Stories from Monday, January 27, 2020

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Alma Bernice Cotten, 86, formerly of Sikeston, died Jan.24, 2020, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born Aug. 8, 1933, in Kewanee, she was the daughter of the late Edith I. Page. She was also preceded in death by one son, Roy J. Hurt; one brother, Robert Reed; and one sister, Louise Dodge...

Title Jason Aldean, Greenway Team Up to Fight Child Hunger Greenway Equipment and country music star Jason Aldean have teamed up again to support weekend backpack programs in schools in Missouri and Arkansas. Greenway Equipment has donated the John Deere Cab XUV835M utility vehicle Aldean uses on his property near Nashville. The UTV features a dashboard plaque with his autograph...

SIKESTON — One medical marijuana dispensary license has been issued in Sikeston, and another in New Madrid has been approved by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. In all, 192 dispensary licenses were approved in a list released by DHSS Friday afternoon with each congressional district awarded 24 licenses...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council approved the use of UTVs and the selling of fireworks inside city limits but the use of fireworks is still not allowed — for now. At a city council meeting Monday morning, Council approved the use of UTVs on Sikeston city streets, after amending the proposed ordinance to include stricter safety laws for children riding in the vehicles. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Karen Scott, 60, died Jan. 26, 2020, at her home in Cape Girardeau. Born April 14, 1959, daughter of James Doyle Edwards of Sikeston and Joyce A. Ross Moyers of Cape Girardeau, she was of the Baptist belief. Her husband, Ruben E. Scott, preceded her in death on Nov. 26, 2012...

BELL CITY, Mo. — Macauther Lane Richard, 37, died Jan. 16, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 7, 1982, in Dexter, son of the late Odis J. and Shirley E. Gibson Richard, he worked for Union Hall Local 1. His wife, Angela Gail Bone Richard, survives of the home...