Stories from Monday, July 30, 2018

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Two Mississippi County men faces multiple felony charges for their alleged involvement in shooting at another man Saturday in Charleston. At about 10:40 a.m. Saturday, an officer with Charleston Department of Public Safety was on patrol when he observed two males shooting at another male near the intersection of Main and Tom Brown Streets in Charleston, according to DPS Director Robert Hearnes...

SIKESTON — Units with Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s Fire Division responded around 6:30 a.m. Monday to a report of a structure fire at an abandoned residence in the 300 block of Alabama Street in Sikeston, according to Lt. Austin Henley with Sikeston DPS. ...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Dennis Raymond LaFerney Sr., 65, died July 25, 2018, at St. Louis Hospital in St. Louis. Born Nov. 23, 1952, in St. Louis, son of the late Dorothy Marshall and Richard LaFerney, he was a truck driver for many years. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Billy William LaFerney and Richard LaFerney...

FLORISSANT, Mo. — Harrison Marr, 98, formerly of Portageville, died July 23, 2018, in Florissant. Born June 29, 1920, in Point Pleasant, son of the late Alexander and Rosie Lena Duvall Marr, he was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and a member and deacon of Freewill Lily of the Valley Free Baptist Church in Point Pleasant...

SIKESTON — Melba A. Horton, 92, passed away July 25, 2018, at her home in Sikeston. Born Feb. 4, 1926, in Morehouse, daughter of the late Alice Eva Lockridge and James Allen Farris, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 595 in New Madrid...