Stories from Tuesday, March 6, 2018

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A gas main damaged during a car crash shut down traffic on U.S. Highway 61 for five hours Monday in New Madrid County, and it also resulted in injuries for three people. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crashed occurred at 2:50 p.m. ...

SIKESTON -- The intersection of Fifth Street and Hart Street is closed until around 2 p.m. today due to the replacement of a fire hydrant by SIkeston Board of Municipal Utilities. Work began around 9 a.m. today and is estimated to be complete in five hours, weather permitting. ...

MARSTON, Mo. -- A formal announcement of the opening of a new aluminum smelter in New Madrid County is planned for Friday afternoon at the St. Jude Industrial Park. According to a news release from State Rep. Don Rone, Magnitude 7 Metals is currently hiring staff for the new aluminum smelter which could total close to 400 new jobs for the area. The smelter is located at the former Noranda Aluminum Smelter...

NEW MADRID, Mo.  Charles Larry "Yogi" Briggs, 74, died March 4, 2018, at his home in New Madrid.

SIKESTON  Gary Lynn "Dr. Bo" Peet, 62, died Feb. 26, 2018.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.  George Edward Collins, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, March 4, 2018, at St. Anthony Medical Center in St. Louis.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.  Warren Arant, 75, died March 6, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.  Jerry Allen Henderson, age 72, passed away on March 2, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

SIKESTON  Tamora Wilson, 22, died March 1, 2018, at her grandmother's home after her year-long battle with Ewing's Sarcoma.