Stories from Monday, August 7, 2017

A back-to-school giveaway was held Saturday at Open Door Fellowship in Sikeston.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau was evacuated Saturday evening after a hoverboard caught fire in the mall's center lobby, sending one person to the hospital during the incident. According to Cape Girardeau Fire Department battalion chief Brad Dillow, it received reports at 5:18 p.m. of a hoverboard on fire...

SIKESTON -- Marjorie Lee Ferrenburg, 74, passed away on Aug. 6, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born July 6, 1943, in Campbell, she was the daughter of the late Avery and Doris Shepard Abernathy. On Feb. 22, 1964, in Morley, she married Alvin Ferrenburg, who preceded her in death on July 13, 2013...

BENTON, Mo. -- Norris Frederick, 75, died Aug. 6, 2017, at his home in Benton. Born Oct. 10, 1941, in Lafayette, La., to the late Beinville Frederick and Ophelia Leblanc Frederick, he was a member of Smith Street Church of God and had been a Tow Boat Captain for A.D.M...

SIKESTON -- Edith Carol "Edie" Stroud, 65, died Aug. 7, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 23, 1952, in Andersonville, Tenn., daughter of the late Robert Henry and Nola Mae Taylor Wallace, she was a cook at Sikeston Junior High School and of the Baptist belief. She was also a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary...