Stories from Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Jessica Johnston describes herself on the CBS website as tenacious, congenial and adventurous -- traits that hopefully will work to her advantage in her most recent endeavor. A 29-year-old Cape Girardeau native and current Louisville, Kentucky, resident, Johnston was selected last fall to be a cast member for the upcoming season of CBS' "Survivor."...

ARBYRD, Mo. -- A 10-year-old died Friday as a result of an accidental gunshot. According to the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department, at about 6:52 p.m. Friday, officers received a 911 call from a woman stating her 10-year-old son had been shot with an AR15 rifle and they were coming from the Arbyrd area en route to Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett, Mo...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Donnie Williams of Dexter has a little extra pep in his step after claiming a $100,000 Scratchers top prize on Sept. 14. He purchased the $5 "$100,000 Money Multiplier" Scratchers ticket at BJ's Kwik Shop, 623 State Highway 25 N., in Dexter...

SIKESTON -- An Arkansas man faces a felony child endangerment charge for his alleged involvement in a Sikeston child's leg fracture. Lamarr Addison, 26, of Trumann, Ark., is charged with felony first degree endangering the welfare of child by serious physical injury, according to online court records...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Don Wesley Ables, son of the late Cline Ables and Nota Dover Ables, was born on Sept. 19, 1944, in Sikeston, and departed this life on Sept. 24, 2017, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 73. Mr. Ables was a Veteran of the United States Army, former employee with News America Marketing and Sales and member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Dexter. For 19 years he also helped and organized American Legion Boys State...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Carl Edward Christy, 96, died Sept. 24, 2017, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born May 8, 1921, in Bell City, to the late James Oliver and Louvina Leazenby Christy, he was a retired heavy equipment operator/mechanic with Lonestar Industries in Cape Girardeau and a member of First Baptist Church in Chaffee. He was in the United States Army stationed at Panama Canal during World War II...

SIKESTON -- Floyd Don Jackson, 76, died Sept. 25, 2017, at his home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 4, 1940, in Thebes, Ill., to the late Francis and Susie Jackson. On Nov. 23, 1962, in Colorado Springs, Colo., he married Sharon Asbell, who preceded him in death on Oct. 26, 1994...

SIKESTON -- George W. Gilmore Jr., age 69, died Sept. 26, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 23, 1947, at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., to the late George W. Gilmore Sr. and Mildred "Dooley" (DeField) Gilmore...