Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2018

NEW MADRID - Area residents will begin to see candidate signs, cards and placards in the ears and in your P.O. Box asking for your vote in the upcoming August Primary Election. Winners of the primary election will move on to the Nov. 6 general election...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The deadline for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture has been extended to July 30. Forms can be returned by mail or securely submitted online. University of Missouri Extension economist Ryan Milhollin says federal, state and local governments, as well as agribusinesses, researchers, trade associations and others, use the data to serve farmers and rural communities...

Last week’s article ended with mentioning of the gift of eternal life that is available through Jesus Christ. This gift is received through faith. There are many inadequate and false concepts of faith. It is a very important biblical truth. We should not be confused about what faith is. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Newly made spring hay finally being baled in June may be toxic for cattle. Hold off on feeding new hay, says Craig Roberts, University of Missouri Extension forage specialist. The longer the hay can be stored after baling, the less toxic it becomes...

General Assembly Approves Bill to Expand Access to Chiropractic Care (HB 1516)  Legislation approved this session by the General Assembly would require Medicaid to pay for a patient to visit a licensed chiropractor up to 20 times in a year. Supporters say the bill is an important step to give Medicaid recipients more options for treating pain. ...

BENTON, Mo. — Following an hour-long deliberation by a jury, a Perryville man was found guilty of kidnapping, burglary and other crimes Tuesday in Scott County. Clint E. Arrington, 49, was convicted of the crimes after a jury trial in front of Judge David A. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Sikeston, Mo., man was ordered to stand trial Monday afternoon in connection with a February shooting that left one dead and two others wounded. Accompanied by his attorney, Brandon Sanchez of Caruthersville, Mo., Ricky Dewayne Davis Jr., was to have a preliminary hearing before Associate Circuit Judge John Bloodworth on the Class A felony of first-degree murder, two Class A felonies of first-degree assault and three unclassified felonies of armed criminal action...

DEXTER, Mo. — Alfred Coleman, 92, died June 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 15, 1926, in Dexter, son of the late Robert Clint and Georgia W. Russell Coleman, he had lived in Dexter all of his life and worked as a carpenter...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — John Anthony Thurmond, 59, died June 13, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  Born Oct. 10, 1958, in Cairo, Ill., son of Zelda June Coleman Thurmond of East Prairie and the late Billy Edward Thurmond, he was employed as a truck driver. He was a member of First Christian Church in East Prairie...

ST. ANN, Mo. — Lowell Gaylord Spane II, 51, formerly of Chaffee, died June 13, 2018, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton. Born Jan. 27, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, son of Lowell Gaylord Spane of Chaffee and the late Margaret Ann Chamberlain Spane, he was a retired tank welder and of the Christian belief...

Nathan Britton plays the drums at a hands-on music exhibit in the Sikeston Public Library on Wednesday. The exhibit will be open through July 14 and includes a listening center, music games, a giant piano keyboard and many other instruments.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Caruthersvvile man was sentenced to prison on cocaine and firearms charges. Marcus T. Taylor, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to 292 months in federal prison on narcotics and firearms charges, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Thelma Lea Baker Stone, 94, died June 13, 2018, at her home. Born on Dec. 30, 1923, in Bourbon, daughter of the late Rev. Charles R. and Mary E. Baker in Bourbon, she was a homemaker and member of United Methodist Women, PEO and DAR. On April 7, 1940, she married George F. Stone, who preceded her in death...