Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2016

The legislature's Task Force on Dyslexia recently held its first hearing in the State Capitol. The group, which is made up of lawmakers, medical and education officials, and private individuals with expertise or experience with dyslexia, was created with the passage of HB 2379 during the 2016 regular session.
 
The group is working to make recommendations to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in three key areas: how and when students should be screened for dyslexia; how students with reading issues can be helped in classrooms; and what professional development should be implemented to train faculty in screenings. ...

Hunter Burge harvested his first deer near Marble Hill, MO during early youth season. Burge is the 7 year old son of Edward and Heather Burge of Portageville.

When the final tally complete, New Madrid County chose candidates in the Republican ticket for both the Federal and State levels. The unofficial returns show that out of 11,355 registered voters, 7,439 voters came to the polls. "This is pretty much what I had predicted, and for presidential elections, we typically see these higher numbers," said Clement Cravens, New Madrid County Clerk...

‪Nearly 20 bags of trash were ‬picked up last Saturday at the River Rally. This will be the last River Rally clean up until next year. "It was such a beautiful day and a happy couple of hours," said Linda Stevens, organizer of the rally. ...

Charleston High School has released the schedule for its first 2016 Bluejay Pre-Turkey Classic girls basketball tournament starting Nov. 19. The home team Bluejays are the top seed in the eight-team tournament followed by New Madrid County Central, Puxico, Cairo, Ill., St. Pius X, Perryville, Senath-Hornersville and Hayti...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- On a night where Republicans claimed most all races, it was a Democrat incumbent that won big in Stoddard County. Kenny Pope will remain the Stoddard County coroner, defeating challenger Jason Williams 7,938 to 5,146. In the race for first district commissioner, Republican Steve Jordan defeated Democrat Curtis Clark 4,372 votes to 1,933 votes...

SIKESTON -- A brief agenda was discussed at the Sikeston City Council on Monday as officials agreed to seek resident input on recycling services. Following discussions on providing residents with greater recycling opportunities at a previous Council meeting, the city's residential solid waster provider, Sonny's Solid Waste Inc., developed and implemented a trial program for recycling services...

New Madrid County sees strong turnout at the polls On the county level, none of the candidates faced opposition NEW MADRID, Mo. - With a tight presidential race on the line, voter turnout was up in Tuesday's general election over four years ago. After completing the unofficial tally Tuesday night, New Madrid County Clerk Clement Cravens called the turnout of 7,439 of the county's registered voters (65.51 percent), just slightly less than he had anticipated. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo - A man on probation for burglary and stealing is heading back to prison after he was caught attempting to burglarize storage units Avery Silman, 33, of Marston will serve 20 years in prison following a revocation hearing Monday before Judge Fred Copeland...

Third time's the charm for Drury BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County will have a new sheriff. Republican challenger Wes Drury, whose run for sheriff during Tuesday's election was his third attempt, defeated Democrat incumbent Rick Walter in a vote of 9,509 votes to 7,686 votes...

CHARLESTON, Mo -- Mississippi County will have a new sheriff. In a tight race, Republican Cory Hutcheson defeated three-term Democratic Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore. Voting errors prolonged the tallying process, keeping the last count in movie-like suspense. ...

BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County will have a new sheriff. Republican challenger Wes Drury, whose run for sheriff during Tuesday's election was his third attempt, defeated Democrat incumbent Rick Walter in a vote of 9,509 votes to 7,686 votes. A lifelong Kelso resident, Drury, 55 has worked as a criminal investigator for the Scott County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for the past 20 years. He was not present at the Scott County Courthouse when results were read Tuesday night...

SIKESTON -- A children's musical comedy about animals who've escaped from the zoo will kick of the 58th season of the Sikeston Little Theatre. Performances of "Madagascar Jr.," which is based off the beloved children's film, Madagascar," will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Nov. 18-19 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Little Theatre...

ANNISTON, Mo. - Clarence J. Brock, 86, died at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 2016, near his home. Born March 6, 1930, in Wyatt, to the late James Franklin and Della Emmaline Porter Brock, he was retired from the St. Louis Refrigerated Car Company. On Nov. 6, 1990, in Charleston, he married Wanita Riggins Brock, who survives of the home...

LILBOURN, Mo. - Jimmy Dale Courtois passed away Nov. 6, 2016, at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 66 years. He was born Jan. 25, 1950, in Cadet to the late Carl and Ruby Pearl Hedrick Courtois. On June 14, 1969, in Old Mines, Mo., he was married to Donna Sue Reando Courtois, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON - Clyde B. Watson, 79, died at 10:29 a.m. Nov. 8, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1937, in Hickman County, Ky., to the late Herman Emanuel and Eva Louise Martin Watson. Working most of his life in service stations, he was employed at Glenn Malone's Service Station in Charleston for 12 years, then Buddy Parr's station in Bertrand before purchasing and operating Watson's Service Station and Mini Mart in Blodgett from 1979 until his retirement in 2001...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston Senior High School has announced the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. Ninth grade Martina Aguilar, Hayden Alcorn, Preston Alexander, Layan Alkilani, Kirah Anthony, Destiny Atkins, Taylor Babb Ward, Madison Barber, Miranda Bartlett, Madison Beck, Tonisha Bennett, Triston Blacksher, Grace Blanton, Charles Boyce, Emily Boyd, Abigaile Broom, Brenden Brown, Jeremy Burnett, Jonathon Burton, Rebecca Cantrell, Kylie Carr, Kiersten Chessor, Warren Chinwuko, Connor Clark, Katelyn Clark, Grayson Coatney, Tara Coatney, Chance Cockrell, Ammiel Coleman, Isabel Collins, Reagan Collins, Ainsley Colwick, Seth Copeland, Katalina Couch, Charles Cox, Austin Crawford, Jonathan Crowe, Levi Curry, Adreyaunna Davis, Jade Davis, Zane Davis, Karissa Denning, Emma Drury, Samuel Drury, Alexander Ellis, Daiquan Evans, Hannah Fodge, Bobby Foreman, Drew Gardner, Blaire Gordon, Keon Graham, Anthonious Gray, Alesia Green, Mallory Green, Taylor Green, Nicholas Harrison, Gretchen Hawkins, Jackie Hays, Colby Henson, Madison Hicks, Beyonce Hightower, Shelby Hodgkiss, Lauren Hornback, Payton Howard, Sandy Huang, Makayla Hutton, Rory Jaynes, Leyton Jenkins, Jakylia Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Audra Jones, Jeffery Jones, Kya Kaminsky, Joseph Kinsey, Heather Lance, Naudia Lazcano, Kaylinn Leal, Lang Li, Jordan Lin, Kylie Lossing, Shawnee Lynch, Jasmin Maisuria, Takyra Mallory, Hannah Manning, Isabelle McGill, Emily Mchaffie, Dashanti McKeller, Ethan McLard, Logan McClean, Kaden Meadows, Kaden Merrill, Wendellyn Moblin, Heaven Moore, Jacob Moore, Collin Murphy John Myres, Lucas Nation, Kylyn Newton, Charlee Oliver, Gwyneth Pearson, Mercedes Peet, Lilly Piepenbrok, Nicholas Ponder, Nicole Ponder, Anna Poyner, Karli Pratt, Ethan Presley, Sarah Proffer, Megan Ramsey, Jadyn Redd, William Richmond, Donasha Robinson, Maison Robison, Robert Rodriguez, Noah Rolwing, Claudia Santos, Landen Savage, Erica Sawyer, Cameron Schlosser, Alisha Shell, Makavia Simmons, Benjamin Steelman, Seth Steelman, Clark Steward, Grant Stoner, Alexus Sturgeon, Aubrey Sullivan, Colleen Swilley, Katelin Taber, Gabrielle Talley, Jaevion Taylor, Trenton Taylor, Audrey Testa, George Thomas, Taylor Tidwell, Logan Tollison, Haleigh Vires, Jacquelyn Vogel, Madison Walker, Tyler Ward, Madalyn Weems, Brynna Wiese, Kadin Wilburn, Takila Williams, Megan Witt, Miranda Witt, Hanna Yant.. ...

Southeast Elementary School in Sikeston announced its October BASE students recently. Honored were, front row from left: Reagan Fisher, Keegan Childers, Ava Rhodes, Brandon Wright, Garrett Blincoe, Adam Graham and Vickey Haung; middle row: Macey Riley, Avery Kilmer, Drake Tigart, Halley Gilliland, Ayden Johnson and Trnyece Lockhart; and back row: Stephen Kitchen, Khalia Andrews, Landon Wheetley, Dillion Lewis and Sunniah Hopkins...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Portageville High School has announced the students who achieved status on the first quarter honor roll of the 2016-2017 school year. They are: Ninth grade Destinee Adams, Sofia Angel, Meridyth Benthal, David Chamberlain, Elizabeth Compere, Maggie Frakes, Hannah Graham, Aaron Guo, Kaitlin Halterman, Aubrey Hayes, Courtney Hunt, Jauslyn Johnson, Isaiah Jordan, Clayton Kingston, Cody Lewis, Andrea Martin, Addison McCrate, Jayden Milanm, Cody Moody, Madisyn Palmer, Savannah Parchell, Jonathon Patton, Alex Riddle, Gracie Rone, Tristan Sipes, Caleb Slack, Camryn Spence, Mary Hannah Swilley, Nahalem Tarkington, Presley Thompson and Jaycie Walls.. ...