Stories from Monday, July 9, 2018

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — Two Caruthersville residents are in jail after two different assaults this weekend. According to the Caruthersville Police Department, Gary Gale Jr., 21, was jailed for assault on a law enforcement officer by means of a deadly weapon/dangerous instrument and first degree property damage on Friday...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — Two Illinois residents received serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident Sunday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 8:10 a.m. when a vehicle driven by Catherine Hogan, 66, of Country Club Hills, Ill., ran off the left side of northbound Interstate-55 a the 14.4 mile marker. Hogan overcorrected and then ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Laverne Freed, 90 died July 8, 2018 at her home in Scott City.  Born June 27, 1928, in Charleston, Mo., to Everett Lee and Mary Lee Flowers Patrick, she was a waitress at Charlestonian Restaurant and was a member of New Life Gospel Center in Scott City...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Brenda Watson, 71, died July 8, 2018 at her home in Bloomfield. Born Feb. 24, 1947 daughter of the late Arnold Alvin and Bessie Mae Whittley Case, she had worked as a secretary with Specialty Products while living in the Essex and Bloomfield areas most of her life. She attended the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia, Mo...