Stories from Tuesday, February 11, 2020

SIKESTON — Edna Worley, 66, died Feb. 8, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 4, 1954, in New Orleans, La., she was the daughter of the late Jack and Beulah Lee. On Feb. 12, 1982, in Sikeston, she married Steven A. Worley, who preceded her in death on June 2, 2013...

BENTON, Mo. — Ralph Hilton Clinton, 66, died Feb. 9, 2020, at his home. Born Jan. 6, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Troy and Lora Abernathy Clinton, he worked worked in construction. Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Bethley Clinton of Sikeston; two sisters, Fonda Clinton of Benton and Sharon Kimbrell of Watauga, Texas; and three grandchildren...

SIKESTON — James Robert Gadbury Jr., 57, died Feb. 9, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born May 3, 1962, in Dexter, Mo., son of the late James Robert Gadbury Sr. and Barbara Ann Brown Gadbury, he had lived in Sikeston most of his life and had been employed as a mechanic...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Marie Lucy Kohne, 89, died Feb. 10, 2020, at the Charleston Manor. Born Aug. 23, 1930, at Piggott, Ark., daughter of the late Clifford and Alta Mae Lambert Counts, she had lived many years in Charleston and had worked as a cook. Her husband, Roy Kohne, preceded her in death...

SIKESTON — Dewayne Adam Rinehart, 42, died Feb. 9, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 31, 1977, in Sikeston, son of Jack and Connie DeJournett Rinehart who survive of the home in Sikeston. In addition to his parents, survivors include: two brothers, Jay Rinehart of St. Louis and David (Merrily) Rinehart of Jackson; one sister, Martha (James) Garner of Cape Girardeau; and several nieces and nephews...

JONESBORO, Ark. — Zella Tucker, 88, formerly of New Madrid, Mo., died Feb. 10, 2020, at St. Bernard’s Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 15, 1931, in Jackson, Mich., she was the daughter of the late George and Florence Bolenbaugh. Her husband, James W. Tucker, preceded her in death...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Pavement repairs on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will soon get underway, with a several lane reductions and ramp restrictions planned for mid-February through late April. As work is underway, northbound I-55 will be reduced with an 11-foot width restriction from mile marker 91 to mile marker 106. In addition, southbound I-55 will be reduced with an 11-foot width restriction from mile marker 93 to mile marker 91...

DEXTER — Seventeen people were arrested and 22 citations were issued during a recent narcotics enforcement operation held by the Dexter Police Department. Between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, officers with the police department, SEMO Drug Task Force, Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a targeted narcotic enforcement sweep in Dexter, according to a news release from Capt. Joshua Benton...

Two suspects from Charleston, one suspect is from Sikeston

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — In July 2016, Bill Bader, frustrated by the second straight year of alleged dicamba damage to his peach trees, got out his invoice book and hand wrote bills to his neighbors he suspected of illegally spraying the herbicide: $720,000 to one, $660,000 to another and $1.2 million to a third, according to testimony in federal court this week...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri State University has announced its fall 2019 graduates. Taylor Birk of Advance, Mo., graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in early childhood education. Haley Gifford of Advance, Mo., graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology...

Laurel Neider, 2-1/2 years old, smiles as she sits with her mother, Marti Neider, in a classroom at the Sikeston Kindergarten Center. Laurel is the Sikeston R-6 Parents as Teachers Child of the Month for January.

Sikeston Kindergarten Center has named its kindergarten pups of the month for January.

SIKESTON — Kenneth Dewayne Voorhees, 54, died Feb. 10, 2020, at his home in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Oct. 27, 1965 in Eureka, Missouri, son of the late Willard Voorhees and Geneva South Voorhees, he was a member of the Smith Street Church of God. On May 28, 1994, he married Libby Ann Whitt, who survives of the home in Sikeston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Edward Lee “Abe” Graham Sr., 59, died Feb. 2, 2020, in Marston, Missouri. Born March 20, 1960, in Hayti, MIssouri, he was the son of the late Clarence and Alberta Reed Graham. In addition his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Ulisses Luster; one brother, Charles Graham; three sisters, Emma Terry, Charlene Fountain and Celois Graham; and one infant daughter, Crystal Graham...