Stories from Monday, June 1, 2020

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During Monday’s COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Mike Parson announced over $209 million in additional expenditure restrictions due to COVID-19.  “It goes without saying that COVID-19 has had severe impacts on our anticipated economic growth. This is truly unlike anything we have ever experienced before, and we are now expecting significant revenue declines,” Parson said. ...

SIKESTON — Harry Lewis Powers III, 41, died May 31, 2020, at Colonial Manor in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.  

ORAN, Mo. — Carla Dianne (Walter) Ray passed away at her home Sunday, May 30, 2020, in Oran, Missouri, surrounded by family and friends. She was born on April 16, 1953, in Oran, Missouri; she married Barney M. Ray on Feb. 14, 1992. She was the daughter of the late Philip Aloysius and Doris Jean (Klipfel) Walter...

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in southeast Missouri continues to increase as the State of Missouri continues to reopen and the number of tests given rise. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson lifted the stay-at-home order in Missouri on May 4 and since many local businesses have reopened while people return to some normal activities. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Sally Josephine Tate, 100, formerly of Oran, Missouri, died May 30, 2020, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Born March 24, 1920, in Hickeytown, Arkansas, daughter of the late Fred Albert Harmon and Alberta Bradley Harmon, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Oran for 65 years, retired as a cook from the Oran Public School District, and a former resident of Oran...

ORAN, Mo. — Charles Howard Dobbs, 65, died June 1, 2020, at his home in Oran. Born June 2, 1954, in Arkansas, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary (Wade) Dobbs. Survivors include: five brothers: Dwight Dobbs of Oran, Ron Dobbs of Chaffee, Terry Dobbs of Cape Girardeau, Jerry Dobbs of Doniphan, John Dobbs of Wisconsin; one sister: Rose Mary Dobbs of Chaffee, Mo; and one grandchild...