Stories from Thursday, April 29, 2021

SIKESTON — Cheryl "Darlene" Yancy, 72, died April 28, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — One of the most unique traditions of spring in southeast Missouri is back. After having to cancel in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the 36th Annual Kow Pasture Klassic will return to Schindler’s Tavern in New Hamburg on Saturday. The Kow Pasture Klassic is a unique game of “golf” that leaves the club choice up to the player...

SIKESTON — Golfers from around the area will take part in the Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way 5th Annual Golf Tournament on May 10 but the tournament is more than just hitting golf balls. The golf tournament serves as one of two fundraisers for the Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way, which gives money to local organizations...

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School and Sikeston Career and Technology Center hosted on Wednesday a career fair for its students and also it’s first-ever signing ceremony to celebrate students accepting a full-time commitment to area employers. Brent Trankler, welding technology instructor for SCTC, said approximately 65 area employers were represented at the career fair which was held in the Sikeston Field House...

Brady Burke, with help from his father Evin Burke, positions his car in a heat of the AWANA Grand Prix at the Miner Baptist Church Wednesday night. AWANA is held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from September to May.

The statewide gas price average has flattened but is still over a dollar higher than this time last year. According to the AAA Missouri Weekend Gas Watch, the statewide gas price average in Missouri is $2.66 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. The price is the same compared to this day last week but is $1.21 more per gallon compared to this day last year...

The Stoddard County Emergency Management Agency has rolled out some new technology to assist in their duty to provide early warning messaging to County residents in the event of severe weather. SDS Weather’s RadarOmega is now active in the county. This system includes a cyclonePORT network with weather stations installed in Dexter, Puxico, Bloomfield, Dudley, Advance and Essex, and a mobile unit based out of Bernie. ...

Over the past weekend Cape Girardeau police officers responded to an unusually high number of gunshot reports in the city. Police responded to seven separate reports of shots fired from Friday evening through Monday morning. Of those responses, one was found to be a resident shooting fireworks. Another had witnesses speak with officers about the incident. No witnesses would speak with police in the remaining five reports, and no evidence or suspects could be located...

A 56-year-old Clarkton woman is dead and a Malden man, 39, is in serious condition and is facing charges after a motorcycle accident at 8:30 p.m. Monday on Butler County CC at County Road 660. Becky S. Paulson was air evacuated from the scene and transported to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at shortly after 11 p.m...

A Filipino Mission Conference was held Saturday at the Miner Baptist Church. Sessions during the conference included prayer walking and prayer support, evangelism methods, partnerships between the USA, Canada and the Philippines and mission team leader training...

Recently, I had a person in our community ask me one of the most difficult heartfelt questions that has touched the lives of the friends, communities and families of over 48,000 people in 2018. She asked the question, “My grandson has a best friend that committed suicide. What can I say to him?”...

Three juveniles are believed to be suspects in the burglary of a Bertrand, Missouri, church.

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Relatives of a man from Tennessee who died in a Missouri jail in 2017 have been asked to accept $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit, court filings show, but the family’s attorney says no settlement is pending. The city of Charleston, Missouri, agreed earlier this month to pay $500,000 to the family of Tory Sanders, of Nashville, who died in the Mississippi County Jail after a white sheriff pinned his neck to the ground with his knee for several minutes...