Stories from Thursday, March 21, 2019

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — Wallace Glen Holman, 71, died March 19, 2019, at his home in Wappapello. Born April 5, 1947, in McComb, Ill., son of the late Wallace Holman and Bessie Sweeny Holman, he was a truck driver. On March 15, 1968, in Dexter, he married Charlotte Hutchison, who survives of the home...

JEFFERSON CITY – Prolonged winter weather has left behind an unwanted reminder: potholes.  Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be focusing on repairs through April. Crews started working to address the pesky potholes as soon as there was a break in the weather. MoDOT will have about 300 pothole patching crews statewide working to make roadways safer...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Former Scott City administrator Ron Eskew, who took the city and former Mayor Ron Cummins to court over his forced resignation, received a $40,000 settlement in exchange for dropping his lawsuit. The Southeast Missourian obtained a copy of the six-page agreement from the city after filing a Sunshine Law request...

BENTON, Mo. — A judge has dismissed the Scott County Sheriff’s Department as a defendant in a discrimination lawsuit brought by a deputy, but the county government in general still must defend itself against the plaintiff’s claims. Judge Benjamin Lewis sustained the defense motion to drop the department from the civil suit after hearing arguments on the issue in Scott County Circuit Court in Benton, Missouri, on Friday...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — High waters continue to pose a threat to Southeast Missouri residents. Tuesday afternoon, a woman was evacuated from her home in the eastern portion of New Madrid County due to flooding. The elderly woman and her dog were evacuated from their home on Highway 80 by Sheriff Deputy J. Alsup and New Madrid Assistant Fire Chief J. Newton...

As Spring officially began Wednesday, temperatures will gradually increase allowing more people to be outside to enjoy sunsets such as this one seeen as a backdrop to the Sikeston Power Plant.