Stories from Monday, January 23, 2017

O'FALLON, Mo. -- Sikeston junior standout Fred Thatch opened Monday night's game against Parkway North with a massive two-handed slam and the foul. It was simply the beginning. Top-seeded Sikeston continued the onslaught from there and routed No. 8 seed Parkway North 76-35 in the first round of the Fort Zumwalt North Tournament...

SIKESTON -- A taste of Italy is coming to Sikeston with "An Evening in Tuscany," The Christian Academy's Sixth Annual Dinner Auction. Set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at the First United Methodist Church, the night will feature dinner and silent and live auctions as well as vocal entertainment...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- "America's Got Talent" winner Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston and his mother were injured in a car crash early Saturday in Scott County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 8:45 a.m. on northbound Interstate 55 at the 89-mile marker when the vehicle driven by Boyd, 41, ran off the road, struck a tree, went airborne and struck another tree...

SIKESTON - It was recycling at its best. Instead of being sold as surplus property or dismantled as junk, several dozen bicycles found by officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety and unclaimed by their owners have found a new purpose. The bicycles were donated to the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center to be given to military veterans...

SIKESTON -- A taste of Italy is coming to Sikeston with "An Evening in Tuscany," The Christian Academy's Sixth Annual Dinner Auction. Set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at the First United Methodist Church, the night will feature dinner and silent and live auctions as well as vocal entertainment...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Area cotton and soybean farmers will have appropriate dicamba herbicides at their disposal this growing season, but the new year also brings legislation and litigation to dicamba use in general. Southeast Missouri saw damage to crops from alleged illegal dicamba use last year, but there's hope this time, growers won't see the same problems...

SIKESTON - Detectives with Sikeston Department of Public Safety are seeking the public's help in identifying persons suspected in the fraudulent use of a stolen credit card. The credit cards were stolen in a burglary from a rural Scott County home and used at the Sikeston Walmart on Jan. 19, 2017. All four suspects were together when the stolen credit cards were used...

CHAFFEE, Mo. - Faye Sanders, 93, died Jan. 22, 2017, at her home. Born Feb. 4, 1923, in Perkins, to the late Simon Peter and Elise Jennings Huey, she was a member of First Assembly of God of Jackson, where she had taught Sunday school classes and was active in Women's Ministries. She also attended First Christian Church of Chaffee...

SIKESTON -- Jacob Timothy Coleman, 23, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Jan. 22, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan. 29, 1993, in Cape Girardeau, to Michael D. and Tammy L. (Johnson) Coleman who survive of the home. Jacob was a member of Canalou Baptist Church, had attended Kenny Rogers Children's Center and was a graduate of New Dawn State School; he loved music and horses...

SIKESTON - Sylvia Keith, 94, died Jan. 20, 2017, at the Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

MOREHOUSE, Mo. - Mary J. Love, 81, died Jan. 20, 2017, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born April 11, 1935, in St. Louis County, she was of the Catholic belief, a member of React in Amarillo, Texas, and had worked as a physical therapist assistant before retiring...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- New Madrid County Central Middle School has announced the outstanding students and those who achieved status on the honor roll and perfect attendance for the second quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. Honor Roll with Distinction...

ORAN, Mo. -- Oran Elementary School has announced the honor roll students for the second quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. They are: Third Grade Allison Burke, Alexander Burlison, Cole Diebold, Zaylie Diebold, Mari Fuemmeler, Colyn Goodale, Brandy Guzman, Ava Knotts, Aiden Lewis, Camdyn Nenninger,...

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Mr. Clifford Russell Jr., 75, of Cartersville, died on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Chulio Hills Health and Rehab in Rome, Ga. Born on June 7, 1941, in Pocahontas, Tenn., the son of the late Clifford Daniel Russell and Vivian Parish Russell, Mr. Russell was retired from Goodyear after 27 years of service. He enjoyed going to NASCAR races. He was a huge NASCAR fan and his favorite driver was Dale Earnhardt Sr. He loved his family, especially his granddaughters...