Stories from Thursday, March 16, 2023

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man faces felony charges following his early Thursday arrest for being in possession of fentanyl. During the early morning hours of Thursday, March 16, Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Unit in conjunction with agents from the DEA’s Carbondale, Illinois, office conducted a search warrant and arrest of Cameron L. Robinson of Sikeston in the 1200 block of Valley Forge in Sikeston, according to Capt. Jon Broom with Sikeston DPS...

LaCENTER, Ky. — Bernard Joseph Anselm, age 99, went home to be with our Lord and Savior 12:49 a.m. on March 15, 2023. Bernard, better known as “Sonny,” was born on Dec. 2, 1923, in Charleston, Missouri, to Barney and Bena Anselm. Sonny graduated from St. Henry High School in Charleston. He married Helen Lucille Lovelace on Sept. 24, 1945. Together they raised six children...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Della Mae Phillips, age 83, passed away on March 9, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Alicia, Arkansas, to the late Tillman and Esther Kell Williams. She retired in 2002 as a CNA at the Missouri Veteran’s Home in Cape Girardeau...

Several community members on Tuesday, March 14 pleaded with the Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Board of Education to consider hiring back Dan Hecht as the high school principal for the 2023-2024 school year. During its Feb. 15 monthly meeting, the school board, in a vote of 7-0, accepted Hecht’s resignation effective at the end of the school year. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — A Portageville woman was killed after being ejected from her vehicle late Tuesday, March 14 in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 8 p.m. on Missouri 152, three miles west of Portageville, as the eastbound vehicle driven by Lily Beth L. Babb, 22, of Portageville ran off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail and overturned. She was ejected from the vehicle...

BELL CITY, Mo. — Burley Wayne McIntyre, age 59, passed away on March 14, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on Aug. 14, 1963, in Indio, California, to Burley and Janice Jackson McIntyre. On Aug. 27, 1983, in Oran, Missouri, he married Leslie Hastings McIntyre who survives of the home in Bell City...