Stories from Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Rarely do I agree with anything coming out of California but lo and behold, California lawmakers are about to do what should be done nationwide. California lawmakers are poised to treat the Antifa thugs as an official street gang. That designation will allow law enforcement to jail these anarchists and hopefully put an end to their nonstop chaos that is threatening the foundation of this country. 

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Vera Scherer, 93, died Sept. 6, 2017, at St. Andrew's at Francis Place in Eureka. Born Oct. 28, 1923, in Portageville, daughter of the late Mary Eftink Scherer and Barney Scherer, she was a member of St Eustachius Catholic Church and the owner/operator of L and S Hardware Store in Portageville...

SIKESTON -- Michael Hadley, 67, died Sept. 5, 2017, in Sikeston. Born Oct. 2, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde Hadley and Vivian Hessling Davis of Sikeston. He was a self-employed general contractor and served in the United States Marine Corp as a corporal during the Vietnam War...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Dorothy Lorraine Ullom Edwards achieved her lifelong goal when she entered the gates of Heaven on Sept. 1, 2017, at the age of 97. Dorothy was born Oct. 29, 1919, in Carthage, to the late Chester and Gladys Ullom. While attending the University of Missouri she met her partner in life, John H. ...