Stories from Thursday, November 15, 2018

SIKESTON — A former Sikeston High School student has been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat. Braeden W. Herron, 20, of Advance is charged with felony first-degree terrorist threat, according to online court records. He was arrested by Sikeston Department of Public Safety...

New Madrid – While most Americans associate the Christmas season with happy gatherings of family and friends, there are many whose holiday spirits are crushed by the harsh realities of simply making ends meet. This holiday season, The Salvation Army in New Madrid...

The God who reveals himself to us in Scripture is a moral being. Some of the terms used to describe the moral nature of God our righteousness, holiness, justice, mercy, grace, love, and truthfulness. In considering the holiness of God and focusing on the basic meaning of the term “holiness” one learns that the word carries the idea of “separateness” or “apartness.” This means that God’s holiness separates him and differentiates him from things created. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A major winter storm made its way into Missouri, bringing heavy snowfall and some freezing rain across parts of the state late Wednesday and into Thursday morning. The Missouri Department of Transportation advised drivers to use caution and only travel if necessary...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Stacy McFarlen, 47, died Nov. 14, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born April 13, 1971, in Poplar Bluff, son of Pat Hart Robinett of Bloomfield and the late Gene McFarlen, he had lived in the Bloomfield and Dexter areas all his life. He had worked at WW Wood Products in Dudley...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Jack L. Lewis, 66, died Nov. 10, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 5, 1952, in St. Louis, son of the late Vester "Speck" and Minnie Mae Theobald Lewis, he was employed as a journeyman mechanic by Associated Electric at the Marston power plant. He also served as pastor of Big Ridge General Baptist Church...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Some of the youngest citizens were among the first to welcome Dennis Presley, East Prairie’s new city administrator. Shortly after he took over his position Oct. 1, Michelle McGruder’s second grade reading class trooped up the street from Doyle Elementary School to City Hall to present Presley with their carefully penned letters. Presley still grins broadly as he leafs through their greetings...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The 34th annual Scouting For Food collection is set to take place Saturday. Scouts from the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America delivered over 1 million blue Scouting For Food bags last weekend. They are asking residents to fill the bags with non-perishable food items and place them on doorsteps Saturday by 9 a.m. for pickup...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson presented five different Missouri Public Safety Medals for exemplary service to a total of 17 Missouri first responders from across the state and three civilians who assisted first responders in emergency situations during 2017...

SIKESTON — An early-season winter storm arrived late Wednesday and continued into Thursday, dumping 1 to 3 inches of snow on Southeast Missouri. A winter weather advisory remained in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday for the region including Scott, New Madrid, Mississippi and Stoddard Counties, the National Weather Service said. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Bernie Lee Hawkey of Campbell, 56, died Nov. 15, 2018, at his home in Campbell. Born April 8, 1962, in Rochester, Ind., son of the late Harold Eugene and Karen Lanorah Schidler Hawkey, he had lived in Indiana before moving to Campbell 19 years ago...