Stories from Tuesday, October 9, 2018

The Portageville Chamber of Commerce kicked off the 71st Annual National Soybean Festival this past Saturday with Main Street Madness! The weather was beautiful and the crowd was large, something that is always much appreciated for outdoor festivals such as these. Lined with corn stalks and orange bows along the light poles, Main Street was decked out for fall. The day kicked off with the Soybean Shuffle 5K sponsored by SRG Global...

October is our industries month to celebrate your local community newspaper. The theme for this year's celebration for the National Newspaper Week is, “Journalism Matters Now More Than Ever!” Real newspapers reporting real news have never been more important or more valuable to readers and communities...

SIKESTON — Colin Gearsham Phillips, 82, died Oct. 2,2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 15, 1936, in Hornersville, he was the son of the late Paul and Victoria Krapf Phillips. On Dec. 30, 1960, in Sikeston, he married Doris Wagoner, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — Melvin “Pops” Tate, 74, died Oct. 5, 2018, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born July 18, 1944, in Essex, son of the late Allen Tate, Sr. and Lillie Morris Tate, he worked as a cook at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston until retiring. ...

DEXTER, Mo. — Mike McCollum, 61, died Oct. 8, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 25, 1956, in St. Louis, son of Joyce Lee McCollum Matney of Benton, he had lived most of his life in the Bloomfield and Dexter area. He was a truck driver and worked for WW Wood Products in Dudley. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger views unfunded state and federal mandates as the county’s biggest challenge. Challenger Jim Glueck wants to make county government “more accessible” to the public. But while they don’t run the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, the two candidates are being drawn into a legal battle involving Sheriff Wes Drury. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Two people were hospitalized when a plane flipped Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, authorities said. The private aircraft carrying two passengers flipped at 11 a.m., according to a statement issued by Cape Girardeau public-information manager Nicolette Brennan. The airport is a city property...

Title Offenders Donate for a Brighter Future Amy Brown (High School Counselor – Charleston HS) and Ben Thatcher (Functional Leader – MoJob Center Sikeston) were present at Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston Friday to receive a check from Deputy Warden Bill Stange at the Southeast Correctional Facility in Charleston Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Stoddard and Butler county officials say the numbers of noncompliant sex offenders in their counties were skewed in a recently released state audit. The information released by state Auditor Nicole Galloway states 1,259 sex offenders are unaccounted for in Missouri. The audit ranked Stoddard County as having the highest rate, 25.2 percent, with Butler County as the third-worst at 20 percent...

Jakhyrus Hunt gets his face painted by Regina Guthrie of Spread Hope Now as Emarious Hunt watches during the Community Fun Day Saturday at Green Memorial Church of God in Christ in Sikeston. Good food, a bounce house, Air Evac helicopter, volleyball, music and more were part of the festivities...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man faces felony charges for his alleged involvement in a burglary early Tuesday. George M. Cagle, 45, is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid; felony first degree burglary; and misdemeanor stealing, according to online court records...

LILBOURN, Mo. — While Lilbourn now has a police officer, the community is still in search of a police chief. In April, voters opted to leave the decision of who will serve as police chief to the Lilbourn Board of Aldermen. Previously the police chief was an elected position...