Stories from Wednesday, September 23, 2020

I was at Walmart yesterday and I can’t believe how ignorant. They’re running around with their face masks down around their neck, showing everyone how brave they are I guess. And people with their mouths covered and their nose not. What in the world are they thinking?

SIKESTON — Wilma Alford, 92, died Sept. 22, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 23, 1927, in Cooter, Missouri, daughter of the late Walter and Azlee Wagster Neil, she was a lifelong member of Tanner Street Church of God in Sikeston. On June 20, 1944, in Blytheville, Arkansas, she married Harvey Burley Alford, who preceded her in death on Aug. 11, 1998...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A Sikeston, Missouri, man was sentenced to prison on robbery and firearm charges Jamal Brooks, 23, of Sikeston was sentenced on Wednesday to 180 months in prison for interference with commerce by robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He appeared before United States Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. Parson was tested after his wife, Teresa, tested positive earlier in the day. Teresa Parson had experienced mild symptoms, including a cough and nasal congestion, spokeswoman Kelli Jones said. ...