Stories from Wednesday, February 7, 2018

SIKESTON -- The family of a Sikeston man who was shot and injured during a burglary-in-progress is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the crime. About 7 a.m. Jan. 22, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a first-degree assault in the 200 block of Tanner Street. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Betty Jewell Jones, 87, died Feb. 6, 2018, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

CHAFFEE, Mo.  Betty Sue Darnell, 66, formerly of Oran, died Feb. 5, 2018, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Forget the Republican's FISA memo. And forget the Democrat's counter memo disputing the Republican memo. In fact, forget any and all memos and focus instead on an Indiana courtroom where a much more important battle is brewing. Let's call it Birdgate. Mark May is, by most accounts, an unassuming carpet cleaner. But May managed to get on the wrong side of the law when he flipped the bird that ever-popular middle finger at an Indiana Highway Patrolman. By way of background, May was driving along one hot August day last year when Indiana Trooper Matt Ames cut in front of May's automobile while pulling over another driver.