Stories from Sunday, September 9, 2018

SIKESTON — Jack Arthur Miller, 88, died Sept. 7, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born May 23, 1930, in Evansville, Ind., son of the late Arthur and Mary Eliza Bridger Miller, he served in the United States Navy and attended Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston. He was a self-employed carpenter and owner of Jack Miller Carpet Installation...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Danielle Poyner with Drury Southwest of Cape Girardeau, Mark Avery with Tyson Foods of Dexter and Marty Platz with Coast to Coast Signs of Scott City have joined the Board of Directors of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. “These companies have long been supportive of SEMO Food Bank’s mission and we are delighted to welcome their representatives to our Board of Directors,” said Karen Green, Southeast Missouri Food Bank CEO. ...

DEXTER, Mo. — ”I had my eye on him in fifth grade,” laughs Tina Stanfield. “But it was seventh grade before I realized it,” Rick Stanfield jokingly adds. The couple has been together ever since those youthful years, marrying shortly after high school, and living in Steele, Missouri, while Rick attended Arkansas State University and supported the family by working at Piggly Wiggly. ...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — Missouri Soybean Association members in District 7 attended a social hour and field tour with Palindromes Inc., along with Missouri’s soybean organizations Thursday afternoon. Palindromes Inc. offered field tours of the site selected for a new soybean processing plant in Caruthersville...