a big long list of, let’s go after this person today. As we make traffic stops, as we make, uh, approaches to people, as part of the MOU, we’re now able to interrogate, find out where they’re from, but, before officers, if you’re not 287G, you can’t interrogate. There’s no legal way for you to, because it’s not, you got to call ICE. Get somebody from ICE two hours away up here. Now that’s two, three hours, four hours, depending on how long it takes that you’ve held this person. Uh, we’re now we can interrogate right on the spot. We make a phone call to, to ICE to verify. And if they come back and say, hey, he’s not allowed to be in the country, or he’s on a detainer, or whatever, then we take him down to, uh, to where we take them to. Uh, so, and again, they pay us back that money. At the end of the day, I get recouped that. It’s not taken away, but it’s allowing me to make a little extra money for the, for the Sheriff’s office. So I can upgrade equipment, I can upgrade weapon systems, I can upgrade vehicles, uh, I can upgrade computers. Where before, because I mean, the budget is, I mean, I get what I get. And without having some way of getting extra money through grants or something like that, then this is, I mean, it’s a, it’s a great program. And at the end of the day, it keeps ICE out of the county. But the problem I see is there’s a lot of misinformation out there on, on social media. They’re saying that, that we entered into this agreement that we only got this because of the Blue Shield Grant. I’m only able to do certain things because I’m working with ICE. That’s not the case. The Blue Shield Grant is totally separate, uh, which kind of, it, it pissed me off a little bit because the Blue Shield Grant, we have to qualify as a Blue Shield County. So there’s a lot of steps that go into that, such as the commissioners working with the Sheriff and law enforcement to make sure that they support us and give us everything we need to keep, protect the citizens. That I’m in programs, such as, I have a Dare program now. I have, uh, I’m in ORP, operational relentless pursuit, which is awesome. I support the county as a, as a whole for law enforcement, and I will do everything I can to protect the citizens. So, there’s a lot of steps into that to become a Blue Shield County, uh, which we are, which has allowed us, because only Blue Shield County, Blue Shield cities are eligible to get this grant. That’s totally separate from the MOU with, with the 287G.
Marv: The Sheriff’s department could not go out and have yard sales and bake sales and car washes and stuff like that to go out and, uh, raise extra money. So a way to do this, and from what you are telling me, I would think that ICE, uh, would do this with a lot more, and maybe they are doing it with a lot more departments, uh, than we hear anymore.
Stacy: It is 287G is all around the country. They’ve opened it up to prevent what happened in Minnesota, what happened in Chicago. They, that’s why they established this. Uh, and this is, Pulaski County is, I’m responsible for this county. Uh, I would rather take owners for this county, so that way, I’m doing that job. If we have illegal aliens and we stop them, then, and we, we do the right process, we call ICE. We make sure that they’re on a detainer. And then we, we take them down. That keeps, like I said, ICE from coming up here with 10, 12 people to do a raid on a house. You know, to, to check our roads, to check into the, the different restaurants and stuff like that. A lot of people aren’t going to like it. I got it. I ran, I, I, when I was running, I said, I’m not going to make everybody happy, but I’m going to make the decisions that’s going to support Pulaski County and the Sheriff’s office as a whole. And this program does that, 100%. We’re not violating anyone’s rights. We are taking those that are illegal cross here, illegal and I, I love my country. I love my county. And it disheartens me that we had an open border for so long to allow millions of people to flood in, which takes, I don’t care what they, it takes jobs away. Well, now you’re taking the, the hotel staff, you’re taking, they’re talking about people doing these little mox-nick jobs. Okay, that Americans don’t want to do. Well, at the end of the day, it costs money to, for, for health care. It, they go to the hospital, somebody’s got to pay. Uh, they get into a wreck. Like the other day, we got a semi tractor trailer. Guy from Turkey, didn’t speak lick of English. Couldn’t even ask him if he knew what a stop sign was, or, or a sign, but California license. So, obviously, he is now an ICE custody.
Marv: How did this guy from Turkey ever get a license in California if you can’t speak any English, you can’t read any English? I mean, when I took my driver’s test, I had to read a little bit about English and the signs and the stuff like that. But how does this happen?
Stacy: Well, that’s, that’s what, uh, I guess the government’s going after California for doing this, and other states that are allowing, uh, illegal aliens to get driver’s license. We saw the incident in Florida where the tractor trailer was doing a U-turn illegally, and we lost four, you know, four people in that crash. Uh, so, I don’t have an answer for that. It, it’s not right. Uh, but that’s what some of the states are doing, and hopefully it, it stops, but there’s plenty more out there that are, that are just like that that we haven’t stopped.
Marv: We live in a very transient area because of Fort Leonard Wood. Do we have that many illegal aliens that are running around our neck of the woods that you know of?
Stacy: No, they’re not just openly running around like, uh, like crazy. We, it, like I said, Marv, we find them on traffic stops. We run into them. I mean, that’s all there, we’re doing our job out there, being proactive, making traffic stops, talking to folks, and, uh, we find them. We verify and then we take them down.
Marv: And of course, there are probably other places where you, you run into a little bit of maybe an altercation where it might involve somebody from another country, and you have that also to worry about.
Stacy: Right. Right. We’ve arrested murderers. We’ve taken murderers down there. We’ve taken kidnappers down there. We’ve taken people down there that were wanted from their own countries. I mean, it’s, for the most part, yeah, they, they’ve crossed illegally somewhere, but, uh, a good portion of those folks that we’ve, we’ve been able to detain so far, they, they have had records where they’ve been wanted. Kansas had a warrant out for a guy, uh, for a murder, and he’s now in ICE custody. So, it’s not just people that are out here making a living, planting flowers and stuff, and, and doing, uh, working in the hotels or whatever, like they say, it there’s, there are some nasty people out there that we’re getting rid of.
Marv: And you guys don’t have to wear a mask to cover your face, either.
Stacy: No.
Marv: That’s, I think that’s one of the things that has that’s pissed a lot of people off. And of course, the media does not help.
Stacy: Six years ago, they wanted everybody to wear masks. Back in COVID, they wanted everybody to wear masks. Even after COVID, they were still want people to wear masks. So, uh, and those are the same people complaining today that they wear masks. But I understand. I mean, they’re doing a, they’re doing a job where they’re getting attacked every day. Their family’s getting doxed. Everybody knows this. I understand some of the complaints that they have, but, uh, if we would let them do their job, or more agencies did this like we’re doing, it would take a little bit of pressure off of, of worrying about, you know, if they’re wearing a mask, or if they’re wearing, you know, no name tapes or anything like that. So, it’s, it’s a good program. We did the training for it. We had to go through, uh, training through FLETC to, to even get into this. So all my deputies that are, that are 287G, they’re all trained. So it’s not like they just say, hey, go get it. We went through, we went through a, a an extensive training to learn the law about, about ICE and learn about immigration and stuff to, to get to where we’re at. So,
Marv: You mentioned something earlier about ORP. What is that?
Stacy: Operational Relentless Pursuit. That is Governor Keel’s initiative when he first took office. He, uh, he announced this. And as soon as he announced ORP, operational relentless pursuit and what it was going to entail, I had the perfect deputy for it. I knew, uh, who I was going to pick for and try and get him on because it’s only one deputy per, per troop. It’s one trooper and one deputy per troop area, like we’re troop I. So, uh, I submitted his, submitted my guy’s name, and, uh, he got selected for, for ORP. So what ORP, operational relentless pursuit does, is they go around, they’re tracking down warrants that have been on books for years. Everything from rape to murder to, there are some misdemeanor crimes that are, that are in there too. But they’re, they’re going after the high profile targets that have been on the run, have not received their day in court because they’ve been running from the law. And, uh, they bring them to the jail and then they go through their due, due process. I will tell you now, and I’m, I’m not even afraid to say it, I’m, I, I, I think our two guys in this area for ORP are probably two of the highest rated for getting the most arrests in the, in the entire state. I mean, they are just, they’re working their butts off, I mean, every day. And they don’t just work Pulaski County, they work the entire troop I, which they always have support from Highway Patrol, they have support from, uh, from the Sheriff’s office, they have support from the local agencies, if we’re going after someone and it’s, they, they might run, then we’ll, they’ll gather some people up and, and, uh, just to surround the, surround the area that they’re looking for the, for the suspect. They joke around with me because they go to these other counties and they’re, they’re knocking their warrant list down. Like, they might have started out with a hundred in, in this county and now they’re down to like 60, and they start with a couple thousand in Pulaski County, which is not a lie. We have a lot of warrants. And they knock them down, but it’s still a couple thousand warrants because they just stack up every day. So there’s always work for them in this county.
Marv: Do you have any idea how many arrests that, uh, your officers have made since you’ve taken office?
Stacy: For ORP, uh, it’s got to be 3, 400. I mean, it, it’s well over that probably because, not just Pulaski County, this is the whole troop I that they’re working. So, it’s probably well above that. So, they’re doing the work.
Marv: So, you have to get along with, uh, surrounding counties. How’s that been for you?
Stacy: That’s been excellent. We got excellent relationship with all the surrounding sheriffs.
Marv: Well, you worked up in the Rolla area for a while.
Stacy: I did. Uh, I worked with, uh, I was on the drug task force for, uh, RAID, Rolla Area Drug Enforcement. Before that, I was South Central Drug Task Force. So, I had a good working relationship with Sheriff Turner already. But remember, we got, uh, new Sheriff in Maries County, new Sheriff in Camden County, new Sheriff in Old Laclede County, who we all went to the Sheriff’s Academy together. Uh, so we, we were able to form a bond and say, hey, whatever you need, I’m, I’m there for you. If, if whatever I, I need, I, I know I can call on you. So, and it’s already been demonstrated. When we had that shooting January 15th of last year, 15 days into my office, I called my dispatch and said, I want Phelps SWAT, I want Camden SWAT, I want every Laclede SWAT, I want drones because we didn’t have that. And, I mean, it wasn’t 20, 30 minutes and people just started showing up in droves, uh, because we had a barricaded subject who had already shot one person. Uh, my deputy had already shot at him. He shot off the mirror off of one of my deputies already. So, he was an immediate threat. And Highway Patrol, I mean, I, I kept turning around and there would be 20 more, 20, I had so many people, they’re like, hey, Sheriff, where do you want me? I’m like, man, I don’t know. But I had Sheriff Turner and I had, uh, Sheriff Edgar from Camden County right there behind me. And it was, it was a good feeling because I knew that, you know, if, if I was stuck on something, if I didn’t, if I wasn’t making a, I know I could turn, hey, help me out, just a good feeling. And I would do the same for them if they, if they called upon me. And that goes the same with the drug task force. We’ve got a good relationship with the other drug, drug task force that work other counties, and we feed each other information, uh, because drugs don’t just stay in Pulaski, they travel. Uh, so, and that’s been a good relationship as well.
Marv: And that’s something you have to have.
Stacy: Yes.
Marv: You know, I mean, you just can’t keep everything in, in house and expect to take this crap off the streets.
Stacy: That’s right. And that’s, uh, Pulaski County for the longest time has been just like, hey, we’re going to do our own thing. We’re, you know, just not a very good reputation for being workable. Uh, and that was one of the things I wanted. I mean, and I had to change my, my drug task force that I’m in. I had to change their, their because I said, hey, if, if I’m going with you, we are working with Missouri. We are working with RAID. We are working with other drug task force because I want the communication flow. I’m not doing my own thing. Uh, and that’s been, that’s opened up doors, and it’s, it’s just been a great working relationship because at the end of the day, if you don’t have those types of relationships, you miss out. And that goes into citizens because we’re getting a crap ton of tips from, from the, from the citizens out there that we follow up on to lead to arrest, or lead to drugs, or lead to other, other things. So,
Marv: And how do you, how much do you need the citizens’ help as well?
Stacy: I want all the help I can get from the citizens. I mean, there’s, there’s, I’ve, I’ve said it one, I’ve said it several times. I mean, I might get a tip here, I might get a tip here, I might get a tip there. And it doesn’t mean nothing to me right now. But as they start coming in, you start piecing the puzzle together. And now that, now that tip’s going to mean something. So it’s not just a, well, that don’t mean nothing, delete. I keep all my tips are in a folder. Probably about 20%, 20, 30% of the time, it’s, it’s, they’ll leave their name or their address, or their email or something where I can contact them back. Majority of the time, it’s just an anonymous. So I can’t call them back or I can’t get a hold of them to say, hey, you know, can I, I need some more information. Can you give me some more, which is kind of descrip, but it, it’s anonymous, which unlike the social media anonymous, we, we keep on to those tips. We look at them. We try and piece the puzzle together as, as the same tips come in about the same person, or the same car, the same house. And now we get a little bit more, so we can try and find that probable cause to reach out and, and take action.
Marv: We’re going to be right back with Stacy Ball, Pulaski County Sheriff, right after this.
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Marv: We’re back with the Sheriff of Pulaski County, Stacy Ball, now in his second year as the head law enforcement officer here in the county. Of course, I’ve been in kind of the dark ages here for the last couple of years. Don’t pay much attention to too much of the news. My wife told me, she goes, you watch way too much news. And it sometimes it really bothers me. But I haven’t heard a lot about the Sheriff’s department, and that’s good news. When you don’t hear a lot about the local Sheriff’s department, that means they’re doing their job. You know, compared to the stuff that you would hear, because a lot of it turns out to be bad news or BS, basically, is what it turns out to be.
Stacy: We try and do the best job we can, Marv. I mean, that that’s all there is to it. That’s why I was talking about the team that, that we’re able to assemble in the Sheriff’s office. Our constitutional rights. I mean, that’s, that’s the, the biggest thing for me. And we’re charged to look out for those constitutional rights. We’re the last defense from those kind of, for, to protect those constitutional rights. And if I don’t have deputies that understand that, that could be a, an issue, whether it’s in the jail or on the road. So, it’s just getting that team that wants to work and do the best job they can. They’re not worried about the pay. They want to work in an environment where they can do their job. And as a Sheriff, I’m not a micromanage. As a first sergeant in the military, I, I probably was too much of a micromanage, but I’ve learned to step back. You make the decision, and like I’ve told my guys, as long as it’s not illegal, unethical, immoral, or you don’t lie to me about it, there’s not anything that you do that we can’t work through. If it’s one of those four things, then God help you. But there’s nothing we can’t do to help retrain or redirect or anything like that to where we can get them to, to where they need to be, which also helps them because now they know they’re working in an environment where they can do their job. I don’t have a thumb on everybody. Which in certain, you can’t, certain instances, where, if I got to put my thumb on it, then I, I will. But my sergeants, my corporals, they do their job.
Marv: I did see you on the news, um, a while back, there was a, a man who went down to the river, uh, and went fishing. I don’t know if he went fishing, but he ended up missing. Anything new on that?
Stacy: Nothing’s new on that. That’s, uh, that’s our Hoyer. And that’s a, that’s a case of a few years old. The family wanted me to open it back up. We’ve opened it back up. They’ve got some private private detectives that are also working, uh, with the family. It’s just an interesting case that, I mean, he just vanished out of nowhere. And we followed the leads where we’ve had pictures of, I, this might be the guy, but he’s, it’s not. But the strangest thing is, uh, when I opened it back up, I did a clear search for, uh, for him. And it showed that someone had used his name to renew their weapons registration in Illinois, which is where he’s from. But they used his name backwards. The name was reversed. But the same information, the same date of birth, the same social. And the address they used. So I had, I called the Sheriff’s department up there. And the Sheriff’s department went out to the house to, uh, to check. And it was not, this is a year later now from when he, time he re-upped his registration to when, now we’re checking. And the Sheriff deputies went out there, they called me up and they said, this is definitely not your guy. But he said he moved in in like 23 or whatever year he moved in. And that was right before the registration of the, uh, of the weapon.
Marv: The only reason I brought that up because of Savannah Guthery’s mother who ended up disappearing, and then all of a sudden you hear on the news, uh, there’s people who have been missing for 23 years, and all of a sudden they show up. Do you think this guy’s still alive?
Stacy: I, man, I don’t, uh,
Marv: Don’t even want to take a shot at it, huh?
Stacy: No, I mean, the highway patrol dragged the river like crazy. Uh, they went above and beyond, uh, the scope from what I’ve seen in the investigation. The detectives at the time, they, they did a good job following up on leads and, uh, we had a cigarette butt that was found, but it wasn’t the brand that he smoked, or the wife at the time smoked. Uh, so we sent that to DNA. Uh, DNA came back. It came back as a male, but it wasn’t in CODIS, which is what you’re in if, if your DNA’s entered, it goes into CODIS and will give us a name. Uh, so then the wife brought in the daughter, and I did a comparison and I did a comparison to the DNA, uh, to see if there was his DNA versus her DNA. And there was no hit on that. So, uh, we’re, we’re stuck. And I know the private, they have a lot more, and this is a, this is a, uh, foundation that they raise money and they do this kind of stuff for families for, uh, like pro bono. Uh, and I know they’ve, I’ve been in contact with them and we’ve been sharing information as well. Uh, but they’re working on a few because they got a lot more outreach than I do here in Pulaski County versus up in Illinois. So, uh, I, I can’t answer that question. I, there’s just, there’s some things that don’t add up, uh, which I, I don’t want to talk about, but, uh, if the privates up there are doing their job and, and they find some information, they can share back, it might tie up a couple of loose ends.
Marv: Anything else you can talk about that’s coming up this year that, uh, when, you know, you don’t want to give me, it’s like listening to the president. I’m not going to tell you what we’re going to do. And these news guys ask him, well, you’re really going to blow up Iran. I’m going to tell you that, you moron.
Stacy: I like to people to know that the Sheriff’s office is here for you. My deputies are here, my, we’re, we’re here to do our job. Keep the tips coming. Uh,
Marv: How can they send you a tip?
Stacy: They can get on our, our, we got a Pulaski County app, Pulaski County Sheriff’s office app that they can download for free. And unlike what you hear on social media, uh, I’m not data mining your information. If I was able to data mine, I would not be the Sheriff. I’d be making a hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars data mining your information. That’s not, that’s not what this does. Uh, that’s, that’s the biggest one right there, the data mining thing just blows my mind. It’s conspiracy theories. Uh, or our website. We have our website, uh, www.pc-sheriff2, the number 2.com. And there’s a tip button on there. You can hit the tip, you just fill out the information, submit it, and it comes right to us.
Marv: Sounds great. Well, Stacy, thanks for your time. I’ve always appreciated it. Always enjoy talking to you.
Stacy: Yes, sir. Thank you. I appreciate it, Marv.
Marv: Stacy Ball, our Sheriff of Pulaski County, and we’ll be right back.
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Marv: Well, let’s take a look at some sports, and we welcome back as a sponsor Three Brothers Meat Company at Linn Creek. The Masters was completed last Sunday at Augusta, Georgia, and the weather cooperated all four days. The crowd was huge, as usual, and Rory McIlroy was going for a repeat trying to become the fourth ever to win back-to-back green jackets, and shall we just say, he did it, joining the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods as back-to-back champs at Augusta.
Let’s take a look at some local sports, and with districts coming up for some spring sports next month, some of those hosting district tournaments will start with baseball and softball this week. Eight of the nine Frisco League teams have spring baseball. Two of them are hosting district tournaments. Stoutland is hosting the Class 1 District 8 Tournament at Tiger Field. Stoutland is the only Class 1 baseball program in the league. In Class 2 action at Tim Hardesty Field in Crocker, the Lions will welcome in Frisco Leaguers, Lacquey, Plato, and Richland, along with several others for their district tournament. Class 3 District 8 has Dixon at Belle for that year end tournament, and Licking will travel to Houston for the District 9 Tournament. Class 6 has the Waynesville Tigers at Eureka for their District 2 Tournament. The Tigers will join their neighbor Rolla along with Wildwood, Maricatt, Parkway West, and Parkway South from the St. Louis area. Two Frisco League teams play spring girls fast pitch softball, Plato and Licking. Plato is in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Mansfield. Licking is in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament at Potosi. Now, we’ll have more on district tournaments coming up in future podcasts. St. Louis Cardinals remained in fourth place in the National League Central Division, but they’re only two games out of first. In one of the closer divisions in the majors, the Royals are also in fourth in the AL Central. They’re only two and a half games out of first. But we remember, it’s only midway through the second month of a long season. But staying close is the key to making a run anytime. Sports, brought to you by Three Brothers Meat Company at Linn Creek, and we’ll be back after this.
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Marv: Meet you at the V is a popular saying in our neck of the woods, and for a good reason. VFW Post 3168 at Exit 150 off 44 is a popular place, especially on Friday and Saturday night because it’s steak night from 4:00 to 9:00, where folks come from miles around to get some of the best steaks at a price that makes even the most thrifty smile. With several cuts of juicy steaks, cooked the way you like, complimented by salad, baked potato, and a veggie. Their canteen is open Monday through Thursday from 3:00 to midnight, and Friday from 3:00 to 1:00, and they open at noon on Saturday and Sundays. Their kitchen is open from 5:00 to 9:00 Mondays through Thursdays with daily specials. And did I mention steak nights Fridays and Saturdays? And there’s karaoke Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:00 to close. Plenty of TVs to catch up on all the big games and a huge meeting room for rent for your special occasions. Queen of Hearts runs every Tuesday and check out their website for bingo nights. And every second Saturday of the month, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM, they host a Veteran Service Officer event. Lacquey VFW Post 3168, Exit 150 off 44. See why more people are heading to the V every day.
In these days of texting and emails, words, phrases and names are shortened to letters. It doesn’t change anything, it just makes things easier. That’s the case of STR Glass, a St. Robert establishment since the ’60s. Still the same great service when it comes to auto glass, windows, shower doors, and anything to do with glass. And when it comes to fixing chips in your windshield to prevent cracking, there’s none better. They’re still in the same location on VFW Memorial Drive and still have the same phone number, 336-4122. They’ve just shortened their name from St. Robert Glass to STR Glass, but will never shorten their services to you, the customer.
Well, that’s this week’s episode of the Marv in the Morning Podcast, brought to you by the Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, VFW Post 3168 of Lacquey, TK’s Pizza, Bell’s Construction, The Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture Outlet, Shelter Insurance Agent, Dave Hallow of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply, and Seeger Toyota. Thanks to those sponsors, my producer, Tracy, for gluing my rambling together and making some sense of it all. And thanks to you, my podcast listeners, for letting me be a part of your day. If you’re enjoying the Marv in the Morning Podcast, we invite you to leave a review on whatever app you’re listening on. We would also love for you to share the episode with family and friends on your social media accounts. Be sure to follow our podcast on Facebook on the Marv in the Morning Podcast page, and you’re also invited to join us on Facebook on the Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast group. This podcast is a production of O’Quinn Media. Join us next week for another episode as we head toward the end of the fourth month of the year as 2026 is going by at a rapid pace. Until then, later.