Stories from Wednesday, July 17, 2019

I don’t see how anybody can forget their child in a car. They either want to forget them or they’re stupid. If they forget their child in a car and it dies they should go to prison for murder. That’s all it is is murder. If you’re too stupid to take care of their children and forget about them they don’t need their children. Thank you.

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Elementary, Middle and High School students competed June 15-22 at National Beta Convention in Oklahoma City, Okla. The competition required students to qualify for nationals at the state level which took place in December at Springfield, Mo. The two divisions include Junior (fourth-eighth grades) and Senior (9th-12th grades) Beta...

FAYETTE, Mo. — Over 490 Central Methodist University students graduated in May through CMU’s main campus in Fayette, extended locations, and online programs. The following are graduates from local areas: Taylor Baker from Puxico, who studied online and earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two Sikeston career and technical students in won one of the nation’s highest awards at the 2019 SkillsUSA Championships, held June 26-27 in Louisville, Ky. More than 6,500 students competed at the national showcase of career and technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships is the largest skill competition in the world and covers 1.4 million square feet, equivalent to 20 football fields or 25 acres...

Future kindergarten student Brantlee Chappell finds the matching pictures for rhyming words.  Rhyming words is just one skill kindergarten students will work on in the 2019-2020 school year. The Sikeston Kindergarten Center will have its late kindergarten enrollment/screening on from 8 a.m. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Daniel Scott Anderson, 47, died July 11, 2019, at Aperion Care in Cairo, Ill.. Born July 26, 1971, in Caro, Mich., son of Cheryl (Langmaid) Anderson of Caro, he had worked for Allen Wire before his health forced him to retire. His wife, Theresa Wilson Anderson, survives of the home in Bloomfield...

BELLA VISTA, Ark. — Gertrude Virginia “Vicky” Sherrod, 94, died July 16, 2019, in Bella Vista. Born Sept. 22, 1924, in Memphis, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Frank Ardell Eaton and Wilma Lorena Moore Eaton. On Nov. 18, 1943, in Marion, she married Joseph Dave Sherrod, who preceded her in death...

SIKESTON — James Henry Bartholomew II, age 72, passed away July 16, 2019, at his home in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Nov. 10, 1946, in Sikeston, son of the late James Henry and Maggie (Hart) Bartholomew I. James was of the Baptist faith and worked as a Sales Rep and Horse Trainer. He was a member of Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310, Sword of Bunker Hill; a member of Moolah Shriners; and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, S.J., USA. He loved horses, dogs, bird hunting, and western movies...

MARSTON, Mo. — Lois Littrell, 88, died July 14, 2019, at her home in Marston. Born Jan. 10, 1931, in Marston, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Ora DeRousse Campbell. On April 12, 1947, in Corning, Ark., she married Redford “Red” Littrell who preceded her in death on Aug. 5, 1995...