Stories from Tuesday, July 31, 2018

SIKESTON, Mo. — The Sikeston City Council amended regulations to allow some pawnshops to relocate without restrictions. At Monday’s meeting, Council approved allowing grandfathered pawnshops to relocate with any restrictions (including restrictions related to distance from residential areas, churches and schools) other than restricted to zoning categories that allow pawnshops...

SIKESTON — Iree Lackey, 95, died July 28, 2018, at Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 16, 1923, in Harrison, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Charles and Pearl Stevens Carlton. Her husband, James Cecil, preceded her in death on March 23, 2013...

SIKESTON — Meaghan Michelle Webb, 19, died July, 27, 2018, at her home. Born Feb. 3, 1999, in Sikeston, daughter of Rodney Webb and the late Latosha Booker-Webb, she attended Sikeston Public Schools and Portageville High School. In addition to her father, survivors include: her stepmother, Diana Webb; four sisters, Brianna Webb, Jabreia Stevens, Paris Webb and Londyn Webb of Sikeston; three brothers, Ja'len Webb of Parma, Shawn Birdwell and Logan Birdwell of Portageville; her grandparents, Jesse Winters and Francis Booker of Portageville and Gladies Webb of Sikeston; one niece, Za'Miyah Miles and one nephew, Truu Webb.. ...

SIKESTON — Betty Ruth Killian, 78, formerly of Holland, Mich., died July 22, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 19, 1939, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of the late Eugean and Hazel Rutherford Wadkins, she was a secretary for Holland State Park in Holland for 25 years before retiring in 1992. She had lived in Sikeston since February 2007...

SIKESTON — Debbie D. Stash Harrison, 60, died July 29, 2018, in Morley.   Born Aug. 22, 1957, in Pierce County, Wash., daughter of Doris Housman Mitchell of Morley and the late Martin Stash, she had worked in public school cafeterias before retiring...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Dexter man is free on bond after being charged Friday with five counts of boating while intoxicated in connection with a June boat collision on Black River that left a local teenager dead and four others injured. Braden Parker Bollinger, 27, was charged with the Class C felony of boating while intoxicated (BWI-death of another), two Class D felonies of BWI (serious physical injury) and two Class E felonies of BWI (physical injury) by Butler County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Paul Oesterreicher.. ...

MARSTON, Mo. - The workers stood quietly watching as the truck loaded with 45,000 pounds of aluminum rolled through the gate. Then they began to applaud. Tuesday was a day some had feared would never come after Noranda Aluminum Co. declared bankruptcy and closed its doors in 2016. It was a day others had worked hard toward after the aluminum smelter was purchased by Magnitude 7 Metals...

“Party in the Park,” sponsored by the Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department, celebrated the end of Parks and Recreation Month. Those who attended could take part in many games that included minigolf, kickball and much more.

GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Richland High School students Allison Jones and Liza King, along with high school yearbook advisor Kyle Carter, had the opportunity to rub elbows with members of national media outlets and receive first-hand experience at an invitation-only event with President Donald Trump...