Stories from Saturday, October 30, 2010

SIKESTON -- The McPheeters family wants your votes. For the past four months, they have been voting and campaigning daily for Ella's Hope with the Pepsi "Refresh Everything" grant. If the project breaks the Top 10 this weekend, $25,000 will be awarded for the early intervention of autism. As of Friday, it was ranked No. 14...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is on the lookout for a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred Thursday night in Sikeston. At 8:03 p.m., DPS was alerted to an armed robbery at Gas and Goodies, 1207 W. Malone. A black male in a gray jacket walked into the store, pointed a firearm at the cashier and demanded cash, said Sgt. Jim McMillen, public information officer. The employees handed over an undetermined amount of money and the suspect left the building, walking east...