Stories from Monday, September 9, 2019

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Holly Rehder officially announced on Monday her campaign to replace term-limited Sen. Wayne Wallingford to represent Southeast Missouri in the Missouri Senate. In a new video, Rehder outlined her experiences living the American Dream: Growing up in poverty, needing to drop out of High School, getting her GED as a young mother, gaining a degree from Southeast Missouri State University and starting a small business with her husband...

BOLIVAR, Mo. —  In front of a hometown crowd, Gov. Mike Parson on Sunday announced his campaign for Missouri governor.   Parson made the announcement at Bolivar High School in the community where he served as sheriff; a mere 20 miles from the small farm in Wheatland where he grew up; and just a mile from the small business he started and owned after returning from six years of service in the U.S. Army...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The Portageville Bulldogs won their first game of the season and the first game for new coach Mark Jackson Friday, defeating Grandview 40-15. “I could not be more proud of these guys,” said Jackson. Cameron Hollingshead set the pace for the Bulldogs in the first quarter with a 59-yard touchdown...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Richard Archie, 79, died Sept. 7, 2019, at East Prairie Nursing Center.  Born June 15, 1940, son of the late Raleigh and Mildred Davis Archie, he was a retired farmer and attended Elm Street Baptist Church. On Feb. 27, 1963, in East Prairie, he married Linda Pope; she preceded him in death on Jan. 10, 1980...

DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Stephen Ray Presson, 55, died Sept. 8, 2019, at his home. Born Jan. 25, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, to Harold Presson of Diehlstadt and the late Peggy Crosno Presson, he had lived in the Diehlstadt area most of his life and was a 1982 graduate of Kelly High School.  He was employed with Plumbers Supply of Sikeston and was of the Baptist belief...

BENTON, Mo. — Janeth Ann Weber, 70, died Sept. 8, 2019, at her home. Born Nov. 28, 1948, in Glennon, daughter of the late Henry and Irene Vandermierden Beel, she was a supply technician for Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau and a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton...

SIKESTON — A fountain will soon be part of the landscape at Legion Park. At Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, Council authorized the development of the fountain. According to Sikeston Public Works Director Jay Lancaster, work will begin this fall and winter “with the goal to have it ready by springtime next year.”...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety will be getting a new dispatch system and records software. At Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, Council unanimously approved the purchase of the new CAD (computer aided dispatch) and RMS (records management software)...