Stories from Monday, January 30, 2023

A winter weather advisory remains in effect from 3 pm. Monday to 9 a.m. Tuesday for Southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky. Mixed precipitation is expected with total sleet and snow accumulations of up to a half inch and ice accumulations of one-tenth to two-tenths of an inch, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. Difficult travel conditions are possible as roadways turn icy, the Weather Service said...

Steven Brandt and Danny Brandt of Mid-State Petroleum Equipment Inc. work together to install the new gasoline tanks that arrived Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport. According to the City of Sikeston, the operation of installing a new fueling station at the airport started in 2019; however, the project was delayed multiple times mainly due to COVID-19 and supply chain concerns. ...

Construction to replace the Route B bridge over Interstate 57 near Bertrand in Mississippi County is slated to begin in mid-February. Weather permitting, work will begin Monday, Feb. 13, with completion anticipated by Friday, June 30, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2022 President’s List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– A Dunklin County, Missouri, man on Friday, Jan. 27 admitted selling seven devices that convert AR-15-style rifles into fully automatic weapons. Lamad Cross, 24, of Kennett, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one felony charge of unlawful transfer of a machine gun...

SIKESTON — Kiara “Yer” Haynes died Jan. 22, 2023, in Sikeston. Visitation is from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

MALDEN, Mo. — Braymon Christopher “Chris” Williams, 51, died Jan. 29, 2023, at his home in Malden. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery...

HAYWARD, Mo. — Marillian G. DeRousse, 86, died Jan. 29, 2023, at Golden Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. Warren Morgan officiating...