Stories from Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Tuesday and Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5 p.m.; the high will be near 84 and the low around 67. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday with a high near 85 and a south wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph then becoming partly cloudy Wednesday night with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a low around 69. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - When Clay Waller was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison, minus time served while waiting for trial, no one affiliated with the victim was particularly happy about it. A binding deal had been struck, with Jacque Waller's family's consent, that charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence would be reduced to second-degree murder. ...

ARBOR - A Dexter man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car. Jacob J. Fields, 25, was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. Monday by Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton at the scene of an accident on Highway 25, two miles south of Arbor. His death is the 23rd fatality in the Troop E area this year...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT A FORENSICS EXPERT IS SAYING ABOUT EGYPTAIR CRASH Human remains retrieved from the crash site of Flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board that may have brought down the aircraft...

SIKESTON - A Southeast Missouri native who served as helicopter pilot flying missions over Vietnam and Cambodia will address the public at Sikeston's annual Memorial Day Service. Retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer John H. Williams, who grew up in Anniston, will be the guest speaker at the service which begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Sikeston Veterans Park...

SIKESTON -- Norma Jean Yant, age 82, died May 22, 2016, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 25, from 9 a.m. until time of funeral services at 11 a.m. at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. The Rev. Rodney Davis, pastor of Crossroads of Hope Community Church, will officiate...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- James William Still Sr., 72, died May 22, 2016, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday. Burial with full military honors will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chloene Witte, 86, died May 22, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. Burial will follow in the Forest Hills Cemetery near Morley...

Kelly FFA members participated in chapter scrapbook, public speaking and the FFA Knowledge leadership development events during the Area 15 FFA banquet at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. Attending were, from left: Kenzie Scherer, Anne Westrich, Alondra Figueroa, Wyatt Standridge and Gracen Florek...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Consuella Mae "Connie" Gier Michael, 96, died, May 22, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. Friday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where Eastern Star rites will follow. Don Merideth of Charleston will offer scripture and prayer...

NORMAL, Ill. -- Linda J. Miller, 73, of Normal, passed away at 9 p.m., Sunday, May 22, 2016, at her home. Linda loved reading and cooking, but most of all her grandchildren. Visitation is from noon until time of service at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26 at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home in Bloomington, with the Rev. Ken Martin officiating...