Stories from Monday, January 16, 2017

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - "Truly, I can say I feel like I've made a difference," said former Stoddard County Chief Deputy Tommy Horton. "You have to, or you don't want anything to do with it." Horton's last day on the job was Dec. 23, 2016, but his official retirement is Jan. 31, 2017...

BENTON, Mo. - Two men at the center of the Mischelle Lawless homicide investigation since the beginning of the case in 1992 will take polygraph tests Tuesday in an attempt to clear their names. "I'm tired of all the bulls---," Matt Abbott said. Twin brothers Matt and Mark Abbott will undergo a two-hour polygraph session with certified polygraph practitioner Lee Boyd of St. Louis under the supervision of private investigator John Mackey beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Cape Girardeau...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Alexis Danae Manning-Poore, 31, died Jan. 14, 2017, at her home. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

SIKESTON - Jolene Walker, 81, died Jan. 15, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Judy Ann Donaldson Schmidt, 59, formerly of Charleston, died Jan. 12, 2017. The daughter of the late Miles Robert Donaldson and Dorothy Joan Parker Miller, she grew up in Mississippi County and attended Charleston Schools. She was married to Stanley Schmidt, who preceded her in death...

CLEVER, Mo. - Glynn Dale James, 62, of Clever, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born Friday, Feb. 26, 1954, in Harrisburg, Ark., to Bennie Franklin and Neva Jewell Ray James. He and Sheila Jean Vanpool James were married Oct. 20, 1972, at Sikeston,...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo - Denise Merideth, 48, died Jan. 14, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 14, 1968, in Memphis Tenn., to Mary Jane Mitchell Wilson Steward and stepfather Larry Steward, who survive of Sikeston, and the late Dennis Wilson...