Stories from Thursday, April 28, 2022

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Eddie Haynes Sr., 81, died April 25, 2022, at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday, April 30. Burial will be in the Lily of the Valley Cemetery with DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville in charge of arrangements...

State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder of Scott City (R-27) voted with five other Republicans earlier this week in a bipartisan vote to OK Democratic-introduced legislation to set up a “Restaurant Meals Program” as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...

EUREKA, Mo. — Dakoka A. Thorne, 82, died April 27, 2022, at Victorian Gardens in Eureka. Arrangements are incomplete at this time with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri.

NORTH MANCHESTER, IN — The Great Lakes champion Manchester University Esports Smash team is taking its talents to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete in the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup. Key players from the Spartans Super Smash Brothers Ultimate team will battle 16 of the best programs from across the country in person May 7 and 8...

te 55 bridges over Route 62 at Miner, Missouri is slated to begin Monday, May 9, weather permitting. As construction is underway, motorists should anticipate head-to-head traffic with a 10-foot width restriction on I-55 from Exit 66B to Exit 69. In addition, Route 62 will be reduced to two lanes with a 10-foot width restriction from Matthews Lane to North Interstate Drive. The Route 62 ramp onto northbound I-55 will be closed during construction...

KILGORE, Texas — A 19-year-old man was killed and another man was injured Wednesday morning in a wrong-way crash on U.S. 259 near Kilgore. Troopers responded at about 9:30 a.m. to the crash about 1 ½ miles north of Kilgore on U.S. 259, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Sgt. Jean Dark...

SIKESTON — As April’s Autism Awareness Month comes to close, the achievements made through the partnership between the Sikeston R-6 School District and Autism Center at Southeast Missouri State University’s Sikeston campus will continue to help the students it serves...

Have you ever had someone to refer to their life by saying, “I’m stuck?” If you are that person that thinks they are stuck, let’s look at a plan modified from the mind of Life Coach Larry Glabe. He is my friend that developed this to help people figure out how to get somewhere...