Stories from Sunday, September 17, 2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of officers in riot gear to make arrests...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- These Missouri lotteries were drawn Saturday: Lotto 03-05-10-19-42-43 (three, five, ten, nineteen, forty-two, forty-three) Estimated jackpot: $4 million Pick 3 Evening 4-1-0 (four, one, zero) Pick 3 Midday 6-8-6 (six, eight, six)...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Robert Perry "Bob" Johnson Jr., 66, passed away on Sept. 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Robert was born July 14, 1951, to the late Robert Perry Johnson and Evelyn Upton Johnson. Bob was a teacher/coach and engaged in the family farming operation for many years. He spent his life devoted to his wife and family...

BERTRAND, Mo. -- Earnest Milton Laymon Sr., 73, died Sept. 16, 2017, at his home in Bertrand. Born Jan. 25, 1944, in Canalou, to the late Walter Monroe and Ruby May Wren Laymon, he was a member of Living Waters Pentecostal Church in Sikeston and had been a mechanic at Plaza Tire before his retirement...

ORAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Billy Ray Hopper 68, died Sept. 16, 2017, at Sikeston. Born Dec. 6, 1948, in Huntsville, Ala., to the late George Oscar and Katie Mae Robinson Hopper, he retired as a truck driver for LaPlant Trucking in East Prairie and served in the United States Army...