Stories from Tuesday, August 21, 2018

LILBOURN, Mo. — John Derek Deloach, 30, formerly of East Prairie, died Aug. 18, 2018, in Caruthersville.      
Born April 20, 1988, in Sikeston, son of Bill Dickie Deloach Jr. of Sikeston and Jacqueline Renee Shands Deloach of Scott City, he was a self-employed construction worker...

MINER, Mo. — Milton Sadler, age 83, died Aug. 20, 2018, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Born June 1, 1935, in Sikeston, son of the late Phillip L. and Montie Pearl (Hydrick) Sadler, Milton graduated from Sikeston High School, went to electronics school in Nashville, Tenn., then moved back to Sikeston where he worked as a mechanic and then a field service supervisor for Fabick Brothers Equipment Company. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Stoddard County Commissioners on Monday addressed requests made last week regarding a decade’s worth of financial documents related to Stoddard County Sheltered Workshop. “Give me a little more time and I will try to find more answers,” Commissioner Carol Jarrell said to citizens in attendance. ...

VAN BUREN, Mo. — A Scott County couple who own property along Current River in Van Buren face theft-related charges stemming from a recent investigation into stolen pallets in Bollinger County. Gregory A. Casey is charged with the Class D felony of stealing and the Class B misdemeanor of first-degree trespassing. His wife, Karrie Irby-Casey, was issued a summons to appear in court on a stealing by deceit charge...

SIKESTON — Police are investigating the armed robbery of a business early Sunday in Sikeston. At 8:10 a.m. Sunday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to Colton’s Steakhouse, 101 Hospitality Drive, in reference to a report of an armed robbery, according to Capt. Austin Henley with DPS...

Kylie Hutcheson, daughter of Christy Hutcheson and Stan Parham, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for August. Hutcheson, a 2017 Miss Sikeston finalist, is currently attending Southeast Missouri State University where she intends to get a degree in nursing...

HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) — A ferry between Kentucky and Missouri is closed this week while dredging work is completed. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry will be closed until the work is complete. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the ferry plans to perform some maintenance in the meantime...

WHITEWATER, Mo. — Anita Raye Coomer, 70, died Aug. 21, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 25, 1947, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Henry and Ruby Baker Daust, in 1986 she returned to Southeast Missouri and then started her career with Southeast Missouri Hospital where she worked for 23 years in oncology and hospice before retiring in 2010. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Delta and Order of Eastern Star Whitewater 174...

SIKESTON — Sarah Mae Jones, 84, died Aug. 20, 2018, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. Born July 15, 1934. in Deason, Miss., daughter of the late Charlie and Ocie Harris Johnson, she was of the Christian belief and attended the Church of God in Christ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Bill Hayes, 91, died Aug. 20, 2018, at his home in Portageville. Born Oct. 27, 1926, in rural Pemiscot County, son of the late Nelle Ferguson Hayes and Hurtle Hayes, he was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Scottish Rights. He severed in the U.S. Army, and in 1957, he started the Bill Hayes Ford Dealership in Portageville, which he ran for 38 years until 1995...

CASEYVILLE, Ill. — Linda Sue Kirk, 73, died Aug. 18, 2018, at Caseyville Nursing Home. Born Dec. 6, 1944, in St. Louis, Mo., daughter of Rose Phillips Butler of Bloomsdale, Mo., and the late Sam Butler. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by one sister, Malinta Butler...