Stories from Thursday, December 14, 2023

CENTERVILLE, Mo. — A Sikeston, Missouri, man was acquitted of all charges against him related to the April shooting death of another man at a park. Tanner Watkins, 20, of Sikeston was acquitted on Wednesday, Dec. 13 of nine separate felony charges, including first degree murder, armed criminal Action, first degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon, according to his defense attorney Russ Oliver of Dexter, Missouri. ...

SIKESTON — Lilly Heyde Yount II, age 76, passed away on Dec. 11, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on April 15, 1947, at Saint Francis Hospital to the late John Henry Yount Jr. and Lilly Elizabeth Heyde Yount.

SIKESTON — Brittany Darlene Beaird Keith, 37, died Dec. 11, 2023, at her home. Private family services will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 23 at the New Madrid Baptist Church in New Madrid, Missouri. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements...