Stories from Friday, March 26, 2021

An Amber Alert issued from Charleston, Missouri, earlier Friday has been canceled

SIKESTON — Two people are in custody for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery Thursday at a park in Sikeston. About 1:10 p.m., officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to Armory Park where a subject was robbed at gunpoint and a large amount of money was taken, according to Public Safety Officer Evelyn Aceves, public information officer for DPS...

I just want to know how many people around Scott County, Mississippi County can’t read? When it says face coverings required, that means you can’t go into a business without a facemask on. It isn’t the people that wear masks. It’s the people that don’t wear them that spreads the germs, the virus and everything else, just in case you didn’t know that.

Dear Editors: Thank you from the family of the Chaffee home fire on March 8 at 1:30 in the morning. Our family watched the fire take everything from us and burn one of us badly enough for AirEvac care to St. Louis. We are thankful beyond words for our safety and our friends!...

SIKESTON — Thomas Sutton, age 59, passed away on March 24, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born on Oct. 5, 1961, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Jimmie Ruth Cole Sutton and the late Joel Sutton. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sons, Chris (Nicole) Sutton of Sikeston and Tommy (Tonya) Sutton of Sikeston; two daughters, April (Josh) Gilbert of Sikeston and Misty (Frankie) Ramos of Louisiana; six brothers, Dan (Carolyn) Sutton, Joe Sutton, Kevin (Bobbie) Sutton, Scott (Angi) Sutton, Kevin (Oller) Jordan and Bodie (Jamie) Jordan; two sisters, Tara Barks and Regina (Marty) Presley; and six grandchildren.. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — George W. Furgerson. 75, died March 24, 2021. Private family services will be held with McMikle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Robert Elllis “Buddy” Groves Jr., 63, formerly of Charleston and Sikeston, died March 25, 2021, at Columbia. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the IOOF Cemetery in Charleston with McMikle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Brenda Kay Brown Marberry, 72, died March 18, 2021. Private graveside services will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Charleston with McMikle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON — A new tool implemented at Sikeston Junior High School is helping students, teachers and parents better track missing assignments and complete them this school year. The program, ICU Database (from the Power of ICU), is web-based so teachers can create, monitor, and manage missing assignments online anytime from any computer with internet access...

The Army Corps of Engineers’ seepage remediation project at New Madrid is nearing completion. On Wednesday, workers removed some of the wood used in the concrete work and leveled out the dirt along the Mississippi River levee along Waters Street. The project is designed to reduce sand boils and preserve the integrity of the levee surrounding the town...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Several Charleston leaders recently met to explore ways they can work together to address the impact of trauma and toxic stress in the community. Sheila Branch, project director for Alive and Well Communities, collaborated with Lester Gillespie, owner of Stella Consulting; Preston Moore, Charleston R-1 board member; and R-1 Superintendent Jeremy Siebert to discuss working together to improve well-being for students, educators and residents in the Charleston community...

SIKESTON, Mo. — A Scott County health center is among 28 in Missouri to receive part of the $124,293,750 in American Rescue Plan funding to support COVID-19 vaccination and services for vulnerable populations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday...

SIKESTON — David Jones and Nancy and Scott Bruner have announced the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Robinett, to Jason Hust, son of Steve and Linda Oakley. A 2004 graduate of Sikeston High School, the future bride attended Southeast Missouri State University. She is the store manager at GNC...

Dennis Nail remembers the first moment he fell in love with music. It was to the tune of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” — the first song he’d ever heard by the Beatles. After basketball games his freshman year of high school in the early- to mid-1960s, Nail and a friend would tune into a radio station out of Chicago. That night, they were playing the first No. 1 hit by the Beatles...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jerry Allen Stallings, loving and devoted Husband, Father and Paw Paw went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 26, 2021. He was surrounded by loving family as he passed into the arms of his heavenly father. He was 74.

A seventh grader at the Sikeston Junior High School got a surprise Friday morning. Avery Kilmer, who is in need of a kidney transplant, was greeted with a "good luck" party Friday morning at the school. SJHS teachers put together the party while also raising $525 with the school to help Kilmer's family with expenses...