Stories from Friday, September 6, 2019

BENTON, Mo. -- A judge Wednesday ordered Scott County’s top elected official as well as other elected officials to undergo a new round of questioning in a sex discrimination case. Judge Benjamin Lewis issued his order in response to a request that the judge sanction the top official, Presiding Commissioner Jim Glueck...

Walk to end Alzheimer’s set for Sept. 14: ‘A feel good time’ for ‘not a feel good disease’ Neil Dougan’s life completely changed when his wife Alberta, 73, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. But with the help of Alzheimer’s Association Greater Missouri Chapter, he’s learning more about the disease and how to cope through the experience of others in Southeast Missouri...

BOLIVAR, Mo. — Stephen Michael Carlisle, 67, died Sept. 3, 2019, at Citizen's Memorial Hospital in Bolivar. Born Aug. 31, 1952, in Cairo, Ill., son of Janie Payne of Camden, Tenn., and the late Andrew Carlisle, he was a U.S. Navy Veteran and had been employed with the United States Postal Service. He was of the Catholic belief...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Henry Junior “Junior” Cagle, 77, died Sept. 4, 2019, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Born March 13, 1942, in Leora, son of the late Henry Albert and Evelyn Jewell Walker Cagle, he had lived in the Bloomfield area all his life. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Jimmie Dale Loflin, 63, died Sept. 3, 2019, at his home. Born May 10, 1956, in Mississippi County, to the late Jefferson Clarence and Ida Bell Hammontree Loflin, he had been employed as a mechanic. Survivors include:  two sons, Jimmy Dale Loflin Jr. ...

ROCKVIEW, Mo. — Janet Sue Sadler Totty, 76, died Sept. 5, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 28, 1943, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Ira Andrew and Edna Louise Saddler Sadler, she attended school in Rockview and she had held a host of different jobs, including Florsheim Shoe and Chaffee Nursing Center...

PORTAGEVILLE — An alcohol ordinance has been a hot topic in Portageville for the last four months and will continue to be until next April. At the September monthly meeting of the Portageville City Board of Alderman held Sept. 3, the alderman voted three to one to place the topic on the municipal election ballot in April 2020...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — For 164 years the annual SEMO District Fair has attracted thousands to Arena Park in Cape Girardeau with the promise of deep fried and delicious food, beer, carnival rides and live music. This year’s theme is “Feathers, Flowers and Ferris Wheels,” signifying the end of summertime...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the 2015 shooting death of another man at a Sikeston liquor store. Antoine Harris, also known as Harris-Applewhite, was found guilty by a jury in July of second-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm after shooting 36-year-old Samuel Sanders outside West Side Liquor in December 2015. He was sentenced Tuesday...

SIKESTON — When Historic Downtown Sikeston members first decided to host a wine festival 10 years ago, organizers said they had no idea it would quickly grow into one of Sikeston’s largest events. “If 100 people showed up, we would have been happy,” Charlette Vanover, chair of the Wine Festival Committee, said about the first year. “We really were surprised at the success our first year, and since then, more and more people come each year.”...

SIKESTON —Scott County Central FBLA was recently awarded a Bayer grant through the Southeast Missouri Food Bank. The Bayer grant paid for two ABC School Food Pantries which were held held at Scott County Central School. The grant also paid for 12 students to be enrolled in the Backpacks for Fridays program offered through the Southeast Missouri Food Bank...

SIKESTON — Vast Broadband, a leading provider of high-speed broadband, video, and voice services to over 55,000 residential and business customers in South Dakota and Minnesota markets, announced that it has completed its acquisition of NTS Communications (“NTS”), a regional broadband fiber company offering high-speed data, video, and voice services to over 20,000 residential and business customers in Texas and Louisiana. ...

Dear Mr. Editor, you wouldn’t print a word in opposition to the idea of rodeos and for the possibility of developing a better attitude toward animals in our young people. Free speech with you extends about as far as your pocketbook or the capitalist business bullies tell you you can go, doesn’t it? You don’t dare cross the business community. You don’t dare. Cowards all.