Stories from Tuesday, September 18, 2018

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. —A Stoddard County man was sentenced to 220 months in federal prison on child pornography charges. James M. Davenport, 28, of Puxico was sentenced on Monday following his guilty plea to the offense of receipt of child pornography, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Davenport appeared for his sentencing hearing before United States District Judge John A. Ross at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — More than $1 million in grant funds will be sought to alleviate flooding in New Madrid. Following a public hearing, the city council gave its approval to seek a Community Development Block Grant for $1,109,808. The funds, if received, will be used for storm water improvements at three locations in the community: Kingshighway at Blades Drive, from Vandenvender to Mill Street and at the southern end of Mitchell Street...

SIKESTON — Martha Ann Wilton, 79, died Sept. 17, 2018, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 16, 1939, in Gideon, daughter of the late J.R. and Maude Newton Daniels, she had worked in the billing department at Missouri Delta Medical Center before retiring...

SIKESTON — David Ray Trice Sr., 63, died Sept. 11, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston. Born Feb. 18, 1955, in Little Rock, Ark., son of Mildred Lewis Trice of Neelyville and the late Raymond Lee Trice Sr., he was a 16-year veteran of the United States Army, serving mostly in Germany as well as in North Korea and South Korea. After being honorable discharged in 1990, he acquired his CDL license and worked for Hall’s Trucking Line of Charleston and Synder’s LLM...

FULTON, Ky. — Charles Ray “Joe Cool” Jennings Sr., 62, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sept. 10, 2018, at his daughter's home in Charleston. Born April 2, 1956, in Diehlstadt, Mo., son of the late James Charles Jennings and Veatrice Crider Wilson, he attended Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church before relocating to Fulton. He was a self-employed contractor...

SIKESTON — Donald Moseley, 71, died Sept. 17, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 11, 1947, in Essex, son of the late Marylian Detie and Aaron Eugene Mosley, he had worked for McDonnell Douglas before retiring. Survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Donna Mosley and Scott Rauen of Denver, Colo.; one sister, Barbara Mosley Theohar of St. ...