Stories from Saturday, March 18, 2023

This weekend commemorates 11 years since the Collom family lost their beloved Levi. Levi Stephen Collom died unexpectedly on March 18, 2012. Levi’s family has kept his memory alive and ensured he will always be remembered. The family intends to bring Levi’s Adventure Trail to Sikeston after constructing an adventure path in Cape County Park South...

‘Hazard to the neighborhood’ I am calling about a condemned house on the corner of Oklahoma and Shady Lane in Sikeston, Missouri. This house has had a sign in the yard for over six months that says: “Scheduled for demolition.” I’ve called several times to the city to see what’s going on. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Priscilla Ann Patton, 94, died March 17, 2023, at her home in Portageville. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 20 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, where services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 21 with the Revs. Barron Willer, Danny Stevens and Reggie Grant officiating...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mae Marie Passley Bowles, 85, died March 18, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Shirley Ann (Williams) Owens, age 85, died March 16, 2023, from injuries sustained in a car wreck a week prior. She was a retired schoolteacher and taught at Southeast Elementary School in Sikeston, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, Finley and Hallean (Oliver) Williams; and husband, Arthur “Archie/Art” Owens...