Stories from Sunday, November 20, 2016

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The host and top-seeded Charleston Bluejays rolled past No. 8 Hayti 62-31 Saturday during the first round of the 2016 Pre-Turkey Classic at Charleston High School. Connor Watkins led the Bluejays (1-0) with a near triple-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine steals. Ashanti Jones added 15 points after going scoreless in the first half. The freshman scored 10 in the third quarter helping the Bluejays to a 24-point lead heading into the fourth quarter...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Charles Bonnefen Baugh, 87, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born April 5, 1929, in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County, to the late Frank Thomas Baugh and Ruth Bartlett Baugh. ...

SIKESTON -- Mary Ruth Harless, 61, died Nov. 17, 2016, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Born April 23, 1955, in Kokomo, Ind., to the late George and Marylene Whitaker Myers, she was a registered nurse at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...