Stories from Sunday, April 16, 2017

A ground breaking Tuesday marked the start of construction of Watami, a sushi and hibachi restaurant at the corner of Hennings Drive and Commerce, behind the Walmart Super Center in Sikeston. The 7,800 square-foot restaurant will seat 150 and will be built by Ainsworth Construction of Cape Girardeau...

Dunn joins Banterra Bank in East Prairie as customer relationship officer Marion, Ill. -- Banterra Bank, with $1.5 billion in assets and locations throughout the Midwest, has announced that Jennifer Dunn has joined the Banterra Team as customer relationship officer at the East Prairie, Mo., location.Dunn brings more than seven years' experience in the financial industry and more than 16 years' experience in the insurance industry...

SIKESTON - Rhonda K. Lafferty, 56, formerly of East Prairie, died Saturday, April 15, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, Mo. - Mary Elizabeth Carr Shrum, 87, died April 13, 2017, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 31, 1929, at Bertrand, to the late Ralph Carr Sr. and Geneva Murphy Carr, she had lived most of her life in Charleston where she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and served as a RSVP volunteer...

SIKESTON - Cora Spradling, 94, died April 15, 2017, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Arrangements incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel