Stories from Thursday, June 8, 2023

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A defense attorney representing a former Sikeston, Missouri, police captain involved in a wreck resulting in a woman's death is trying to convince a jury the captain was unjustly treated by officers who personally knew the defendant...

SIKESTON — Tanner Street Church of God has been under renovation for quite some time and has just added a lobby with a canopy doorway and parking spots, which will be completed this weekend. To commemorate the occasion, the Rev. Jim Lyon, general director of the Church of God in North America, will be the special guest speaker for the church’s grand opening Sunday, June 11...

SIKESTON — Janet Marie Davidson, age 69, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born on July 28, 1953, in St. Louis, to the late James and Kathleen Sides Chappell.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Rhonda G. Poore Abner, 66, died June 7, 2023, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 10 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery...

SIKESTON — Clayson Reed Anderson, age 21, passed away on June 7, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on July 4, 2001, to Mark David and Stephanie Ann Anderson. Clayson, affectionately referred to as “Gomez” by his father and many others, burst into life like the biggest and brightest firework ever launched. ...

SIKESTON —The Sikeston Regional Chamber now owns the former post office building at 215 N. New Madrid Street. During the Sikeston City Council meeting Monday, Council approved a request for proposal from the Sikeston Regional Chamber and Area Economic Development Corporation to take over the building...