Stories from Friday, March 10, 2017

“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing… and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” —Genesis 12:2-3

  My grandmother once told me, “God gave you two ears and one mouth so that you would listen more than you speak”. On Tuesday night I listened and followed along as President Trump delivered the most important speech of his new Presidency. What I heard was a message of strength, of unity, and of determination from a President committed to using his time in office to put the needs of the American worker, family, and farmer first above all else...

COLUMBIA, MO – MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, announces it has acquired Ford Oil Company, an independent retailer of propane and refined fuels with offices in Hornersville and Kennett, Mo.

"Acquiring Ford Oil Company and its resources expands our footprint in the Missouri Bootheel, an important agricultural market," says Jon Ihler, MFA Oil vice president of sales and marketing. ...

Kony Ealy has a new home after spending his first four years in the National Football League with the team that drafted him. The Carolina Panthers traded Ealy and a third-round draft pick to the New England Patriots for New England's second-round pick on Friday...

SIKESTON -- Just when Southeast Missouri residents thought spring had arrived, Mother Nature has thrown a cold spell into the mix. A freeze warning is in effect from 10 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday for several counties including Scott, Mississippi, Cape Girardeau, Butler, Wayne, Carter and Perry Counties, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on various felony charges in Scott County. Blade Allen Bannister, 21, is charged with felony unlawful possession of a firearm, felony first degree tampering with a motor vehicle, felony unlawful use of a weapon and a felony controlled substance, and felony first degree attempt of tampering with a motor vehicle on Feb. 22, according to online court records...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- To better serve the Southeast Missouri region, the New Madrid County Health Department is teaming up with other health departments across the heartland to improve and further develop M Power, a nonprofit regional initiative dedicated to helping those in the area affected by chronic disease...

SIKESTON -- Residents will lose an hour of sleep on Sunday as Daylight Saving Time begins on 2:00 a.m. Everyone is reminded to "spring ahead" and set your clocks forward one hour. Standard Time will return in eight months as this year marks the 10th anniversary of the current Daylight Saving Time timetable. ...

Sikeston senior Sam Cox throws the ball to home plate during fielding practice on Thursday afternoon at VFW Memorial Stadium. Spring sports practice began Feb. 25 and the baseball team will open its season March 20 at New Madrid County Central.

WYATT, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting involving Mississippi County deputy. Following a narcotics investigation conducted by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department, deputies served a search warrant at a house in the 300 block of Pecan Street around 9 a.m. Friday, according to Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott...

Fire crews were called to the Mississippi County Detention Center about 11:30 a.m. Friday. Inmates were evacuated from the jail...

SIKESTON - Juanita McArthur, 93, died March 10, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born April 20, 1923, in Mason Hall, Tenn., to the late R.C. and Mary (Collins) Cherry, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Sikeston and had worked as a merchandiser for J.C. Penney before retiring...

GUN BARREL CITY, Texas -- Peter Caverno Myers Jr., formerly of Sikeston, Mo., passed away on Feb. 20, 2017, at the age of 59 at his home in Gun Barrel City. Peter was born Dec. 17, 1957, in St. Louis, Mo., to parents Mary Williamson Myers of Sikeston and the late Peter C. Myers Sr...

SIKESTON - Dorothy Juanita McArthur, 93, died March 10, 2017, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.