Stories from Monday, September 19, 2016

Matthews Community Day was held Saturday and featured a parade, children's games and contests, music and adult competitions along with pageants.

Cornerstone Baptist Church held their annual picnic in Sikeston on Saturday.

SIKESTON - Authorities are continuing to search for a man wanted in connection with a severe beating of a woman. Joseph Phillip "Joe" Latamondeer, 40, of East Prairie was formally charged Friday with the felonies of first degree domestic assault; kidnapping; facilitating a felony, inflicting injury or terrorizing; and armed criminal action by New Madrid County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Lawson. ...

Heart to Heart International held a Hometown Health Day Saturday in Charleston, Mo.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University will hold a number of events this week to raise awareness and promote suicide prevention. "Suicide is one of the leading mental concerns of our nation," Tim Hakenwerth, graduate assistant with the substance-abuse presentation and education program on campus, said in a news release...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A check into a driver's safety led to the discovery of marijuana and several bottles of a controlled substance. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Oct. 5 before Judge S. Rob Barker of Melissa Dawn Brown, who is charged with three felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, and the misdemeanors of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana and driving while intoxicated...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Ralph Parker, 78, died Sept. 16, 2016, at Charleston Manor. Born May 19, 1938, in Belmont, to the late Walter Ray "Radie" and Gladys B. Henry Parker, he attended the Kingdom Hall and was retired from Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company. From 1961-1963, he served in the United States Army...

SIKESTON --Dixie Ellen Wilson, 80, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Dec. 21, 1935, in Sikeston to the late Rev. Jimmy and Mae Ellen (Goodman) Edmondson, she was a lifelong resident of the area and a member of Miner Baptist Church...

SIKESTON -- Dixie E. Wilson, 80, died Sept. 17, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

SIKESTON - Noel R. Cantrell, 84, died Sept. 16, 2016, at his home in Sikeston. Born Feb. 21, 1932, in Blodgett to the late William and Audrey Lawson Cantrell, he was employed with Homestead and later with Raben Tire. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the Korean War, and of the Church of Christ belief...

SIKESTON - Paul Patrick, 40, died Sept. 17, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

SIKESTON - Virginia Hill, 36, died Sept. 18, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Cynthia Renay Johnson, 39, died Sept. 17, 2016, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Born July 31, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, to Mike L. Johnson of Poplar Bluff and Glenda Fay Metcalf Johnson of Bloomfield, she had lived all of her life in the Bloomfield area and was a licensed practical nurse...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Glenda Haney, 81, died Sept. 17, 2016, at the Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter. Born Jan. 1, 1935, in Charleston, to the late Connie Lawrence Lafayette and Ethel Tempe Burkett Moore, she lived most of her life in the Dexter and Bloomfield areas...