Stories from Monday, May 22, 2023

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man was arrested after allegedly brandishing a weapon at a city lake Saturday. According to Capt. Jon Broom with Sikeston Department of Public Safety, at 7:44 p.m. Saturday, May 20, DPS officers responded to the Sikeston Sports Complex Lake in reference to a fisherman who had allegedly brandished a weapon...

BENTON, Mo. — A Scott County woman was killed and two Sikeston, Missouri, children were injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday, May 19 near Benton. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 11:50 a.m. on Route E, one mile east of Benton as the westbound vehicle driven by Theresa L. Wright, 57, of Scott City ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and overturned into a ditch...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Two teenagers were injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash Sunday, May 21 in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 11:38 a.m. as the northbound ATV operated a by a 14-year-old male of New Madrid, Missouri, ran off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole...

BENTON, Mo.– Scott County Sheriff's Office warns about scammers impersonating law enforcement in order to extract money and personal information. Scott County Detective Eric Dunn said over the last couple of days, several citizens have contacted the Scott County Sheriff’s Office stating that someone is telling them they have active warrants or have failed to appear in court and need immediate payment...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Olevia “Libby” Tucker Scherer, daughter of the late Clarence and Erice Mae (Lynn) Tucker, was born on Dec. 10, 1936 in Illmo, Missouri, and passed away May 20, 2023, at her home surrounded by family in Cape Girardeau at the age of 86 years...

SIKESTON — Donald R. Webb, age 85, passed away at his home in Sikeston on May 21, 2023. He was born in Sikeston on Sept. 8, 1937, to the late Lowell E. and Lou Etta (McFall) Webb.

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Judith Ann Schuerenberg Sullivan, age 94, of Matthews died Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Dec. 29, 1928, at Kewanee, Missouri, to the late Herbert Ardell Schuerenberg Sr. and Anna Bizzell Schuerenberg, she was the oldest surviving Schuerenberg in her family as of this time.

SIKESTON — Dorothy Lucille Bowles, 73, died May 22, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 25 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. Jerry Adams will officiate.