Stories from Tuesday, August 11, 2020

SIKESTON — Missouri governor Mike Parson traveled to Southeast Missouri on Tuesday afternoon, attending a broadband development event at SEMO Electric Cooperative. During his visit, Parson announced that 16 projects from eight different providers were getting $3 million toward their respective projects. SEMO Electric was one of those 16...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Little Theatre wants you to “Let It Go” and take in a show. And, in this time of coronavirus, they want to do it safely with social distancing and face masks. “Frozen Jr.” opens at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Sikeston Little Theatre, 506 S. Kingshighway. Performances are slated for 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Aug. 20-22 and at 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 23...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dr. Donald A. Raithel, 84, died Aug. 11, 2020. Born April 3, 1936, in St. Louis, son of the late Forest and Frances Virginia Raithel, he served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 1954 to 1958. He worked in the aerospace industry at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft before graduating from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1962. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Our beloved mother and grandmother, Lura Elizabeth Gates entered her heavenly home with the love of her family surrounding her on Aug. 10, 2020, at the age of 94 years. Lura will be dearly missed by her children, David Gates, Diane Sindle, Larry and Pam Gates, David and Christie Parden; 11 grandchildren; 20 (plus one) great-grandchildren; 7 (plus two) great-great grandchildren; and former daughter-in-law, Rhonda Gates as well as numerous other family members and friends...

SIKESTON — A fundraiser to install 31 lockers in the dressing rooms of the Sikeston Little Theatre is underway. Currently, funds have been raised for 10 lockers, which have been installed at the Theatre, according to Wayne Noe, volunteer with the Theatre...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Leomia Newman-Simpson, 78, died Aug. 4, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 24, 1942, in Hughes, Arkansas, daughter of the late L.C. and Daisy Mae (Walker) Newman, she moved to Sikeston in 1958. She joined the St. ...

SIKESTON — Hope Terrell, 88, died July 30, 2020. Born Feb. 13, 1932, daughter of the late William and Martha Edwards, she attended Sikeston High School, she was a lifelong resident of Sikeston and past president of the Council on the Arts. She was an original board member and active in Sikeston Little Theatre for over 60 years, directing 13 musicals. She worked as a realtor, executive secretary for Sikeston Housing Authority, and Malone and Hyde and for Dr. Leo Bruce...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Michael A. Richards, 65, died Aug. 9, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Jan. 21, 1955, in Manhattan Island, New York, he was the son of the late Louis and Marjorie Lee Richards. Survivors include: one brother, Daniel Richards of St. Genevieve, Missouri; and one sister, Diana Davis of Sikeston...

By David Jenkins Standard Democrat There are 12 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in Scott County, putting the county over 400 since the pandemic began in March. According to the Scott County Health Department, there were also four new positive cases reported on Saturday and 17 on Monday, giving the county 411 cases...

Another local fair scheduled for next month has decided to cancel due to the coronavirus pandemic while the annual Cotton Carnival is still on – for now. On Tuesday, the Stoddard County Fair Board elected not to proceed with the 2020 Stoddard County Fair in Dexter, joining the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau and the Delta Fair in Kennett in canceling their annual events...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded $20,000 to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, based in Sikeston, for its Hunger-Free Weekends program. This program supports low-income children with backpacks that provide nutritious, non-perishable food for kids to take home for the weekend...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded $15,000 to Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri for its low-income home improvement program in an 11-county region of eastern Missouri. The “Repairing Homes and Rebuilding Lives” program is available to CCSOMO clients in Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Scott and Shannon counties...

SIKESTON — Charles Edward "Charlie" Fodge, 94, died Aug. 11, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 31, 1925, in Mississippi County, Missouri, son of the late Charles Louis and Fanny Lou Peck Fodge, he joined the Navy in 1942 and served in the South Pacific during World War II. He returned home in 1946 and spent most of his life driving truck deliveries for Cotton Springs, Potlatch and Midway Wholesale Florist. He was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church...

FENTON, Mo. — Karen Sue Diamond Killebrew, a loving wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away at her home on Aug. 8, 2020, at the age of 78. She was born on April 10, 1942, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Andy and Sarah Henson Kappler...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Alma Gertrude Bradshaw, 89, died Aug. 9, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 30, 1930, in Risco, Missouri, daughter of the late W.P. and Mabel Rooker Smelser, she was a member the Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. On June 25, 1955, in Risco, she married William T. Bradshaw, who survives of the home in Cape Girardeau...