Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2014

DALLAS, Ga. -- Steven Kirby Dunaway, 60, died Nov. 6, 2014, at Regency Hospital. An inurnment ceremony will be at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Georgia National Cemetery. Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home of Dallas is in charge of arrangements.

Veterans Day will be cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 3 p.m. then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 42 by 5 p.m. There will be a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon with gusts as high as 23 mph. ...

SIKESTON - Just a reminder many government offices are closed today in honor of Veterans Day. The Scott and New Madrid County Court Houses are closed and New Madrid County's law day is rescheduled for Wednesday. Charleston City Hall has closed today in observance of Veterans Day...

NEW MADRID - A driver might want to rethink when is a good time to quench his thirst. On Friday evening, New Madrid officers conducted a traffic stop on Virginia Avenue near SEMO Drive, according to Police Chief Joey Higgerson. "While the officers were speaking with the driver, the driver grabbed a beer from the center console of the vehicle and took a drink," Higgerson said in a news release...

CAPE GIRARDEAU (SMNS) -- A rally protesting a possible slowdown of mail delivery because of cuts planned by the U.S. Postal Service is set for Friday in Cape Girardeau. The rally is part of a national day of action organized by postal unions, according to a news release from the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association. The date coincides with the last meeting this year of the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. SOUTH KOREAN FERRY CAPTAIN GETS 36 YEARS IN PRISON The ship's steward was sentenced in a widely anticipated hearing along with 14 others of his crew...

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch says the grand jury in the Michael Brown case is still meeting, and he is urging people to ignore what he calls "rank speculation" in social media. McCulloch put out a statement Monday saying the time frame for a decision in the case is still mid- to late-November. ...

MATTHEWS -- James L. Brewer, 74, died Nov. 8, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Manheim, Pa. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DEXTER -- James Edward Bradley, 71, formerly of Wyatt, died Nov. 10, 2014, at his son's home in Dexter. Graveside services will be conducted at 1 a.m. Friday at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Bill Bradley, minister of the Morley Church of Christ, will officiate...