Stories from Monday, April 3, 2023

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Authorities are reporting no foul play was involved in the vehicle fire where human remains were found. At approximately 6:43 a.m. Sunday, April 2, the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a vehicle burning in a field near County Road 725. Upon arrival, authorities found a burnt truck with charred human remains inside.

GIDEON, Mo — A family’s home was destroyed and a fireman injured in a fire Saturday morning. At 9:50 a.m. Saturday, April 1, the Portageville Fire Department was requested for mutual aid on Highway 162, west of the floodways near Gideon. On the scene, Portageville firefighters found a single-story home fully involved with heavy smoke blowing across Highway 162. ...

JACKSON, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, or SEMO-NASV, is opening a new satellite office in New Madrid, Missouri, to provide additional access to survivors and their families in Southeast Missouri. “One of the biggest challenges we face in serving survivors is access to our facility” said Kendra Eads, executive director of SEMO-NASV. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Tennessee man was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a bar fight which led to a man’s death. A New Madrid County jury deliberated just over two hours before finding Caleb Holland, 28, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, guilty in the death of Christopher Randolph. Circuit Judge Ed Reeves set formal sentencing for Holland for 1 p.m. May 15...

Anne Wade celebrated her 85th birthday with family and friends March 12 at the Blodgett Community Center where she was also given, according to Mayor David Russell, “a long overdue appreciation award for her years of selfless and unwavering dedication to our little town and its citizens as city clerk, collector, notary and any other position that included her integrity which was appreciated by multiple past administrations.” Wade is pictured with Russell...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Rose Ann Moore, 90, died March 31, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

SIKESTON — Dennis Ray “Denny” Brumley, age 73, a resident of Sikeston, died Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born July 9, 1949, at Cairo, Illinois, to the late Ulyes C. Brumley and Ellen Murphy Brumley, he grew up in Wyatt, Missouri, where he lived most of his life.