Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2017

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Morgan Ludwig poured in 25 points to lead a balanced scoring attack during Risco's 74-69 road win over East Prairie Monday. Nathan Burnett and Ethan Pipkin each scored 13 points while Drew Fortner added 10 for the Tigers (10-2)...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. --In a battle of No. 1 ranked teams, Chaminade College Prep defeated the Sikeston Bulldogs 102-84 on Tuesday at Chaminade High School. Chaminade (13-1), the defending Class 5 state champions and current top-ranked team in its class, put on a shooting display that Sikeston, the top-ranked Class 4 team in the state, could not match...

HOLLAND, Mo. - One person is seriously injured after being shot in the head in what is currently being described as a "self-defense incident." According to Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell, the shooting happened at around 10:20 a.m. Monday at Henley's Auto Sales on U.S. Highway 61 south of Holland. Greenwell says deputies were called to the scene in reference to a shooting. When they arrived at the scene, they found a male suffering from a gunshot wound to the head...

SIKESTON -- A Canalou man faces felony charges for allegedly striking a man with an aluminum bat. Donnie Ray Metheny Jr., 35, of Canalou is charged with the felonies of first degree assault and armed criminal action, according to online court records...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Charles Robert Marshall, age 90, of East Prairie, died Jan. 9, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 11, 1926, in Kennett, to the late Robert E. and Bessie A. Chailand Marshall, he served as a member of the U.S. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Wanda Jo Wilburn, 91, died Jan. 9, 2017, at East Prairie Nursing Center in East Prairie. Born Jan. 20, 1925, in Huffman, Ark., to the late Joseph and Margaret Millay Cecil, she had worked at the Brown Shoe Factory in Charleston and was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Derek Scott Burch, age 22, of Springfield, Mo., passed away at 10:55 a.m. Jan. 1, 2017, in Irvine, Calif., at Hoag Hospital after a battle with addiction. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Hiram Turner Burch Jr.; aunt, Laura Ann Civey; uncle, Dennis Ritch; and great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Civey, Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Gilman, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Burch Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Brasier...

SIKESTON - James Howard Nickell, 76, died Jan. 9, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 3, 1940, in Sikeston, son of the late James Henry and Emma Jane Martin Nickell, he was a member of North Acres General Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army, had worked for Peck's News Service for 26 years and at Tetra Pak for 19 years before retiring...