Stories from Friday, January 20, 2017

  The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will be conducting two pesticide collection events for farmers and households in Southeast Missouri in 2017.  The first is in Portageville at the Fisher Delta Research Center on March 11 and the second is in Sikeston at DeWitt Auction Company on June 24.  These events are for Missouri farmers and households to bring unwanted waste pesticide to be accepted free of charge. ...

Please note that my office in the State Capitol building has been moved to the second floor. I am now located in room 201-C. Feel free to stop by and visit; I look forward to seeing you!  He is now a Committee Memberof: Standing Committee on Agriculture Policy, Vice Chair
Rules - Legislative Oversight Committee
Budget Committee...

The Bible reveals that God has a plan for every life, and that if we live in constant fellowship with Him, He will both direct and lead us in the fulfillment of this plan. You cannot know the will of God for your life unless you first come to the Cross and confess that you are a sinner, and receive Christ as Lord and Savior. ...

SIKESTON -- Many communities will have races to decide at the April 4 municipal election. Filing closed Tuesday for most Southeast Missouri communities. In Benton, candidates are all without opposition. Seeking two-year terms are Howard Bollinger as Ward 1 alderman; David Gelsheimer, Ward 2 alderman; and Beverly Riley, city collector. All are incumbents...

SIKESTON -- During a special meeting Thursday, the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education approved language for a bond issue that, if passed by voters on April 4, will allow the school district to construct, improve, furnish and equip a new elementary school building...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Mississippi County man was arrested following a sexual abuse investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's office. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson, the investigation conducted by Chief Deputy Branden Caid stemmed from a previously reported but unrelated sexual abuse allegation...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston High School students participating in the A+ Scholarship Program accumulate tutoring hours each semester by volunteering their time at the after school program offered through the YMCA of Southeast Missouri. Area youngsters who attend the after school program and their teachers are also benefitting from the high school students' presence...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- An East Prairie woman faces a felony charge for allegedly stealing from an elderly person in Mississippi County. Julia Ann Marcum, 48, is charged with felony stealing. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson, the investigation began this week when the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office received a report of money, medications and household appliances missing from an elderly woman's residence...

FT. WAYNE, Ind. -- James Alfred Haw, 71 died Jan. 9, 2017 at his home. Born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of the late James Moore Haw and Wanda Mary Milkowski Haw, he received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1972. He was a professor of American history from the colonial era to the Civil War, with Indiana University - Purdue University in Fort Wayne for 39 years...

WICKLIFFE, Ky. - Anita Diane Hamm, 42, died Jan. 19, 2017, at her home in Wickliffe. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

FESTUS, Mo. -- Sam Livingston Butler, 91, died Jan. 17, 2017, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City. Born March 19, 1925, in Cullman, Ala., son of the late Samuel and Bessie Butler, he was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Charles Eugene Shelby, 64, died Jan. 7, 2017, at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. Born March 31, 1952, in Sikeston, Mo., to Nedra Shelby of Matthews, Mo., and the late Carl Shelby, he was a 1971 graduate of Matthews High School. He worked for many years for Ampex Corporation and EchoStar. In his retirement he enjoyed metal detecting, flying his drones and riding his motorcycle...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Shirley Kimball Cash, 73, died Jan. 19, 2017, at the New Madrid Living Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1943, daughter of the late Willard Leslie "Jake" and Beulah Roby Kimball. Survivors include: three daughters, Karen Taylor of Huntsville, Ala., and Kimberly Mathis and Carla Jackson of New Madrid; two brothers, Watson Kimball of Sikeston and Carl E. "Binks" Kimball of New Madrid; one sister, Lillian Ruth Davis of Sikeston; and six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren...

WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- Anita Diane Ham, 42, died Jan. 19, 2017, at her home in Wickliffe. Born Sept. 5, 1974, at Charleston, Mo., to Lynn Ham and Lenora Skinner Mitchell Ham who survive of Wickliffe, she had lived in Charleston and then Ellsinore, Mo., a number of years until moving to Wickliffe in 2015...

The Christian Academy has announced the Christ-Like Character winners for showing "honesty" defined as those who do not lie, steal or cheat anyone. Pictured front row are: Sam Self, Olivia Jackson, Danielle Martinez, Lydia Gadberry, Lyndsi Terrell; and back row: Banks Byrd, Ethan Mueller, Lily Blurton, Tyler Slaten and Landon Frazier...