Stories from Monday, June 18, 2018

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Three Southeast Missouri men were arrested this week on indictments charging them with making false statements in connection with the purchase of firearms from Federal Firearms Licensees as well as the subsequent illegal possession of the firearms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cape Girardeau...

CAIRO, Ill. — Willie Lee Strayhorn, 81, died June 14, 2018, in Cairo. Born Sept. 15, 1936, in Little Grove, Tenn., son of the late Arbie and Louise Drake Strayhorn, he was employed by Thompson Farms for many years prior to his retirement. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, John Strayhorn and Roy Strayhorn; and four sisters, Mary Nell Robinson, Gladys Lipsey, Mozella Strayhorn and Rosie Porter...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Roxie Ann Anderson, 58, died June 13, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 28, 1959, in Charleston, daughter of Jimmy Betts of Charleston and the late Mattie Gardner Green, she was a graduate of Charleston High School and attended Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church. ...