Stories from Tuesday, December 3, 2019

BENTON, Mo. — The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a local man with two active warrants for his arrest. Officers are searching for Christian M. Montgomery, 23, who is known to frequent the Morley, Mo. area. Montgomery is known to be armed and dangerous and the Sheriff’s Office warns not to approach him...

DEXTER, Mo. — Carolyn Lee Carroll, 64, died Dec. 1, 2019, at her home in Dexter. Born April 28, 1955, in Jefferson City, daughter of the late Gordon Hill and Mary Harrison Hill, she was a former educator within the Dexter R-11 School District for 27 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter...

McALESTER, Okla. — David Michael Horne, 62, died Nov. 26, 2019. Born July 22, 1957, son of the late Doyle and Roberta Lancaster Horne, he previously worked as head of operations for 15 years at the First National Bank of McAlester and then another two years as the vice president at Wilburton State Bank in Wilburton. He was also a Mason of the 32nd degree at the McAlester Scottish Rite Temple...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Wanda Jane Wiley, 80, died Dec. 1, 2019, at Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born Feb. 13, 1939, in Sentinel, Okla., she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Agnes Fulks Gault. On Jan. 10, 1958, in San Jose, Calif., she married Oscar Ray Wiley, who preceded her in death on Jan. 14, 2010...

SIKESTON — Katie Ruth Lee, 80, died Nov. 26, 2019, at her home. Born Feb. 15, 1939, in Vanduser, Mo., daughter of the late William and Annie Jefferson Kellum, she attended Buck Ridge School and later served as a teacher for the Benton Head Start in Benton. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Fourteen interior design students at Southeast Missouri State University are creating practical kitchen designs for a new men’s transition house operated by St. James A.M.E. Church in Cape Girardeau. The students are learning to apply their classroom knowledge and skills to a real design as part of their basic kitchen and bath course, said Carol Nesler, Southeast instructor of interior design...

Adoption is no longer on the table for Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn — Narwhal for short. Instead, Mac’s Mission founder Rochelle Steffen will house the beagle-mix puppy herself. “I had no intention initially of keeping him,” Steffen said. “I didn’t want a puppy.” And beagles weren’t at the top of her list, either...

As a U.S. Navy veteran, Dustin Johnson knows the struggles service members face on returning stateside. After a failed attempt on his own life earlier this year, Johnson of Benton, Missouri, decided to take positive action and work toward realizing a long-held dream...

A swift-water rescue team responded to multiple incidents Saturday in Bollinger County, where flash floods swept two different vehicles off of roadways, leading to three deaths. The first incident occurred in the morning, when a vehicle traveling on County Road 356 was swept into Little Whitewater Creek with all four of its occupants entering the water at approximately 9:15 a.m., according to a boat/drowning incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Lots of lights, holiday music and, of course, Santa will be featured as New Madrid County celebrates Christmas. Portageville kicks the holiday season off with “Christmas in the ‘Ville” on Friday. A Christmas parade is set for 6 p.m. ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston residents may soon be allowed to use utility vehicles (UTVs) on city streets. At Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, council members heard the first reading of a bill that, if passed, would allow UTVs to be operated on city streets with posted speeds of 45 miles per hour or less. ...

SIKESTON — A ribbon cutting and open house were held Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a health clinic for students and staff at a Sikeston R-6 school. Officials with the Sikeston R-6 School District and SEMO Health Network partnered to open the SEMO Health Network Behavioral Health Center on the campus of the Sikeston Alternative Center...