Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2020

SIKESTON — Children all gathered at the Sikeston Recreational Complex on Tuesday morning for the first day of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Turn 2 Baseball Camp. Hosted by the SEMO South branch of FCA, the first day of the camp featured children from third-to-sixth grade, focusing on defensive drills...

Former Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter has filed a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission against current Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury after Drury addressed social media reports of a broken drone last week. Walter, who is running against Drury for sheriff in the Republican primary in August, alleged in a news release Drury is misusing county and taxpayer resources for his own personal and campaign gain while violating Missouri’s campaign finance and conflict of interest laws...

SIKESTON — Phyllis Kendig, 88, of Sikeston, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020, at SSM Health-St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. She was born Dec. 10, 1931, in Brighton, Illinois, to the late Charles Laux and Mertise Hearns. She was a graduate of the Sikeston High School Class of 1949 and a graduate of the Lindenwood College class of 1953. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Phillip Douglas Sisk, 57, died June 22, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born Nov. 20, 1962, at East Prairie, to the late Raymond Earl Sisk Sr. and Fannie Marie Sisk, he had lived his entire life in East Prairie. On March 27, 1982, he married Donna Jeanette Carden, who preceded him in death earlier this year...

SIKESTON — Barbara Ray Lowe, 81, of Sikeston, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  She was born Oct. 7, 1938, in Roberts, Idaho, to the late Carl and Bonnie (Gifford) Adams.  On Feb. 13, 1959, in Little Rock, Ark., she married Bobby Gene Lowe, who preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 2014...

While Missouri is seeing its daily increases of COVID-19 positive cases reach new highs, locally the total number of positive cases seem to be slowing. On Tuesday, the Scott County Health Department reported no new cases with just four new positive cases reported since Friday. Scott County currently has 153 positive cases with just 29 of those active. There were eight more recoveries reported Tuesday, giving Scott County 113 recoveries and 11 deaths...

SIKESTON — A police pursuit Monday evening led to the arrest of a local woman. According to Evelyn Aceves, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety public information officer, around 7 p.m. Monday PSO Calder Odom and Detective Bobby Penrod were riding together when they observed a black Chevrolet Suburban with no registration traveling south on Pine Street...

The sudden death nearly a quarter of a century ago by 8th District Missouri Rep. Bill Emerson was on the mind of his former chief of staff Lloyd Smith on Monday Smith was sworn in by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. as the newest member of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents at its meeting...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Lucille Finley, 71, died June 17, 2020, at her residence. Born Jan. 8, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of the late Charlie and Frances Muscrella Gandolfo, she retired as a waitress and was a member of the Bertrand United Methodist Church...