Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2018

SIKESTON -- A wind chill advisory remains in effect until 11 a.m. Tuesday in portions Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. With the advisory, which includes Sikeston, Charleston, New Madrid and Benton, wind chills of minus 5 to minus 10 degrees are expected, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin...

ORAN, Mo. -- The city of Oran, Missouri, violated state law by improperly raising water rates more than four years ago, resulting in more than $35,000 in overcharges from July 2013 to May 2015, an auditor has found. A December report to the board of aldermen by certified public accountant Wilfred Bucher of Sikeston, Missouri, detailed the violation...

SIKESTON -- Residents were forced to deal with slick roadways and bitter-cold temperatures on Tuesday after a snow storm moved through the area late Monday. Seven inches of snow was reported Monday in Sikeston by the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. The highest amount reported to the NWS was 8 1/2 inches in East Prairie, Mo...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Otis Edward "Boss" Woodard, 85, died Jan. 15, 2018, at his home. Born March 17, 1932, in East Prairie, son of the late Joe and Addie Britt Woodard, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He had been employed as a custodian at East Prairie High School and also was the owner of Woodard's Floor Service. He was of Baptist belief...

SIKESTON -- Hattie Grant, 88, died Jan. 12, 2018, at her daughter's home. Born May 27, 1929, in Smithtown, Miss., daughter of the late Alice Chandler and Willie McCuller, she was raised by her late grandmother, Hattie Hubbard. At an early age, she moved to Canalou with her grandmother where she grew up and attended public school. ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. -- Robert Lee Hambrick, 87, of Thomasville passed away Jan. 9, 2018, at his residence. Born Feb. 11, 1930, he was the son of the late Harry Hambrick Sr. and Florence McBurney Hambrick. He was married to Barbara Ann Canedy Hambrick, who preceded him in death...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Virginia L. Sherfield, 92, died Jan. 15, 2018, at Cypress Point Skilled Care Center in Dexter. Born Feb. 17, 1925, in Caruth, daughter of the late Newton Raymond and Anna Eathel Dublin Hunsaker, she had lived in Dexter all her life. She was a member of the Risen Church in Dexter and for over 20 years she was a member of the Airstream Club...

MARANA, Ariz. -- Verna Dean Lloyd, 77, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Jan. 11, 2018, at her home in Marana. Born March 4, 1940, in Naylor, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Letha Short Hilliard. Survivors include: two sons, Troy Lloyd of Warner-Robins, Ga., and Rodney Lloyd of Marana; two brothers, Glen Hilliard of Sikeston and Dewain Hilliard of Springfield, Ill.; one sister, Faye White of Sikeston; and two grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Visitation for Tim Payne, 58, who died Jan. 12, 2018, has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. until service time at noon Thursday at Life Church in Sikeston. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Nunnery Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...