Stories from Saturday, January 2, 2021

BENTON, Mo. — State Rep.-elect Jamie Burger, R-Benton, knows he has the tools needed to serve Missouri’s 148th District, and now he’s ready to put them to use. The first regular session of the 101st General Assembly will convene Wednesday in Jefferson City, Missouri, when Burger will also be sworn in to office...

SIKESTON — Since its formation in September, a group of citizens working to strengthen police and community partnerships has developed its mission statement and created an online presence so others can learn what they’re doing and how to get involved...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A man charged in the death of a Portageville teenager will be tried in Pemiscot County after a change of venue was granted from New Madrid County. Adam Eugene Milburn, 20, of Caruthersville, Mo., is scheduled to appear Tuesday before Circuit Judge William Edward Reeves in Caruthersville. Milburn is charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death of 18-year-old Kerigan Mayberry-Mullins on Sept. 29...

Ultrasonic, or subsonic devices, that effect a small region, might be a good treatment for cancer. Let me explain. If cancer is dead tissue, the region of the application of vibration of the sound waves might cause the tissue around the region to be rejuvenated by flushing toxins from the cell, making the cells around the region healthy and vigorous, thereby stopping the progression of the cancer.

CUBA, Mo. —  Joshua Worth House, 34, formerly of Portageville, Missouri, died Dec. 22, 2020, at Mercy Hospital. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Sunday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Deanie Carol Williams, 75, died Dec. 31, 2020, in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation is from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemtery with DeLisle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON — Frances Jean McDermott Barborek, age 86, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 1, 1934, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Bausy Houston McDermott and Luella Byrd McDermott and lived in Mississippi County most of her life before moving to Sikeston in 1998. ...

SIKESTON — Mr. Eugene McGee, age 88, lost his battle with COVID-19 on Dec. 31, 2020. He was the son of the late Willie and Leora McGee, Eugene was born December 3, 1932, in Alabama. He later moved to the Sikeston area, where he met his "Peaches,” Jimmie Lee (Griffin) McGee. They were wed on November 26, 1953 in Matthews, Missouri. Before his retirement, he was a lifelong farmer and a member of the Smith Avenue Church of God...

WARSAW, Mo. — Jason Michael Swanson, 37, died Dec. 22, 2020, at Warsaw. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Monday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri.

SIKESTON — Melvin Lyle Cokenour, age 83, longtime resident of Sikeston, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 2, 1937, at New Madrid, Missouri, to the late Carl Cokenour and Lou Vesta Teet Cokenour. ...