Stories from Thursday, December 14, 2017

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Kelso resident is taking home a $60,000 end-of-the-year bonus, courtesy of the Missouri Lottery Show Me Cash Draw Game. James Westrich purchased the winning ticket for the Nov. 28 drawing at Discount Liquor, 404 Main St., in Scott City. Westrich used Quick Pick to have his numbers randomly selected, which were: 15, 28, 33, 38 and 39...

SIKESTON -- Roll over Beethoven! It's Christmas with Mozart and Liszt with a twist. When the Sikeston High School orchestra takes the stage for their annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sikeston Field House, it will be rock and roll meets classical symphony, said Megan Heithaus, the orchestra's director. This year students are creating a performance reminiscent of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, complete with electric instruments, a light show and even a fog machine...

Candidate filing for local school board positions began early this week with some races already taking shape. 

SIKESTON -- Larry Heuiser, 76, died Dec. 10, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 4, 1941, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late Alvin and Alma Heuiser. His wife, Resie Sims, also preceded him in death. Survivors include one sister, Ruth Shaver of Providence, R.I...

RIPLEY, Tenn. -- Thomas Cleveland Booker, 73, died Dec. 11, 2017, at his home. He was a retired factory worker. He was married to Evelyn Booker, who preceded him in death. Survivors include: his mother, Novella Tolbert of Ripley; one daughter, Misty Jenkins of Ripley; one son, Dickie DeLoach of East Prairie, Mo.; one sister, Jeanette Grantland of Ripley; two brothers, Don Booker of Millington and Marvin Booker of Ripley; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Johnnie Lee Preston Chronister, 88, died Dec. 14, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. Born Feb. 25, 1929, in Patton, son of the late Herbert Chronister and Rita McGregor Chronister, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a former member of the Charleston Jaycees and a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church where he served as Sunday school director for over 20 years. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Larry Richard Rowland, 75, died Dec. 14, 2017, at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born Sept. 15, 1942, in Parma, to the late Hubert and Lennie Blair Rowland, he had been the owner/operator of Rowland Land Grading and was later employed by Rolwing-Moxley Company in Charleston. He was a member of First Baptist Church in East Prairie...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Albert Edward Rolwing Jr., 63, died Dec. 12, 2017, near Charleston. Born May 17, 1954, at Cairo, Ill., to Mary Jo Walker Rolwing of Charleston and the late Albert Edward "Bert" Rolwing, he was raised in Charleston where he was a member of St. ...