Stories from Monday, October 22, 2012

SPRINGFIELD -- The Naylor Lady Eagles softball team scored six runs in the final two innings but it wasn't enough to top a quick start by Silex with St. Alphonsus. Naylor lost 7-6 in the Class 1 state championship game Saturday at the Killian Softball Complex in Springfield...

Soccer Sikeston at Poplar Bluff, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball Class 2, District 2, Scott City Puxico v. Scott City, 6 p.m. Woodland v. Charleston, 7 p.m. Class 3, District 1, Dexter Dexter v. NMCC, 8 p.m. Class 4, District 1, Poplar Bluff Cape Central v. Sikeston, 4 p.m...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Robert Schlitt, 85, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at home. Robert was born June 28, 1927, in Oran. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and retired from the Social Security Administration as assistant manager after 34 years. ...

DONIPHAN -- George William Barbre, 86, died Oct. 11, 2012, at the Westwood Hills Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff. Born May 24, 1926, in Laforge, he was the son of the late Fred and Goldie Summer Barbre. When he was 17, he enlisted in the U.S. ...

JACKSON -- James "Jim" Thomas, 67, died Oct. 18, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 22, 1944, in Chaffee, to the late Earl James and Mary Catherine Kiefer Thomas, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in the Vietnam War. He retired as a mechanic from Procter and Gamble in Cape Girardeau, was a lifetime member of Cape Girardeau V.F.W. Post 3838 and Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge 639 and of the Catholic belief...

WAPELLO, Iowa - Two southeast Missouri men face 74 counts and over $43,000 in fines and civil damages for the alleged unlawful harvest of shovelnose sturgeon on the Mississippi River in Louisa County. Robert Housman, 43, of Sikeston, Mo., was charged with 35 counts of unlawful take and possession of shovelnose sturgeon and two counts of setting entanglement gear (commercial fishing nets) in a closed zone for a total of $3,671.25 in fines. ...

Kevin Crowder took advantage of the sunny weather and the city of Sikeston's open compost site by dumping tree limbs and leaves Saturday. The next open compost site day is Nov. 3 between 8 a.m. and noon.

SIKESTON - Jami Satterfield Francescon is the first to admit that father really does knows best. Growing up she recalled she used to think it was terrible when her father, James Satterfield, insisted she spend time at the family business, Satterfield's Wrecking Service...

Samuel Tyler (3) carries the ball past defenders John Foley and Elijah Torres during Miner Baptist Church's Upward football game on Saturday.