Stories from Monday, October 8, 2018

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Separate allegations of sexual abuse of minors involving three priests who have ties to Southeast Missouri were announced Monday by the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. The three separate allegations of sexual abuse of a minor involved the following priests: the retired Rev. Fred Lutz; the late Rev. John A. Brath; and the late Monsignor John J. Rynish, according to news releases issued by the Diocese...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Jeffrey Johnson, 52, died Oct. 5, 2018, at Belleville Memorial Hospital in Belleville. Born Dec. 12, 1965, at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho, son of Bobby and Margaret Brown Johnson of New Madrid, Mo., he was owner of Jeffrey Johnson Trucking Co. until his retirement due to ill health...

SIKESTON — Kathleen E. Sloan, age 99, died Oct. 8, 2018, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Datto, Ark., daughter of the late James Walter and Hattie Stubblefield England, Kathleen joined the Women's Army Corp in February 1943 and was honorably discharged in December 1945. She was owner and operator of Becky Ann's Beauty Shop until retiring in 1976...