Stories from Thursday, September 13, 2018

SIKESTON — Two teams and four individuals will be inducted into the Sikeston R-6 Hall of Fame at Friday’s football game between the Sikeston Bulldogs and the Jackson Indians. The names of the 2018 inductees will be featured on the recognition board in the Field House. There are no 2018 Honor Wall inductees...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Willie Earl Ealy Jr., 72, died Sept. 7, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 27, 1946, in St. Louis, son of the late Willie Earl Ealy Sr. and the late Rachel Carter Ealy, he graduated from East High School in Howardville. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Wisconsin man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 57 Wednesday night. The accident occurred at 8:57 p.m., eight miles north of Charleston, when a southbound vehicle driven by Ronald Leonard, 72, of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, ran off the roadway and overturned. Leonard, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead by Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker at 9:30 p.m...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is still seeking a suspect from a homicide on Aug. 23 after another suspect turned himself in on Tuesday. DeShauntay Lamar Craig, 19, of Sikeston, is still at large with arrest warrants for first degree murder, armed criminal action and first degree robbery through Scott County Circuit Court. ...

SIKESTON — John Gaddy Sr., 92, died Sept. 8, 2018, in Sikeston. Born Jan. 31, 1926, in Conway, Ark., son of the late Thomas Gaddy and Laura Sullivan-Gaddy, he retired from the City of New Madrid in 1987. He was an important member of the community through his volunteering efforts as well as being a member of the Neighborhood Watch...

DELTA, Mo. — Charles Ray Drew, 82, died Sept.12, 2018, at the Advance Nursing Center. Born June 23, 1936, in Bell City, Mo., to the late Joe and Goldie Arnold Drew, he was a retired grain elevator manager with Cargill Inc. and was a graduate of Bell City High School where he was active in sports...