Stories from Tuesday, March 14, 2017

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston girls soccer team graduated three seniors that were heavily relied on within their offense, defense and midfield. Losing three pillars of your team can certainly leave gaping holes to fill, but coach Gabe Dement believes he has the players necessary to make up for the losses...

CAIRO, Ill. - Two more people have been charged in connection with a deadly 2014 attempted bank robbery in Cairo, Illinois. A seven-count, superseding federal indictment filed March 7 in U.S. District Court in Southern Illinois charges Otha Don Watkins III of Cairo with aiding and abetting an armed bank robbery resulting in death, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, making a false statement and being a felon in possession of a firearm...

SIKESTON - Several firearms were stolen during a burglary at a Sikeston business. At around midnight Monday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to an alarm sounding at Re-Armm Inc. on South Main. According to Sgt. Jon Broom, DPS public information officer, when officers checked the building, they discovered evidence of forced entry. Officers also determined the suspects had already fled the scene...

SIKESTON - Anni Lottie Cummins, 82, died March 13, 2017 at her home in Sikeston. Born April 7, 1934, in Gremersdorf, Germany to the late Merchant Anton and Erna (Meier) Neumeyer, she had worked for Webb Dacota Lighting Company in Sikeston before retiring. She was of the Catholic faith and had been a member of the American Legion Auxiliary since 1996...

ORAN, Mo. -- Della June Todt, 82, died March 13, 2017, at her home in Oran. Born April 18, 1934, in Oran to the late Marvin B. and Mae Back Moore, she worked as a housekeeper for four years with The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. A member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran, she was also a member of St. Ann PCCW Sodality of Oran...

SIKESTON -- Anni Lottie Cummins, 82, died March 13, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born April 7, 1934, in Gremersdorf, Germany, to the late Merchant Anton and Erna Meier Neumeyer, she had worked for Webb Dacota Lighting Company in Sikeston before retiring. She was of the Catholic belief and had been a member of the American Legion Auxiliary since 1996...

ORAN, Mo. -- Marvene Engram, 87, died March 12, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Health. Born Oct. 14, 1929, in Jerusalem, Ark., to the late Marvin and Zelma Jones McCoy, she was a retired machine operator from Mad Hatters in Oran. She also worked at Thorngate LTD in Chaffee, International Hat in Oran and Florsheim Shoe in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Church of Christ in Vanduser,...