Stories from Friday, June 8, 2018

Former Hutson Fine Furniture and Mattress showroom to be locally owned and operated by Chris, Dave and Jeff Hutson   WARREN, MI – Art Van Furniture, the Midwest’s No. 1 furniture and mattress retailer, announced today that it will open its sixth Missouri showroom in Cape Girardeau in the former Hutson Fine Furniture and Mattress location. Art Van Furniture opened five new stores in St. Louis, Missouri, earlier this year...

JONESBORO – Arkansas State University has released the list of students who were awarded diplomas on the undergraduate and graduate levels during the 2018 spring commencement ceremony May 12 in the First National Bank Arena on campus. Chancellor Kelly Damphousse conferred a record number of over 2,100 diplomas during the morning and afternoon ceremonies. He also awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Neil Griffin, a 1948 alumnus and generous philanthropic supporter of A-State...

JEFFERSON CITY – As Missouri closes the books on a record hot May, the National Weather Service, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Public Safety are promoting Missouri Summer Safety Week (June 18-24) to highlight the risks and dangers associated with excessive heat. For 2017, the Department of Health and Senior Services has preliminarily reported 19 heat-related deaths in Missouri...

Hanna Cook, the daughter of Billy & Rana Cook, is this year’s recipient of First State Community Bank’s scholarship.  She will be attending Arkansas State University where she will pursue her dream of becoming a Doctor of Occupational Therapy.  Hanna says, “I have always enjoyed working with the elderly.  I look forward to starting a career that helps not only them, but all who are in need.”...

“Even so consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” Romans 6:11

The Three Rivers Endowment Trust will host its Sixth Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 15, at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff. The four-person scramble tournament will begin with check-in and lunch at noon, followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Following the tournament, there will be a cocktail reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m., which will include a shrimp boil. The evening reception is open to the public...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri farmers are asked to respond to a land rent survey, says University of Missouri Extension economist Ray Massey. A report compiled from the anonymous survey responses will help landowners and renters make better decisions about lease rates...

Protecting innocent life. Whether just conceived or on your death bed, innocent life is something we must never stop fighting to defend. In the last two weeks some of the biggest strides in the fight to protect life have taken place, thanks in large part to a President who values the need to protect those who can’t fight for themselves...

MORLEY, Mo. — Authorities say a man has drowned after tumbling into a pond at his southeast Missouri home while feeding catfish. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick says 80-year-old Fred Morgan was found dead Thursday in the pond behind his home in Morley while feeding catfish...

Kids’ behavior not acceptable This is to all of the parents that seem to think that the local movie theatre is a baby sitting business. Do you have any idea what your kids do when you unleash them on society? Do you care? Apparently not, as long as you do not have to be bothered with them. ...

SIKESTON — Allen Stewart Crites passed away June 7, 2018, at the age of 89. He was born to Eula Louise and Hoxa Lee Crites in Sikeston. He married Shirley Mae Pensel in August 1949 and was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Lee Allen of Kansas City, David Martin and wife Susan Northcutt of Yorktown, Va., and Bryan Quincy and wife Brenda of Sikeston. ...

MORLEY, Mo. — Freddie Eugene Morgan, 80, died June 7, 2018. Born Oct. 27, 1937, in Arkansas, son of the late Albert Newton and Lena Johnson Morgan, he was a self-employed construction contractor. He served three years in the United States Air Force...

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...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – New Medicare cards are on their way to everyone enrolled in the program. Cards will be mailed automatically and free of charge. People should be wary of anyone calling to offer assistance with the cards or to request money or personal information, said Brenda Procter, University of Missouri associate extension professor...

SIKESTON — A partnership between Southeast Missouri Food Bank and Southeast Correctional Center’s Restorative Justice Program has helped increase produce availability to hunger relief agencies throughout the area. Members of the program have begun cultivating produce from a seven acre garden at the Southeast Correctional Center...

SIKESTON — Four juveniles were arrested following a disturbance in a large gathering late Thursday in Sikeston. At 9:05 p.m., officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the 100 block of Luther Street in reference to the report of fireworks violations, according to DPS reports...

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School recently announced their 2017-2018 Fourth Quarter Honor Roll. Those students honored were: 9th Grade Johnathan Alcorn, Ronnie Appleton, Amelia Arndt, Jessica Barricklow, J’kyris Boone, James Braden, Desana Brown, Jahiem Brown, Brittany Bryars, Aaron Burch, Noah Burger, Miraha Burnes, Flossie Burton, Mikylin Buxton, Ben Chittenden, Spencer Clay, Jacob Collins, Aadin Coplin, Marquavia Corbitt, Hailey Crosier, Dillion Cross, Mason Davis, Thomas Davis, Emily Dover, James Trey Drake, Makala Ellis, Brionna Flye, Caroline Fodge, Eddie Foster, KD Franklin, Khalia Freeman, Jeremiah Fuller, Cannon Gaddis, Tyler Gilmer, Thomas Gilmore, Coby Goza, Olivia Grant, Carolyn Grayson, Emily Hairston, Damizha Hall, Cornesha Hampton, Mara Hartzog, Abigail Hensley, Chase Henson, Armani Hodges, Lydia Hodgkiss, Angel Huang, Colton Jackson, Jordan James, Ashanique Johnson, Tamyia Johnson, Tyla Johnson, Kaleb Jordan, Jhameca Joslyn, Owen Keller, Samantha Keller, Hunter Kennedy, Fareena Khan, Chloe Lancaster, Trinity Land, Daniel Lawrence, Jason Lin, Abigail Lynch, Mataline Marshall, Tomero McClenton, Audra McMillen, Paige McWhirter, Kolby Meadows, Wyatt Merideth, Dominick Mijares, Trinity Mijares, Joseph Miles, Ashanti Moore, Chelise Moore, Krisstina Morrow, Allyson Nelson, Austin Oakes, Jaquaveon Oglesby, Natalie Parker, Kerra Parr, Mckayla Phillips, Gabriel Porter, Cory Pride II, Makenzie Pullen, Timaya Randle, Xzeria Randle, Adrianna Rangel, Trashiona Ranson, Henry Robison, Kaitlyn Rudisill, Tobias Sanchez, Ben Schrumpf, Nolan Self, Madeline Sherrod, Katherine Shimon, Hallie Skelton, Ciara Smith, Zyauna Smith, Julia Spurlock, Faith Staple, Tyennia Stevens, Tyler Stokes, Gavin Stoner, Anna Stout, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Lilly Sutton, Khrystionna Swann, John Tarter, Rayna Taylor, Nicholas Tidwell, Kassidy Tinnin, Devyn Tinsley, Clayton Ullman, Preston Ulmer, Christian Vaughn, Cameron Vazquez, Alfonso Vera, Lavitticus Weakly, Gino Wells, Brianna West, Trinity Weston, Kyle Williams, Mason Williams, Nehemiah Williams, Max Worth, Kendra Wright, Lexis Yarbro. ...

SIKESTON — For seven straight years, BJ’s Kwik Shop, 905 S. Main St. in Sikeston, has earned membership into the Missouri Lottery’s Million Dollar Club – an elite group of retail locations that each sold more than $1 million in product during the previous year...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – H. William Stites III, MD, FACC, has joined Saint Francis Healthcare as a Medical Partner and cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology at Cape Cardiology Group. He joins Joseph Dwyer, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Steven Joggerst, MD; William Lafoe, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Sandra McCearly, MD; Duc Nguyen, DO; William Nienaber, MD; Rebecca Smith, MD, FACC, FASE; Clifford Talbert Jr. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – KFVS12 received nine awards at the 2018 Missouri Broadcasters’ Association Awards held June 2 at the Lodge of the Four Seasons at Lake of the Ozarks. The MBA Awards consist of entries in dozens of categories from television and radio stations serving viewers and listeners in Missouri...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Next month, Saint Francis Healthcare System will raise its minimum hourly pay to ensure all employees have the opportunity to earn a livable wage. Effective July 8, the Healthcare System’s new minimum hourly rate will be increased to $11.70, which means raises for more than 200 employees – nearly eight percent of the total Saint Francis workforce...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Lillian Glenn of Charleston has received the Residence Life Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2018-2019 academic year. Lillian Glenn is the daughter of Scott and Deena Glenn of Charleston and is a 2018 graduate of Kelly High School...

ORAN, Mo. — Viola Marie Dirnberger, 96, died June 7, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau. Born Sept. 22, 1921, in Oran, daughter of the late Albert and Rosalia Welter Dannenmueller, she was a homemaker and member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. She was a member of St. Ann Sodality. For many years, she was the lead cook at the Fourth of July dinners at the Oran KC’s annual picnic and many weddings...