Stories from Saturday, December 31, 2016

JONESBORO — Former and current students, faculty members and guests gathered Monday afternoon to celebrate and recognize the 95th birthday of Arkansas State University’s student newspaper, The Herald, at a reception in the Herald office at the Education and Communications Building on campus...

SIKESTON - A Sikeston man is in custody for a federal probation violation after allegedly assaulting a local resident. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, officers with Sikeston DPS responded to the 800 block of Wayne Street in reference to an assault and robbery. A 25-year-old Sikeston man told officers he had gone to visit a friend at a residence and when he knocked on the door, it was answered by Dallas E. Johnson, 25...

January Calendar Girl Emily Braden found a warm spot in a sunny window to keep away the winter chill. the winner of the 2016 Miss Sikeston contest, she is a senior at Sikeston High School and plans to attend college next fall majoring in business communications. She is the daughter of David and teresa Braden...

SIKESTON -- State Rep. Holly Rehder said she'll continue to push for labor reform and prescription control bills when the new legislative session begins Jan. 4. In fact, labor, tort, education, ethics and regulatory reforms are part of the legislative agenda for the Missouri House of Representatives during its 2017 legislative session, said Rehder, a Republican who represents the 148th District which includes parts of Scott and Mississippi counties...

As we enter this new year, a majority of Americans feel better about the future than they did in the past. Most of that improvement obviously is the result of a shocking election and the massive changes in governmental philosophy that lies ahead. But this changing attitude is much more than just an election result, though you can't discount that important outcome...

VAN BUREN, Mo. - Mary Joyce Dukes Bornhauser, 75, died Dec. 28, 2016, at the St. Louis University Hospital, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born Sept. 13, 1941, in East Prairie, to the late Roy Lee and Arena Atkinson Morgan, she was employed as a CNA for Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Linda F. Reynolds, 67, died Dec. 29, 2016, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 25, 1949, in Eudora, Ark., to the late Vernon and Effie Lee Cochran Adkison, she had lived in the Bloomfield area most of her life. She had worked for Phelps In Home Health as a homemaker and was a member of the Union Grove General Baptist Church...

SIKESTON - Erma Smith Wilson, 90, died Dec. 30, 2016, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - John "Johnny" Carroll Huck, 64, died Dec. 29, 2016, at his residence in Portageville. Born Dec. 18, 1952, in Cape Girardeau to Dr. O.A. and June Carroll Huck of Portageville, he served in the National Guard and worked at Noranda Aluminum in maintenance. He was a member of the St. Eustachius Catholic Church...

SIKESTON, Mo. - Erma Smith Wilson, 90, died Dec. 30, 2016, at her home in Sikeston. Born Nov. 1, 1926, in Essex, daughter of the late Lawrence Estle and Lily Myrtle Maddox Smith, she was of the Pentecostal faith and a member of the Eastern Star. On April 24, 1948, at Piggott, Ark., she married William Stanley Wilson, who preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 2010...

Sikeston Junior High School students were recently selected by faculty and staff for displaying the November character word of the month, which was initiative. Pictured are Kylie Andrews, Alayna OGuinn, Nathaniel Clemons, Aaliya Hussain, Damizha Hall, Ashanti Moore, Sophia Carter, Caleb Gates, Nehemiah Williams, Emily Hairston, Quinn Riley, Easton Loveall, India Burton, Laniah Jonson, Carson Nash, Tobias Sanchez, Hallie Skelton, Colton Jackson, Cooper Wooley, Trey Scott, JaQuaveon Oglesby, Joneisha Foreman, Ben Schrumpf and Hudson Kuykendall.. ...