Stories from Sunday, June 14, 2020

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Bertrand, Missouri, couple first-degree rape and sodomy charges following a multi-agency investigation in Mississippi County, Missouri. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Britton Ferrell, an investigation between the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Health and Senior Services Special Investigations Unit led to the arrest of Martin Shaw and Christina Shaw of Bertrand...

PARMA, Mo. — Vernon "Smoky" Johnson, 97, died June 12, 2020, at Missouri State Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Oct. 11, 1922, in Catron, Missouri, son of Rubel and Lottie May (Burch) Johnson, he had been a resident of Parma for many years. He had worked at the Barton Lumber Company in Parma before retiring. He was in the US Army and served our country over seas in  North Africa and Italy with the 37th General Hospital...