Stories from Saturday, March 11, 2017

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Heading into Saturday afternoon's Class 4 quarterfinal game against Vashon, the Sikeston Bulldogs knew they would have to play their best game of the season to knock off the defending state champions. Sikeston controlled the game for a half, but Vashon's size, quickness and shooting ability eventually proved to be too much in the second half as the Bulldogs fell 62-53 in front of a capacity crowd at Jefferson College in Hillsboro...

WYATT, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting involving Mississippi County deputy. Following a narcotics investigation conducted by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department, deputies served a search warrant at a house in the 300 block of Pecan Street around 9 a.m. Friday, according to Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott...

SIKESTON -- Presence on social media, door-to-door contact with patrons and town hall meetings are among the ways the Better Schools Make Better Communities Committee is informing Sikeston R-6 voters about the no-tax increase bond issue to construct a new Matthews Elementary School building...

SIKESTON -- While there will be various types of entertainment at the 37th annual Kenny Rogers Children's Center Telethon on March 18-19, the real stars are the children who benefit. Although all of the children who receive therapy through Kenny Rogers Children's Center are stars, this year five were chosen as poster children to help educate the public of the work done at the center...

LaDonna DeKriek with the King's Highway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, places a wreath at the El Camino Real marker on Kingshighway in Sikeston Friday afternoon. Local DAR members joined with state and national DAR officers and local officials in marking the 100th anniversary of the markers. Ceremonies also took place Friday at markers at Kimmswick, Ste. Genevieve, Perryville, Cape Girardeau, Scott City, Benton, New Madrid and Caruthersville...

NEW MADRID, Mo., - Alma Pauline Farrenburg, 95, died March 9, 2017, at the New Madrid Living Center. Born May 10, 1921, in Morrilton, Ark., to the late James and Mabel Gordon Williams, she was a housewife and member of the Farrenburg Brethren Church...

DEXTER, Mo. - Margaret Elizabeth Cravens of Dexter, 93, died March 10, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born May 1, 1923, in Cardwell, daughter of the late Vernie Spencer and Rosie Marie Blackburn Walker, she had lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and in Dexter since 1973. She was a member of the Parma United Methodist Church...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Michael Denver Tarrants, 67, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 7, 1949, in Cedar Hill, Mo., to William and Opal Lacy Tarrants. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was of the Baptist faith. Mike worked for General Motors and Chrysler Corporation in St. Louis,...

DEXTER, Mo. - Phyllis Joan Hayden, 70, died March 9, 2017, at her home in Dexter. Born Oct. 9, 1946, in Parma, daughter of the late Lloyd Hodge and Virginia Dorothy Moore Lutes, she had lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and in Dexter the past 40 years. She had attended the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Dexter and was retired from Elders Manufacturing...

The New Madrid County R-1 Board of Education members took the time to tour the schools in the district on Feb. 10. Pictured are Matthews Elementary students Calleigh Cooksey, Kiya Vaught, Jackson Parker and Dawson Loomes with school board members Dee Moore, Kay Rebstock, Danny Parker, John Palmer, Ryan Eddy and Jenny Cope along with Dr. Sam Duncan , superintendent...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Several groups combined efforts to launch a youth drug educational outreach event for parents and students. "Protect Your Nest: Drug-Free Family Night" was held Feb. 9 at Charleston Middle School for students in grades prekindergarten through 12th and families. The event was free and open to all Charleston R-1 students and their families...