Stories from Tuesday, February 28, 2017

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Advance Hornets didn't expect another 50-point win over the Scott County Central Braves like their previous encounter, but a big second half made it seem just as easy. A two-point game quickly ballooned into a rout after a huge third quarter by the Hornets led to a comfortable 79-60 win over the Braves Tuesday night during their Class 1 sectional at Bloomfield High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - Two Kennett men were arrested Saturday, accused of driving an SUV on state property, destroying grass and trees at Little River Conservation Area near Kennett. Terry Lynn Carr, Jr. and Zachary Stevenson, both 24, now face one count each of first degree property damage, a class E felony. Both were arrested and held on $5,000 bond...

DPS has been advised there is the risk for powerful straight line winds, strong thunderstorms, tornadic activity and large hail.

ADVANCE, Mo. - Eugene Fred Brucker, 91, died Feb. 26, 2017, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born April 26, 1925, in Painton, to the late Joseph and Philomena Glastetter Brucker, he was a self-employed farmer. He was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church and of the St. Joseph Sodality both in Oran...

GIDEON, Mo. -- Bessie Louella Huckeby, 95, died Feb. 21, 2017, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon. Born Oct. 4, 1921, in Monroe, Tenn., daughter of the late David Richardson and Nannie Jane Hensley Richardson, she was a retired school teacher and of the Catholic belief...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Weakley, 48, died Feb. 8, 2017. Born May 9, 1968, in Charleston, to Jerry and Mary Edwards Weakley, she had lived in Independence a number of years. Survivors include her husband, Rodrigo Avila; daughters, Carli, Mary and Milena; sisters, Jerrie Call and Donette DiGiovanni; and brother, Robbie Mayberry...

ST. LOUIS -- Minnie L. "Big Louise" Brown, 104, died Feb. 22, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Dec. 24, 1918, daughter of the late Homer and Minnie L. Cassel Porter, she was a former resident of the Wolf Island Community and moved to St. Louis age of 15...

SIKESTON - Linda "Gaye" Bell Cooper, daughter of the late Steve Vernon Bell Sr. and Jewell Stephens Bell was born on May 26, 1953, at Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on Feb. 27, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 63...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Mary Hogan, 94, died Feb. 27, 2017, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Sept. 27, 1922 in Matthews, Missouri, to the late O.L. and Florence (Caldwell) Daugherty. Mary was a member of First Baptist Church in East Prairie, a graduate of Matthews High School, a homemaker, housewife, volunteer and a business partner in Dorena Mercantile and Hogan Farm Supply...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Mary SuDonna Edwards Atkins, 64, formerly of Charleston, died Feb. 17, 2017, at her home. Born March 20, 1952, at Cairo, Ill., to the late Billy and Mary Frances Williams Edwards, she had worked as a waitress several years at Shoney's Restaurant in Independence. She was a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Charleston...