Stories from Friday, January 12, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports there were seven fatalities during the New Year’s holiday counting period from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday. Troopers investigated 229 traffic crashes, which included 77 injuries and five of the seven fatalities...

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Jude 3 is a crucial passage on the completeness of our Bibles. This statement, penned by Jude before the New Testament was complete, nevertheless looked forward to the completion of the entire canon: “Beloved, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” (Jude 3)...

The arctic cold blast that is currently choking much of the country can push an outdoorsman to delirium. In my small part of the southern Midwest (or northern South, depending on your perspective and which side of the county I’m on), there’s too much ice to put a boat in the water but not enough to walk out on and drill a hole, and it’s just too darn cold to do much of anything outside. ...

So many Missourians are worried, mad at the dysfunction in Washington, concerned that their voices aren’t being heard.   That’s why it was so important to me to go out to every corner of Missouri and listen. To show up, get chewed on, and talk with Missourians about what’s going on in their lives—and hear how I can best fight for them...

Kathy Dianne Suffern, 65, of Jackson, passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Kathy was born April 23, 1952, in Portageville, to the late Arville and Jesse (Carter) Smith. Survivors include her sons, James Anthony (Katie) McBride of Baroda, Mich., Christopher Shane McBride of Columbia, Mo.; brother, Roy “Buddy” Smith of Portageville; sisters, Arvetta Thompson, Brenda Metz and Ruth Lafferty, all of Portageville and Mary Curtis of Oklahoma; grandchildren, Amelia, William, Reirdan, Joseph and Bella; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.. ...

Hazel LeSieur-Robinson, 84, of Shell Point, Fla., died January 7, 2018 at home with her loved ones. She was born July 5, 1933 in Portageville, Missouri. She was a lifetime Educator, after receiving her PhD. Hazel worked 30 years at New Madrid County School System, as a Teacher and Administrator. ...

SIKESTON -- Friday's winter storm brought freezing rain, ice and snow to the region, and more could return as early as Monday. According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., a burst of accumulating snow will be possible as a storm system and Arctic Cold front dive southeast through the region Monday...

SIKESTON -- While Friday saw the area's first brush with winter weather, it echoes back to the beginning of a snowfall 40 years ago that is etched in the memory of many who lived through it. According to Daily Standard archives on Jan. 12, 1978, a snow storm dropped 3 to 4 inches of snow on the area by late morning, canceling schools and meetings while prompting the highway patrol to tell residents to stay off roads and streets...

ORAN, Mo. -- Amy Marie Bryeans Howell, 43, died Jan. 11, 2018. Born Nov. 9, 1974, in Sikeston, daughter of Dwain and Marie Bryeans of Oran, she was a traveling registered nurse and a member of the First Baptist Church in Perkins. On June 21, 2015, she married Timothy Joe Howell, and he survives of the home...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Billie Sue McCann, 88 of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at The Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 15, 1929, in Osceola, Ark., to the late William N. Thomas and Percy (Word) Thomas. Billie Sue attended Arkansas State University and worked for Dr. Donald Edwards for 10 years, retiring in1989. She was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church...