Stories from Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BROSELEY, Mo. -- Five players scored in double figures for the East Prairie Eagles during its 68-59 win over Twin Rivers Tuesday on the road. Kobe Hubbert led the Eagles (9-8) with 15 points. Derez Tipler scored 13, Luke Marcum had 12, Mason Bryars added 11 and Casey Gregory pitched in 10 before fouling out...

NEW MADRID, Mo -- Having lost eight of their last nine games, New Madrid County Central came into Tuesday's game against visiting Malden looking for positives. They found plenty of them in a big second half, taking their first lead of the game in the third quarter and never letting go for a 63-56 win...

SIKESTON -- There wasn't much downtime during Tuesday's shootout between Scott County Central and visiting Hayti. They each ran the floor at a rapid pace and put up their highest scores of the season. But in a game that featured made bucket after made bucket in what seemed like a blur, it was big shots in the fourth quarter that stood out and sealed the deal for the Braves...

It is getting closer to beginning this year’s Summer Baseball/Softball Program. This program is set up to allow any child in Portageville or the surrounding areas (that do not have ball programs) to be able to participate. We would love for every child ages 3-12 to play. ...

Portageville's DeOndra Johnson (33) goes up for a two-point shot in last Thursday's game against Malden. She led the Lady Bulldogs with 16. Dasmine Johnson scored 15 points for the Bulldogs. Malden ended up on top of the game, 47-53.

Service with a smile is what may of the folks received last Thursday, January 19 at Portageville Parts. They held their annual Customer Appreciation Day, or Hot Dog Day as some will call it. In attendance were several Carquest representatives. Serving up the hot dogs and chili , selling parts and providing parts information are front, from left, Stephanie Crafton, Millicent Terrett, Lajeana Terrett, Kasey Neal; back are, Don Denelsbeck, Darrell Horne, Carl Terrett, Phillip Peeler, Joey Terrett, Jason Ellis and Derick Parks. ...

Beginning this Friday, January 27th, the Portageville Missourian-News will have an extra opportunity for you to get your newspaper quicker with the click of a few buttons. With the launch of the more modern and updated website, the Portageville Missourian-News will now have an electronic edition (e-edition)...

The Missouri Jaycees held their Winter Meeting met at Lake of the Ozarks this past weekend on January 20-22. The meeting was held in the Old Kinderhook Resort. During the meeting, there were socials, local officer training, and 44th annual OYM Awards Banquet...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- It is a sign of the times, New Madrid County's commissioners agreed. Later this year, changes will be implemented to increase security at the New Madrid County Courthouse. "Our courthouse is designed to be open to the public, but with times changing as they are, we have to have a secure courthouse for everyone's safety," said Second District Commissioner Don Day...

SIKESTON -- Many communities will have races to decide at the April 4 municipal election. Filing closed Tuesday for most Southeast Missouri communities. Portageville voters will pick a mayor, police chief and alderman. Candidates for mayor are Vincent Berry and Denis McCrate. Longtime Chief of Police Ronnie Adams is opposed in his election bid by Austin Delisle...

The Portageville Chamber of Commerce is selling raffle tickets for a Nashville Valentine's Day Getaway for two on Saturday, February 11! The prize includes: This is a $700 value! Tickets are $25 each, and we're only selling 100 tickets. You can purchase raffle tickets online at the link below. Ticket will be sent to you via email...

January 22nd marks the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling that has left over 59 million and counting dead - Roe v. Wade. On January 27th, thousands of people around the country will participate in the March for Life to serve as a voice for those who weren’t given a choice to live. ...

O'FALLON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Bulldogs will once again compete for the championship of the Ft. Zumwalt North Tournament after crushing Troy 58-28 in its semifinal game on Wednesday night. The top-seeded Bulldogs, who are the two-time defending tournament champions, will take on third-seeded Priory on Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Ft. Zumwalt North High School...

BENTON, Mo. -- In a year of ongoing security enhancements made at the jail and courthouse, Scott County also ended 2016 with the largest December sales tax revenue reported in the last five years. First District Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn noted the December 2016 monthly revenue was about $15,000 more than usual at $196,781.68, which is the largest amount of December monthly revenue since at least 2012...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - An investigation into the distribution of narcotics has led to the arrest of three Mississippi County residents. James Brice Owens, 39, of East Prairie, who was wanted on a charge with unlawful possession of a firearm, now faces an additional charge of felony possession of a controlled substance. His bond is set at $75,000...

SIKESTON - Detectives with Sikeston Department of Public Safety are seeking the public's help in identifying persons suspected in the fraudulent use of a stolen credit card. The credit cards were stolen in a burglary from a rural Scott County home and used at the Sikeston Walmart on Jan. 19. All four suspects were together when the stolen credit cards were used...

SIKESTON -- Six months of work, testing and trials culminated Monday with a simple phone call from Missouri Delta Medical Center to a patient. The hospital employee was reminding the patient about an upcoming scheduled service and together they completed the registration process. Now, on the day of the surgery, the patient could skip the front admissions office and go directly to the department where the surgery was to be performed...

Vernon J. Marion, 78, passed away on November 10, 2016. Vernon was born in Portageville, MO on October 24, 1938. His mother was Mardie Mae and his father was Matt J. Marion. Vernon was raised on a family farm until he joined the Navy. He spent 21 years in the Navy and retired as a Chief Petty Officer. After retirement, he worked as a boiler maker, millwright and outside machinist at Southwest Marine Shipyard in San Diego. He worked until he was 75 years old...

Edward Deere was born February 22, 1922 in Lexington, TN to Sylvester and Daisy (Todd) Deere. He died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at his home in Portageville, MO at the age of 94 years, 10 months and 26 days.  In 1949 in Hayward, MO he married Edna Mae Downing who survives of the home. ...

Phillip "Phil" Louis Underwood was born on July 23, 1940 to Louis Ansel and Elsie Marie Smith Underwood in Hayward, MO. He went to be with the Lord on January 17, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR and later returned to Portageville to pursue his lifelong dream of being a farmer. ...

SIKESTON -- Four people were arrested by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety after two vehicle pursuits Wednesday afternoon. According to the Sikeston DPS Facebook page, officers received information about subjects in Lincoln Park on North West Street that were possibly engaged in criminal activity. As officers responded to the area, two vehicles were seen leaving the scene in separate directions, fleeing from police...

BENTON, Mo. -- In a year of ongoing security enhancements made at the jail and courthouse, Scott County also ended 2016 with the largest December sales tax revenue reported in the last five years. First District Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn noted the December 2016 monthly revenue was about $15,000 more than usual at $196,781.68, which is the largest amount of December monthly revenue since at least 2012...

After a well deserved victory lap, the GOP majorities in the House and Senate need to quietly get down to the business of restoring America. And the key word is quietly. By now we should understand that the left has not and perhaps never will fully accept the legitimacy of Donald Trump...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Tracy Lynn Brown, 49, died Jan. 22, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 25, 1967, to James McClure of Florida and Hattie Brown Garrison of East Prairie. In addition to his parents, he is survived by: three sons, Tracy Christopher Brown, Derek Anthony Brown and Eric Antony Brown all of Carnesville, Ga.; two daughters, Kirsten Danielle Brown of Carnesville and Demisha Necole Brown of East Prairie; two brothers, Willie Brown of Little Rock, Ark., and Joe Brown of Charleston; two sisters, Peggy Hochstetter of Buford, Ga., and Debbie Cassell of Ozark; and three grandchildren.. ...

MINER, Mo. -- Michelle Potter, 39, died Jan. 23, 2017, at the Preferred Family Healthcare Center in Miner. Born Aug. 14, 1977, she was the daughter of the late Cynthia Gee Porter. She is survived by one sister, Brandi Potter of Poplar Bluff. Services will be scheduled at a later date with Ponder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Virgil Campbell, 93, died Jan. 22, 2017, in Doniphan. Born May 15, 1923, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late Daisy and Louie Campbell. Survivors include: eight children, Juanita Haynes of Sikeston, Barbra Schneider of Columbia, Ill., Janice Haas of Grandin, Shirley Sugg and Sharon Campbell of Millstadt, Ill., Virgil Campbell Jr. of Belleville, Ill., Janet Young of Tulsa, Okla., and Ann Costin of Whitehouse, Tenn...

LILBOURN, Mo. -- James Robert Taylor, 75, of Lilbourn went to be with the Lord on Jan. 25, 2017, at his home. He was born Oct. 3, 1941, in Lilbourn, the son of the late James Park and Myrtle Fowler Taylor. He was a 1959 graduate of Lilbourn High School. On Jan. 22, 1961, he married his high school sweetheart Gloria Nell Ash at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church in Marston. James devoted his life to God, his wife and family, and his love of farming...

ORAN, Mo. -- Florence Ann Anderson, 92, died Jan. 23, 2017, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Born July 22, 1924, in Tacoma, Wash., to the late Marion Allen and Jewel Elizabeth Carey Reed, she was a retired seamstress from the Oran Hat Factory. A homemaker and of the Pentecostal belief, she was a Sunday school teacher and also spoke at many different Pentecostal churches...

LILBOURN, Mo. - Gussie Lee Mead, 92, died Jan. 18, 2017, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. Born Aug. 3, 1924, in Augusta, Ark., to the late Essie Ida Hill Mead and Clarence Mead, he was a farmer for many, many years. In addition to farming, he drove trucks and combines and eventually worked for the University of Missouri Extension Center in Portageville. ...

SIKESTON -- Sylvia Rockett, age 85, died Jan. 23, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born April 8, 1931, in East Prairie, daughter of the late James Elmo Evans and Myrtle Bell Hurley, she was a member of Tanner Street Church of God and had owned and operated Peggy's Beauty Shop in East Prairie before retiring...

BENTON, Mo. -- Kelly High School and Kelly Middle School have announced the students who achieved status on the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. A Honor Roll Twelfth grade Anthony Agin, Jacob Ashcraft, Bryston Beggs, Emily Bolen, Marissa Burton, Hunter Chatman, Kaitlyn Fisher, Meghan Foley, Shane Goering, Anna Hughes, Kaitlyn Johnson, Marissa Jones, Taylor Lewis, Matthew McBride, Micah McClain, Kade Proctor, Ralston Reeves, Melinda Scheffer, Maegan Walker, Johnathon Watkins, Anne Westrich, Gina Williams, Kevin Wright.. ...

Two of the winners of the River Walk Gallery Christmas Coloring contest were students at Matthews Elementary in Matthews. Winning first place in her age group (fourth grade) was Ashlynne Lewis while Kayleen Heuring earned third place in her age group (first grade)...