Stories from Tuesday, May 2, 2017

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A gem on the mound from Will Gilmer and a lineup that continued its hotness at the plate put the Sikeston baseball team in a position not seen in nearly a decade. The third-seeded Bulldogs took down No. 7 Cape Central 7-1 on a chilly, breezy night at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau, Mo., during the semifinals of the SEMO Conference Tournament. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Brett Johnson grabbed a singles win but the Sikeston boys tennis team fell 8-1 to Notre Dame on the road Monday in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Sikeston dropped to 0-8 while Notre Dame finished their regular season with a 10-1 record. Sikeston will close out their regular season today at Dexter before next week's Class 1, District 1 tournament in Sikeston...

SIKESTON -- With an overpowering effort on offense which led to a hat trick for Mackenzie Yant, the Sikeston girls soccer team blasted their way to their fourth win in a row Tuesday at the Sikeston Sports Complex. The Bulldogs scored seven goals in the second half to dominate a 9-0 win over visiting Liberty (Mountain View) to continue their hot streak in the last month. Sikeston has won seven of their last eight games and 10 of their last 12. Both of those losses were in double-overtime...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - As flood waters continue to ravage communities throughout Southeast Missouri, towns along the Mississippi River are bracing for what is to come. The Mississippi County Sheriff's Department is reporting the front-line levee between Birds Point -- New Madrid is closed to traffic until the river stages return to below 43 feet at Cairo and 34 feet at New Madrid...

Flood damage is mounting to the south and west of the Cape Girardeau area, with many victims in the hardest-hit areas experiencing loss of phone service, including cellphones, and in some places electricity and tap water. While those areas are seeing raging floods recede, those along the Mississippi are waiting as the big river is expected to crest at stages rivaling some of the highest marks on record...

SIKESTON - Five children were among those injured in a single-vehicle accident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that at 4:25 p.m. Monday on Interstate 55 at the 78 mile marker, Ratasha T. Isom, 28, of Sikeston was driving northbound when a her vehicle had a tire blow out. The vehicle travelled off the left side of the roadway then overturned multiple times...

CHAFFEE, Mo. - Roy Lee Surface, 76, died May 1, 2017, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Born Aug. 15, 1940, in Delta, to the late Ray and Martha Arnold Surface, he was a retired truck driver and also retired as a dispatcher for the Chaffee Police Department. A member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, he was also a member of the Chaffee Elks Lodge 1810 and the V.F.W. post 3127 in Chaffee. He served in the United States Army...

CHAFFEE, Mo. - Verla Marie Naeve, 75, died May 1, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. Born Sept. 13, 1941, in Perryville, to the late Jack and Alma Seabaugh Brotherton, she was a retired inspector for Thorngate LTD in Cape Girardeau and was a member of Cape County Cowboy Church in Oak Ridge...

SIKESTON -- A memorial service for Dorothy Nell Morris, who died April 7, 2017, will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Bell City United Methodist Church.

DEXTER, Mo. - James Edward (Jim) McAnulty was born on July 28, 1932, in Russellville, Ark., to the late W.R. and Mary "Altha" McAnulty. He passed on to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 26, 2017. Jim served in the United States Army from Jan. 20, 1953, to Dec. 17, 1954. He was a retired teamster, Local 682. Later he owned and operated a successful car lot. He loved boating, hunting, fishing, traveling, gardening and watching Nascar on TV...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Frank Robinson Hadder passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid at the age of 82 years. He was born Feb. 19, 1935, in Lawrence County, Tenn., son of the late Grover and Julia Robinson Hadder. On Oct. 22, 1953, he married Laverne Patterson who survives of the home...