Stories from Saturday, June 2, 2018

SIKESTON — Hassie Bell Sweet, 75, died June 1, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center Sikeston. Born Oct. 11, 1942, in Fayette County, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Bursie and Clara Tucker Tidwell. On Dec. 1, 1967, in Bertrand, she married Tom Sweet, who preceded her in death on Aug. 21, 1987...

I’m not sure how history will treat the resignation of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. As a supporter of the Republican governor, I fully expected the former Navy Seal to shine as Missouri’s top executive and, like many others, I also saw a bright political future for Greitens...

I don’t have bedbugs! I would like to Speakout. I won’t give my name but I will say I live in an apartment building where I have been accused of having bed bugs and I’m being shunned. Just like they done Jesus Christ on the cross. I am being shunned. ...