Stories from Sunday, April 23, 2017

Cummins diesel technicians do well in skills competition SIKESTON -- Cummins recently held a skills competition for their diesel technicians and two local diesel engine technicians, Jimmy Aubrey and Jeff Tinnin, both from the Sikeston Cummins branch, qualified for round two of the competition which was held in Kansas City, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo.  A Dexter man was killed after his motorized bicycle was struck by an emergency vehicle Saturday in Stoddard County.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Sharon Jane Medina, 55, died April 23, 2017, at her home. Born Jan. 1, 1962, in East Prairie, to Janie Elizabeth Chanley Parham of East Prairie and the late Charles Edward Parham Sr., she had been employed by M&M Ag Investments. She was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - Jesse Lee Vinson Jr., 50, died April 23, 2017, at the home of his parents near Charleston. Born Dec. 9, 1966, at Sikeston, to Jesse Lee Vinson Sr. and Etta Mae Isbell Vinson, who survive of Charleston, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was employed in farming and construction...