Stories from Friday, September 7, 2018

NEW MADRID, Mo. –  This month Congressman Jason Smith-(08) is meeting with farmers and ranchers all across southern Missouri to discuss the different challenges within the agriculture industry. Last week, he held an agriculture summit with local elected officials this week at Rost Farms in New Madrid County...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Less than 20 days before his 100th birthday, George “Bud” Hartwell received the gift of a lifetime. The 99-year-old World War II veteran was presented with the World War II Victory Medal and Honorable Service Lapel Button by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith Thursday at the American Legion Hall in New Madrid...

“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.” --- Isaiah 44:22

One of the most important legacies a president can leave is the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court issues decisions that have far-reaching impacts on everything from individual liberty to the economy. Last year the Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and soon the Senate will put another well-qualified jurist, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on our nation’s highest court...

An official survey of Medicare beneficiaries is under way, and the Missouri SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol) is offering some pointers to folks who may receive visits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with NORC at the University of Chicago to conduct a national study to provide information on the health...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Benton man has been arrested in Mississippi County and faces numerous charges after setting fire to a truck he was test driving and trying to shoot a corrections officer. According to a release from Mississippi County Sheriff Brandon Caid, Dustin Robinson 32, is charged with two counts of first degree arson, second degree burglary, two counts of tampering with a motor vehicle in the first degree, two counts of knowing burning, two counts of first degree property damage, second degree assault, disarming a corrections officer, first degree kidnapping and first degree burglary.. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Garland Wayne ‘Checkbook’ Summers, 64, died Sept. 5, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 15, 1953, at New Madrid County, son of the late J.L. Summers and Mary Doris Crane Coulter, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he owned and operated Checkbook’s sound system and owned and operated Checkbook’s BBQ. He was a member of Abundant Life in Christ Missionary Baptist Church...

East Prairie, the divides in the street at the end of Washington and Highway 80, which has all the pretty flowers and shrubs, are so overgrown with grass on can hardly see approaching traffic to safely get on Highway 80. Clean it up before an accident. Besides that it is an eyesore for the town. Thank you so much.

DEXTER, Mo. — Each year, the Stoddard County Fair takes over the fairgrounds for five days of fun, food and livestock. It’s the behind the scenes people and the many hours they volunteer year-round that make an event of its size look seamless. “The fair is all volunteers,” Stoddard County Fair board President Henry Kestner said. “We receive no state, federal or local funding for anything.”...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - An Arkansas man was sentenced to life in a Missouri prison for the kidnapping and murder of a Kansas motorcyclist. Ronnie C. Robinson of North Little Rock, Ark., was sentenced Thursday by Judge Fred W. Copeland to life in the Missouri Department of Corrections for second degree murder, 25 years in the DOC on charges of first degree robbery and kidnapping and seven years for tampering. ...