Stories from Monday, March 15, 2021

SIKESTON — A Montana man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday in Scott County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 12:08 p.m. on southbound Interstate 55 at the 72-mile marker, as the vehicle driven by Michael C. ...

MINER, Mo. — A Texas woman faces felony charges following an alleged stabbing at a motel in Miner. Samantha Denise Parker, 26, of Arlington, Texas, is charged through Scott County with first degree domestic assault causing serious physical injury and armed criminal action, according to online court records...

ST. JOHN, Mo. — Imogene Gulledge (nee Johnston), age 84, a resident of St. John, was called home to Heaven Sunday, March 7, 2021. Born Sept. 12, 1936, in Hickman, Kentucky, to the late Lexi and Iva Johnston (nee McClendon). On Dec. 8, 1956, she married Nathan Lee Gulledge who preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 2020. Together they lovingly raised their family...

ORAN, Mo. — Marjorie Ann LeGrand, daughter of the late Adam and Frances (Wiedefield) Asmus, was born Nov. 13, 1932, in Oran and departed this life on March 14, 2021, at her residence in Oran at the age of 88 years. Mrs. LeGrand was of Catholic faith, and she attended Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran; she was a member of the Saint Ann Sodality, a K.C.-ette and a member of the VFW in Morley. She loved to dance, listen to music and spend time with her friends and family...

SIKESTON — Robert Grimes Jr, age 61, passed away on March 13, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 16, 1960, in St. Louis, to Martha Shaw Grimes and the late Robert Grimes. On Sept. 16, 1993, in Sikeston, he married Rose Stanley Grimes who survives of the home in Sikeston...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The large wooden door of the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site is opening wide to welcome visitors again. On Tuesday, the staff at the antebellum home, located on Highway U in New Madrid, began offering tours of the two-story home after being closed to the public since November due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus...

ORAN, Mo. — Caden Lee James Shelton, age 10, of Oran, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Perkins. He was born Nov. 15, 2010, at Sikeston, to Brian L. Shelton and Jacquelyn Tara Renee Greenway and had lived in Sikeston most of his life. He enjoyed baseball, playing video games with friends, swimming, going to the beach and looking for shells, reading the series “Diary of A Wimpy Kid” and arguing with his sister, Hailey...

ORAN, Mo. — Jacquelyn Tara Renee Greenway, age 40, of Oran, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Perkins. She was born July 2, 1980, at Sikeston, to Joseph Hood Jr., and Terri E. Greenway Moore who both survive of Sikeston. She had lived in Sikeston most of her life and had been employed as an in-home care giver...