Stories from Monday, March 4, 2019

Recently, the 2019 Opaa! Food Management District held a Recipe Contest at the Portageville School District on February 22, 2019. Portageville Director of Nutrition Services, Brittany Gunn, of Opaa! Food Management Company declared Kasey Blagburn the district winner for this year's contest after a panel of judges tasted and scored each of the submitted entries. Blagburn and her winning recipe of Fajita Chicken...

SIKESTON — The City of Sikeston will participate in the Missouri Statewide Tornado Drill at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, according to Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Tornado sirens will sound at 10 a.m.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Jacqueline Marie Dooley, 56, died March 2, 2019, at her home in Portageville. Born July 30, 1962, in North Dakota, daughter of the late Irene King Champion and George Champion, she was of the Baptist belief. On Jan. 31, 199, she married Steven Dooley, who survives of the home in Portageville...

MALDEN, Mo. — Dorthy Moore, 80, died Feb. 28, 2019, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Born Oct. 3, 1938, in Ozan, Ark., daughter of the late Gomile Nelson and Viola Johnson Nelson, she had been a resident of Malden for many years. She was a member of Mount Cavalry Powerhouse in Poplar Bluff...

BENTON, Mo. — Ronald Fodge, 73, died March 2, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 7, 1946, in Canalou, son of the late John D. Westly Washington and Taletha Ann Crank Fodge, he had grown up in Canalou and had lived in the Benton for many years. He had owned and operated Fodge Lawn Care. He was a Radio Controlled air plane builder, was a member of the Semo R.C. Flyers and a member of the Church of Christ in Sikeston. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — Albert R. Hyde, 77, died March 3, 2019, at his home in Wappapello. Born Jan. 20, 1942, in Winfield, Ala., son of the late Tommy Jackson Hyde and Lela Alta Jewell Garner Hyde, he had worked for Harris Truck and Trailer doing automotive body work before retiring...