Stories from Saturday, August 26, 2017

SIKESTON -- For the second consecutive year, a Sikeston High School student has earned a perfect score on the ACT. Fadel Alkilani, son of Muhannad and Hadeel Alkilani and a senior at SHS, earned the highest possible composite score of 36 on the college entrance exam...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau man faces felony charges after allegedly shooting a gun at two people Wednesday in New Madrid County. Devin W. Sutterer, 31, is charged by the New Madrid County Court with first degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, according to online court records...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- An East Prairie man faces multiple child molestation and statutory sex-related charges in Mississippi County. Antonio L. Evans, 32, is charged with two counts of felony statutory sodomy, two counts of felony first degree child molestation and felony unlawful use of a weapon, according to online court records...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston woman has been arrested after a disturbance that left two juveniles struck by a vehicle. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jon Broom, on Tuesday at around 5:18 p.m., DPS officers responded to the 400 block of John R Blvd in reference to a disturbance...

SIKESTON -- Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety are searching for subjects who assaulted a resident, sending him to the hospital. According to DPS Sgt. Jon Broom, on Tuesday at approximately 11:30 p.m., DPS officers were sent to the Missouri Delta Center emergency room in reference to a person that had been assaulted at his home...

TALLAPOOSA, Mo. -- A Tallapoosa teenager was injured after being struck by a vehicle early Saturday in New Madrid County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred at 5 a.m. on Missouri 153, three miles south of Tallapoosa, when an unknown vehicle traveling northbound struck pedestrian Julian R. Keene, 17, of Tallapoosa on a bridge...

I am fed up with this asinine political correctness that is hell bent on rewriting history and removing relics of the past they find offensive. Today it's monuments. Tomorrow it will be books. So where does this insanity end?