Stories from Tuesday, January 5, 2021

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Retha Mae Moore Shell, 87, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in St. Louis. Retha had resided at Tesson Heights Senior Community since 2009. Retha was born March 20, 1933, in Sikeston, to A.G. and Mary Ellen (Everett) Moore. She and James H. Shell were married on June 17, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas...

SIKESTON – Wanda Miederhoff, age 91, passed away on Jan. 4, 2021, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on Nov. 25, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Roland and Stella Hicklin Langston. Wanda was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston. She was a substitute teacher at Sikeston Public Schools for several years before she and her husband owned and operated B&D Electronics in Sikeston until their retirement...

SIKESTON — Ralph Corbin, 73, of Sikeston, died on Jan. 1, 2021, at Malden Nursing Center in Malden, Missouri. He was born in Caruthersville, Missouri, on July 9, 1947, to the late Homer and Mildred Bennett Corbin. Survivors include: two brothers, Robert Corbin and Jerry Corbin of Sikeston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Danny Corbin...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Kitty Gale Nelson, age 83, of Charleston, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Nov. 12, 1937, in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Rudolph Alvin Tousky and Ruth Lee McIntosh Tousky and had lived in Charleston most of her life. She was employed with P&N Hirsch Store in Charleston and later Gates Rubber Company until her retirement...

SIKESTON — Sikeston has become a hotbed for baseball tournaments in the spring and summer and now more staff is needed to put on the games. At Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, held over Zoom due to COVID-19, Council approved the hiring of 11 additional part-time/seasonal staff to work the weekend tournaments...

A tractor caught fire on Salcedo and BB at just after 11 a.m. Monday morning. No injuries from the fire were reported.

New Madrid County officials elected in November sign their commissions of office on Thursday for their terms to begin in 2021. Pictured from left are Paula Scobey, public administrator; Jacob E. Johnson, assessor; William (Bud) Cooper, sheriff; Michael Kellams, second district commissioner, and Bobby Aycock, first district commissioner...

As states brace for a coronavirus surge following holiday gatherings, the number of new cases locally has been somewhat subdued but seven deaths were reported in the area since Friday. Scott County has reported 42 new cases since Friday with 35 recoveries. As of Monday afternoon, the Scott County Health Department was reporting 894 active cases with 2,535 recoveries. There has been 63 deaths...

A fire on N. Caney Street in Parma on New Year’s Eve destroyed two homes and damaged a third. The fire started as a single residential fire quickly turned into three houses on fire due to high winds and heat transfer. A fourth home was also exposed to the blaze. One of the homes was abandoned while residents of the other homes escaped without injury. The Parma Volunteer Fire Department along with Lilbourn and Malden helped fight the blaze...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Officers serving a warrant found narcotics and stolen property at a Morehouse residence. The New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department reported the arrest of Christopher Simpson for the felonies of possession of a controlled substance and stealing. Simpson is currently being held in the Mississippi County with no bond set...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - New Madrid County law enforcement is seeking information to locate a probation absconder. Adam Heath Mainord is wanted by the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department on a felony warrant through the Division of Probation and Parole for parole violation with no bond. According to Missouri case.net, on Dec. 22, Mainord was found in violation of his probation imposed June 4, 2015, on charge of possession of a controlled substance...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Eric Rice, 61, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Dec. 25, 2020, in St. Louis. Visitation is from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Bowden Civic Center in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston with Driver Funeral Service of Sikeston, Missouri, in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON — Mable Benson Mullins, age 94, longtime resident of Charleston, Missouri, relocated from her temporary home here on earth to her permanent heavenly home on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Delta South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 2, 1926, at Triplett, Missouri, to the late John and Iva Benson. She was the ninth of 12 children. They all preceded her in death...

A Tennessee man has denied charges of child molestation saying it was the child less than 14 years who assaulted him.