Stories from Wednesday, September 27, 2017

The Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival got underway Tuesday night as many were on hand to enjoy rides on wristband night. The Cotton Carnival continues tonight with all rides $1.50 and the Little Mr. and Miss Cotton Carnival contest beginning at 7 p.m...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- These Missouri lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Mega Millions 01-10-57-66-75, Mega Ball: 4, Megaplier: 4 (one, ten, fifty-seven, sixty-six, seventy-five; Mega Ball: four; Megaplier: four) Estimated jackpot: $15 million Pick 3 Evening...

SIKESTON -- A New Madrid, Mo., native and his team members won the Food Network's reality TV competition, "The Great Food Truck Race: Battle for the South" during its season finale which aired Sunday night. Nick Hunter, who grew up in New Madrid, and his teammates and fellow chefs, Steven Klatt and Brandon Lapp of Charleston, S.C., made up the winning team, "Braised in the South."...

The promise of some mythical fundamental transformation brought us where we are today. It's not the incendiary words of Donald Trump. It's the legacy of Barack Obama whose view of America pushed too many Americans' backs against a wall.

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- June Annetta Jones Land, 81, died Sept. 23, 2017, at her home in Charleston. Born June 13, 1936, in Charleston, to the late Robert C. and Minnie G. Monroe Jones, she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston and a graduate of Charleston High School. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Linda Mae Carter, 69, died Sept. 27, 2017, at the Estates of Bertrand in Bertrand. Born Aug. 21, 1948, in Charleston, daughter of the late George and Rita Sisk Vinson, she was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston. Survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Michael and Stephanie Vinson of Benton and Blake Vinson of Charleston; three brothers, Jesse Vinson and Tony Vinson of Charleston and Jerry Vinson of East Prairie; two sisters, Bertha Hedge and Donna Jones of Charleston; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.. ...