Stories from Friday, August 14, 2020

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Pemiscot County, Missouri, man was sentenced to prison on drug charges. Korey Linnell Johnson, 36, of Hayti, Missouri, was sentenced to 17 years of incarceration on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He appeared before United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. Johnson will be placed on supervised release for a term of five years after the completion of his incarceration...

I want to give a shout out to Ruler Foods for helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A competitor’s website states masks required to enter the store yet while shopping on Aug. 3, two people had no face coverings. Thank you, Ruler Foods, for preventing the spread. Shame on your competitor for dropping the ball.

TY TY, Ga. – Floretta Maude Brewer, 91, of Ty Ty, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, at Tift Regional Medical Center, Tifton, Georgia. A graveside funeral service and burial will be held in Missouri at a later date. Born April 25, 1929, in Matthews, Missouri, Mrs. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Daniel Arlan “Dan” Cashion, 78, died Aug. 12, 2020. Born Oct. 28, 1941, in New Madrid, son of the late Arlan Cashion and Edith Waltrip, he graduated from New Madrid High School 1959. He went to Southeast Missouri State University where he obtained a degree in industrial arts and a master’s degree in special education. ...

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat has added Rod Anderson as an advertising sales rep. Anderson, a lifetime resident of Sikeston, has a wealth of sales experience, previously working at Terminix for 17 years and Provider Plus for three years. “We are very happy and excitedly looking forward to great things with Rod on our team,” said Standard Democrat general manager DeAnna Nelson. ...

The number of active coronavirus cases in Scott County has decreased, according to the Scott County Health Department. The health department reported eight new positive cases late Thursday afternoon but also reported 16 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases to 112. There have been 438 total positive cases since the pandemic began in March, with 313 recoveries and 13 deaths...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Representatives from Missouri State Parks invite the public to attend an informational meeting for Hunter-Dawson and Towosahgy state historic sites on Saturday, Aug. 22. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in the Hunter-Dawson house at Hunter-Dawson State Historic site. Participants can help celebrate the 160th anniversary of the house with a free tour after the meeting...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Thanks to the generosity of local pastors, churches, businesses and individuals, all three Charleston R-I schools have received an abundance of schools supplies for the upcoming school year. Several weeks ago, a massive donation of supplies were dropped at Warren E. Hearnes Elementary School, providing a majority of this year’s listed school supply items for PreK-5 students. At that time, they were only lacking a few notable items, like backpacks...

SIKESTON — With the start of the new year school year nearing for many districts, it also means it’s time for the state’s school bus inspections. Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announced on Tuesday the results of the Driver and Vehicle Safety Division’s 2020 annual school bus inspection program...

SIKESTON — As the COVID-19 pandemic took over early this spring, students were kept out of school, keeping some students from access to good, healthy meals. But one local group stepped up and started the Summer Food Program. John McHaffie, pastor at Sikeston First Assembly of God, was concerned about the students affected by the pandemic and began to research possibilities and found a USDA summer food program through a church in High Ridge, Missouri, that was having success with food programs...

BENTON — The Scott County Commission has awarded nearly $3 million in CARES Act payments to county entities. In May, Scott County received $4,491,008 in CARES Act money from the Missouri Treasurer’s office and as of Friday morning, the commission had awarded $2,881,636.47...

SIKESTON – Carolyn Ann Jackson, 68, died Aug. 14, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO. Born Sept. 24, 1951, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of Thelma Miller Shipp of Sikeston and the late Jessie Shipp. On April 7, 2001, in Sikeston, she married Raymond Jackson...

PINHOOK, Mo. — Maudest Lucille Peebles, 92, died Aug. 14, 2020, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born July 1, 1928 in Henson, to the late George Weldon and Birdie Bass Cooper, she was a beautician and homemaker. She was a lifelong member of the First Christian Church of East Prairie...