Stories from Thursday, June 7, 2018

During the monthly meeting of the Portageville City Council meeting held on May 7, the council passed four new ordinances, some of which will be placed on the August Primary Election Ballot. The first dealt with a non-binding burn ban. This ordinance is calling for a special advisory election on the question of prohibiting burning yard wast in the City of Portageville. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - A Lilbourn man is in custody in connection with an armed robbery. Terry Lee Tilllman, 37, is charged with first degree robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon for the May 24 robbery at Casey’s General Store in Portageville. He is being held in the Pemiscot County Jail with bond set at $50,000...

JACKSON, Tenn. - Keileigh Jones of Portageville is one of three hundred one students that has been named to the Union University President's List for the spring 2018 semester.

The President's List includes full-time students who achieve a 4.0 grade point average on a four-point scale.

Founded in 1823 and affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention, Union University is characterized by quality Christ-centered teaching and learning. ...

Three Rivers College recognized more than 50 of its highest performing students at its Annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony. Winners were chosen to represent each academic department and career education program, the Three Rivers external locations, honor societies, and major student organizations...

Laney Stone is the winner of a $150 Visa gift card donated to Portageville Middle School by Legacy Equipment of Portageville.  Any student with at least 100 points in the Accelerated Reader program was eligible to enter the drawing. Stone received the gift card during the awards ceremony on Thursday, May 10...

Community organizations serve the meals at schools, churches, parks, swimming pools, YMCA facilities, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other spots where children gather when school is not in session. The meals are provided to children who receive free or reduced price meals during the regular school year. Children do not have to register and there is no fee to participate in the program...

In the previous article we considered the fact that, on one hand God loves us and does not want to punish us, and yet on the other hand he is just and must punish sin. This raises a very crucial question. How does the holy God reconcile these two aspects of his nature, his love and justice? The Bible teaches us that God solved this apparent dilemma in the person of Jesus Christ. This article looks at two particular truths concerning the Jesus Christ. These are Who he is and What he did...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – An exotic pest that hitchhikes on train cars, trucks and boats could suck the life out Missouri crops. Spotted lanternfly has the potential to establish populations in Missouri, says University of Missouri Extension field crop entomologist Kevin Rice. It damages soybean, corn and hops, as well as fruit and ornamental trees. According to MU Extension viticulturist Dean Volenberg, it could have damaging effects on Missouri’s 1,700 acres of grapes, its primary host...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s record-breaking May heat and lack of precipitation set the stage for two unusual conditions in the state’s top cash crops—soybean and corn, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Bill Wiebold. He urges farmers to look for rootless corn syndrome and heat canker in soybean, conditions that result from drought and heat effects on seedlings and young plants...

Gov. Greitens Announces Resignation   A special session called by the legislature to look into alleged wrongdoing by Gov. Greitens will now come to an end. With the governor’s decision to resign from office, the Special Investigative Committee on Oversight will now wrap up its work, and there will no longer be a need for members of the House to consider any potential recommendations from the committee. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Brian Bury parked his bicycle and walked on the observation deck at New Madrid. After watching the Mississippi River flow past, he stopped to read a placard detailing the role the river played in America’s Civil War. The annual Ride The Fault Line bicycle tour promises participants more than a chance to ride. To hear participants like Bury, a resident of Northville, Mich., talk, it delivers...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The first-ever Kids n’ Cops fishing event will take place this weekend at Whipple Park Pond in Charleston. This free event, set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday, is open to all youth and families to attend, with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Mississippi County Back the Blue, and Focus Bank sponsoring it. To add on, Kids n’ Cops takes place during the Free Fishing Days, which allows anyone to fish or assist in fishing without the use of a permit...

SIKESTON — Looking to provide a one-stop spot for yard sellers and shoppers, Historic Downtown Sikeston organized its first “Pickers Market” this weekend. “The Historic Downtown Sikeston committee talked about offering a ‘pickers market’ and thought we could do this in conjunction with the farmer’s market,” said Lynn Lancaster, executive director of Historic Downtown Sikeston. ...

RAYTOWN, Mo. — Donna Belle (Wagley) Walker, age 71, of Raytown, returned home to our heavenly Father June 5, 2018, following a long battle with cancer that actually began all the way back in 1985. At the time of her passing her family and friends wrapped Donna in love...

SIKESTON — William H. Linam III, 64, died June 5, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born May 14, 1954, in Sikeston, son of William Linam II of Sikeston and the late Velma Hale Linam, he was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps having served during the Vietnam War and had been employed by the Regional Center, Home Health Care and HabCare as a home health worker...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Maxine West, 56, died June 2, 2018, at her home in Portageville. Born March 4, 1962, she was the daughter of James Kellum of Chicago and the late Esther Mae West. In addition to her father, survivors include: two brothers, Warren Bishop of Palatine, Ill., and Alfred “Jack” West of Portageville; and sisters, Charlotte West of Portageville and Meredith Goodrich and Patrice Bishop of Jonesboro, Ark...

SIKESTON — Roger Lynn “Sam” Brown, 52, died June 5, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 17, 1966, in Sikeston, son of the late George Franklin and Valerie Jean Byrd Brown, he was a member of the Eagles Aerie 4206 in New Madrid...

SIKESTON — A new sign will soon greet those who use the Sikeston Recreational Complex. During Monday’s monthly city council meeting, the Sikeston City Council awarded the bid for a digital sign at the Complex to Canedy Sign and Graphics for $30,084.40...

LILBOURN, Mo. - It is a team effort to reduce violence. For local organizers, there is no better way to do that than by bringing area residents and law enforcement officers together on a baseball diamond. From 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lilbourn Elementary School baseball field, the Lincoln University Cooperative Extension Outreach Center at Charleston, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Howardville Taylor Center will do just that with BATTER UP - Back At The Things Everyone Remembers Uniting People.. ...

DUDLEY, Mo. — Richard McGehee, 79, died June 7, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Dexter.  Born June 4, 1939, in Advance, son of the late Neil Stanley and Nadine Goza McGehee, he had been a bus driver for several schools in the area and was also a humane society officer for Sikeston for several years.  He had been a resident of Stoddard County for over 30 years, was a member of the Circle City Pentecostal Church and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.