Stories from Friday, May 25, 2018

In Cape Girardeau, Mo. at the Dearfield Lodge,  Marie Nowell was blessed with a 90th Birthday Celebration.  With her husband Robert, by her side,   a lunch of pork loin, vegetables, salad, and a variety of pastas, and a variety of cakes, prepared by her son Anthony, was enjoyed...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – The heat and humidity of Missouri can affect everyone, but can be especially dangerous to small children, the elderly and the chronically ill.   Each year many Missourians suffer from heat related illnesses, some of which can result in death. In 2017, 19 Missourians died from heat related illness*. ...

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.’’ -- Hebrews 12:2

JEFFERSON CITY — Right now in the Missouri House of Representatives SB564 is awaiting a final vote that may come at any time. This bill, if passed, will be a gigantic money maker for Ameren, KCP&L and Empire Electric for many years to come, at the expense of their customers all across the state. Many of these ratepayers are already struggling to pay their electric bills and keep their lights and air-conditioners running...

Over the counter, under the table, stolen from a family member, begged for from a friend, purchased in a back alley, hidden in a classmates locker, received from a coworker, leftover from an injury, a forged prescription, obtained from a complete stranger. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — A Portageville man died after he was struck by a train late Thursday in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 7:45 p.m. on Fifth Street and Warren Avenue in Portageville, a 51-year-old pedestrian, Charles V. Brown of Portageville, was crossing the railroad tracks when he was struck by the westbound General Electric train operated by Harold D. Miller, 49, of Chaffee...

Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Missouri Public Safety director Drew Juden was honored Thursday for his years in law enforcement at a ceremony in Cape Girardeau before officers of Southeast Missouri police and sheriff’s departments and state troopers. Juden, former director of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, received the Roger Fields Award of Excellence, presented by Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Rachael Ross rolls her wheelchair next to her arrows. She takes one from the quiver, placing it on her bow. After adjusting her body in her chair, she carefully takes aim, then lets the arrow fly. Thump, it hits the target. Thump, thump, thump, arrow after arrow hits the target until the quiver is empty...

Can someone fix the water? I live in a small housing development called Sherwood Forest that is close to Bloomfield. Our water supply comes from Public Water District #5. We were without water last Thursday and Friday. Saturday morning we once again had water. ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — Robert Allen Bradford of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born Nov. 28, 1950, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to the late Martin and Esther Lavon Bradford. He was retired from Pizza Inn in Sikeston, Mo., and moved to Lake Wales after his retirement. ...

GRAYRIDGE, Mo. — Debra Ann Harlan, 59, died May 24, 2018, at her home in Grayridge. Born Jan. 6, 1959, in St. Louis, daughter of the late James Eugene and Naomi Joyce Ross Dougherty, she had worked as a custodian at the Jackson schools and moved to Grayridge over 30 years...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Christopher Boyd McClard died May 24, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born May 24, 2018, he was the son of Clinton Barnett McClard and Diane Marie Maret of Chaffee. In addition to his parents, survivors include: a sister Katina Marie McClard of Chaffee; paternal grandmother, Marilyn McClard of Chaffee; and maternal grandmother, Lynn Maret of Mississippi...

SIKESTON — Memorial Day weather is forecast to be sunny with a temperature higher than normal. According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., Monday will be sunny with a high near 90 and a low around 70 degrees. The normal high for Memorial Day is 81 degrees, the Weather Service...