Stories from Tuesday, January 3, 2023

VIENNA, Ill. — Jerry Dale Akins, age 69 years, a resident of rural Vienna, passed away Saturday afternoon, Dec. 31, 2022, at noon at his home. Jerry was born Aug. 10, 1953, in Marston, Missouri. He was the fourth of eight children born to Dewey Jewel Akins and Mary Lillian (Sexton) Akins...

A hearing to decide whether the Scott County Sheriff’s Office will move its location to the Scott County Jail is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 6. In a hearing Friday, Dec. 30, for the case of the Scott County Commission, et al v. Scott County Sheriff, et al, Pemiscot County Circuit Judge William Edward Reeves, who was assigned by the Supreme Court to hear the case, considered several motions before scheduling the Jan. 6 hearing...

BENTON, Mo. — Roger Glen Morrow, 55, of Benton died Jan. 1, 2023, in Scott County, Missouri. He was born Oct. 5, 1967, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Roger D. and Glenda Lane Morrow. He was employed at Southeast Missouri State University as boiler operator...

SIKESTON — Billy Ray Armstrong, 80, died Jan. 2, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Scott County officials, who were elected during the Nov. 8, 2022, election, were sworn in to office by retiring county clerk Rita Milam Dec. 30, 2022, for their terms beginning Jan. 1.