Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2018

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man faces felony charges for allegedly raping a juvenile. Billy Tillman, 40, is charged through Scott County on three counts of first degree rape, three counts of statutory sodomy and three counts of statutory rape, according to Sgt. Jon Broom, public information officer for Sikeston Department of Public Safety...

Three have already been arrested in the homicide, including two placed in custody late last week.

SIKESTON — Jose 'Joe' Salavarria, 66, died Sept. 9, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, son of Rosa Marie Santiago Salavarria and the late Jose Salavarria, he was a veteran of the U.S. Marines, a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and had worked as a truck driver for Pullen Brothers for over 20 years before retiring...

KEARNEY, Mo. — Donald Edward York “Don” York, 83, died Sept. 8, 2018, at home. Born Jan. 16, 1935, in West Plains, son of the late Nancy Jane Myers York and Louis Alexander York, he was the founding pastor at the First Pentecostal Church of Kearney and continued as pastor emeritus and as chaplain to the Kearney Fire Department until his passing...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — President Donald Trump has canceled his visit to Cape Girardeau on Thursday, according to a release from his campaign office. “Regrettably, we must cancel the planned Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri this Thursday,” Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. said in a release. “With Hurricane Florence on its way, we determined that this is the safest decision.”...

SIKESTON — Gloria Jean Hensley, 46, died Sept. 9, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.  Born June 5, 1972, in Dexter, daughter of T.W. Graham of Morley and the late Janis Sue Baker Graham, she had been a sales clerk at Eubanks-Finney Department Store in Sikeston and had attended Second Half Ministry in Sikeston. ...

SIKESTON — Beatrice “Bea” Tubbs, 85, died Sept. 11, 2018, at the Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 10, 1932, in Sikeston, daughter of the late V.A. Tubbs and Eva Crunk Tubbs, she was a homemaker and had attended First Assembly of God Church in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Sikeston residents will soon see an increase in their utilities bill as the Sikeston City Council approved an increase from the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities. The three-year rate increase averages 8 percent per year for electric and 12 percent per year for both water and sewer. ...

Members of Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Scott County Rural Fire Department, Morehouse Fire Department and South Scott County Ambulance participate in a 9/11 memorial walk early Tuesday to remember all the fallen in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The law enforcement, fire and medical personnel walked from Walmart in Sikeston to the YMCA of Southeast Missouri, where officers took turns on the stair climber machines until they reached 110 flights of stairs...

NEW MADRID, Mo. —New Madrid County Central High School students are celebrating “Home Is Where the Heart Is” with their 2018 homecoming. School officials are in hopes that alumni continue to have their alma mater in their hearts and return to the school to join the students as they celebrate with a parade, pep rally and, of course, football...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — An Illinois man who shot a Mississippi County Sheriff’s Deputy was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison Tuesday. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Jonathan Lee Jones, 38, of Mounds, Ill., was received the 300 month sentence following his guilty plea to the offenses of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. ...

SIKESTON — Nobody’s alone; there is somebody who will walk beside you. That’s the message the newly organized group, Walk Bes;de Me, wants people to know. “It’s OK to feel down,” said McLane Barber of Sikeston, who helped start the group in July. “Everybody has moments of depression and feelings of hopelessness, and there are people there who love and will walk with them.”...

SIKESTON — Joe Reed, 68, died Sept. 6, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 20, 1950, in Cairo, Ill., son of the late John Reed and Mary McCoy Reed, he was employed as an over-the-road truck driver for many years. He retired from Ready Mix in Marston. He was a member of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Marston...