Stories from Friday, September 8, 2017

The University of Missouri Extension is offering a food safety workshop to fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule and Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)...

INDIANAPOLIS – Maggie Frakes , a member of the Portageville FFA chapter in Portageville, MO, will be on stage and in the spotlight Oct. 25-28 during the 2017 National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Frakes, a sophomore and the daughter of Jamie and Susan Frakes, has been selected to perform in the National FFA Talent Competition. She is one of only three selected from the state of Missouri. Her FFA advisor is Ronnie Shipman...

JD Patton was the honoree of a surprise birthday party held at the First Church of God, on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. The party was hosted by his children and grandchildren. Patton turned 90 on August 30th. The cake displayed several of the many roles he has played through out his life time...

Revelation 2 and 3 reveal Jesus as the Confronter and Opponent of all that the flesh or the Devil may bring that would resist His church from becoming a people who break through the darkness and shape the future. As one writer explained, “These seven letters form a conceptually complete review.” The book of Acts reveals the practical out-working of Jesus’ pre-ordained method of bringing about change: the church working, serving, and worshipping in the power of the Holy Spirit. ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces a new regulation for anglers collecting bait from the Black and St. Francis rivers. This proactive measure is to prevent accidental bait bucket introduction of Asian carp into Clearwater and Wappapello lakes. Asian carp is a commonly used term for both bighead and silver carp, two invasive carp species that are wreaking havoc in waterways across the U.S...

Learn about big cats in the Show-Me State, have questions answered by MDC experts.

Did you know that Missouri has the highest rate of injuries due to falls and the 4th highest prevalence of falls in the country? I didn’t and that news shocked me. This is certainly not a designation that we want here in Missouri. Luckily there is the Show Me Falls Free Missouri coalition which is dedicated to changing that statistic and educating Missourians on falls prevention. ...

SIKESTON -- Declaring participation in the national August/Labor Day Holiday Crackdown "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" substance--impaired driving crackdown a major success, Sikeston Department of Public Safety reported more than 129 citations were issued, multiple related arrests were made, and at least one arrest for driving while intoxicated occurred during the enforcement period which ran from Aug. 18-Sept. 3...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man is recovering from injuries sustained by an apparent gunshot wound to his arm. At 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center, 1008 N. ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jack Louis Hurt died Sept. 7, 2017, at his residence in Advance. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at IOOF Cemetery in Charleston. Shelby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DESOTO, Mo. -- Officer Mark Hagen, 55, of Desoto, formerly of Sikeston, died Aug. 8, 2017, at Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Crystal City. Officer Hagen worked for Dyna Corp. (International Narcotics Law Enforcement) where he served in Afghanistan for four years. ...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Fern Davenport Moss, 73, died Sept. 7, 2017, at her home in Bernie. Born June 28, 1944, in Sikeston, to the late James and Velma Mays Davenport, she attended Assembly of God at Bernie and worked as a nurse's aide at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston and Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau before retiring...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Betty Lou Russell, 75, died Sept. 7, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 29, 1941, in Fisk, to the late Bill and Mary Lou Gay Minehart, she was a retired riverboat cook and of the Pentecostal belief. On April 28, 2012, she married Steve Russell, and he survives of the home...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Kenneth Alvin McCullough, 75, died Sept. 8, 2017, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 20, 1942, at Charleston, to the late Walter A. and Audrey Mae Baker McCullough, he was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of Airman First Class. He worked for Coca-Cola for 40 years before retiring in August 2004...