Stories from Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Most local counties saw an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases over the weekend. On Monday, the Scott County Health Department reported 44 new positive cases over the weekend — 12 on Saturday, 10 Sunday and 22 Monday, bringing the total number of active cases to 153. There were 17 more people who have recovered from COVID-19, making the total number of people recovered 335. There have been 13 deaths...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser on Tuesday called on everyone in Missouri to wear masks and refrain from attending parties. Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx met with Republican Gov. Mike Parson in his Capitol office. Afterward, she said political affiliations are irrelevant in the ongoing fight to slow the spread of COVID-19...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ruth E. Yates Sappenfield died Aug. 9, 2020, in Memphis. She retired from education after teaching high school English in Sikeston, Missouri, for many years. Her husband, William "Bill" P. Sappenfield Sr., preceded her in death. Survivors include: four children, Charles Sappenfield and wife, Marsha, of Independence, Missouri; May Anne Williams and husband, Gary, of Waco, Texas; William “Bill" P. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — John V. “Dugan” Hopper, 85, died Monday, August 17, 2020, at the Charleston Manor. Born May 19, 1935, to the late John and Vada Samons Hopper, he had lived in Charleston most of his life. He was the owner and operator of a service station for many years and was a former bail bondsman before his retirement...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Richard Eden “Eddie” Archie, 56, died Aug. 16, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born March 16, 1964, son of the late Richard and Linda Pope Archie, he was retired from Bootheel Tractor Parts, where he was employed in maintenance. He was of the Baptist belief...

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. — Steve Moore, 43, died Aug. 17, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Jan. 4, 1977, in Sikeston, he was the son of Earlean Moore of Howardville and the late Simon Wofford. In addition to his mother, survivors include: three sons, Jaumarion Moore, Steven Moore, Jr. and Stevion Moore of New Madrid, Missouri; a stepson, Jaumarcus Tipler of New Madrid; and many brothers and sisters...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Felony charges have been filed against an East Prairie, Missouri, woman who allegedly concealed narcotics inside a body cavity and caused a seven-car collision Thursday morning at the intersection of South Kingshighway and William Street in Cape Girardeau...

MALDEN, Mo. —Perry Handy, 66, of Malden has been charged with the class A felony of assault in the first degree for shooting at a law enforcement officer just outside Malden on Sunday, August 16.  According to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain, Handy was also charged with two additional counts of assault in the first degree for shooting at a young woman and her two year old child, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and unlawful use of a weapon.. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Doraine Denise Harrington, 63, died Aug. 15, 2020, at Green Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in St. Louis. Born Oct. 19, 1956, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Henry Smith and Ernestine Harrington, she was a graduate of Sikeston Senior High School in Sikeston, attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and was a certified nurse’s assistant. She was a member of West End Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston...