Stories from Monday, June 12, 2017

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. - Several people are in custody following what police are terming as a "riot" in Caruthersville on Sunday. Caruthersville City Marshal Tony Jones reported his officers responded to a large fight in progress in the Gayoso Federal Housing Complex. Upon arrival officers observed a group of juveniles and adults fighting...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - An East Prairie is facing charges following an investigation into a sexual assault. The East Prairie Police Department reported the arrest of Kyle Thompson, 24, in connection with an ongoing sexual assault investigation. According to the report, East Prairie Police Sergeant Shannon Lawson arrested Thompson on Friday for first degree statutory sodomy and first degree child molestation...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - An East Prairie man is facing drug charges following a traffic stop. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 28 for Ronnie Brawner Jr., 36, who is charged with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia...

ATLANTA - Sikeston's Felecia Blanton was recognized recently for her accomplishments in health care marketing. Blanton, consultant and former marketing director with Saint Francis Healthcare Systems, was inducted into the fourth annual class as a Top Hospital Marketer of the Year...

MORLEY, Mo. - Susan Farrar, 75, died June 9, 2017, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 16, 1941, in Sikeston, to the late Virgil and Virginia Oller Dalrymple, she was a retired librarian for Sikeston Middle School in Sikeston and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Morley...