Stories from Thursday, May 17, 2018

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The theft of guns from a local gun shop is under investigation. Some time during the early morning hours Sunday, a gun store, owned by Dustin Redden and located in the 300 block of Main Street, was burglarized. Entry was gained by forcing open the front door...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Geraldine Owens, 76, died May 16, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  Born Nov. 9, 1941, in Wolf Island Community in Mississippi County, daughter of the late Bill and Frances Martin Stockman, she had been employed by Brown Shoe Company, was manager of Big Book Club in East Prairie during the 1980s and worked for Continu-Care Homemaker Services until her retirement in 2002...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A federal, wrongful-death lawsuit against embattled Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson and others could be settled in June, court records show. Federal Judge John Ross has scheduled a hearing on the proposed settlement for 4 p.m. June 18 at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

DEXTER, Mo. — In a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen Monday night, May 14, Trevor Pulley was named as Dexter’s new Chief of Police. Pulley, who prior to his appointment on April 6 to acting chief, most recently carried the rank of Detective Captain with the Dexter Police Department...

Smoke escapes from the attic of a residence at 234 N. Handy in Sikeston Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out at approximately 1:45 p.m. and fire fighters with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety were on scene for over an hour. No further information on the fire was available at press time...

Title Dementia Caregivers Support Group to meet in Jackson A new support group for caregivers of those suffering with dementia will begin meeting in Jackson on the first Wednesday of each month. The support group is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association and will be facilitated by Norm Meyer, Alzheimer's Association Volunteer. ...