Stories from Monday, May 8, 2017

NEW HAVEN, Mo. -- Richland's Hunter Walker was a dual sectional qualifier after two first place finishes during the Class 1, District 1 track and field tournament Saturday at New Haven High School in New Haven, Mo. Walker, a junior, won a district championship in the high jump and long jump. He leaped 6-2 in the high jump and 19-0 in the long jump...

SIKESTON - The annual Kids' Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department, will be 8-10 a.m. May 13 at the Recreation Complex Lake. This event is open to all kids age 15 and under. There is a $1 per child fee, with a limit of one fishing pole per child. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri authorities are investigating the death of a county jail inmate who a coroner said died after an altercation with law enforcers. Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker tells KFVS-TV (http://bit.ly/2pS758z ) that the inmate died Friday night after he allegedly became unruly and unmanageable, was restrained and collapsed. He later died at a Sikeston hospital...

The Sikeston Public Library hosted the Mother-Daughter Tea for grades 2-5 on Sunday. The kids learned of Samantha, a fictional American girl learning to become a lady. The children learned to stitch, played American Girl bingo and took tea with refreshments. Many mothers and daughters showed for the event...

Linda Stokes and granddaughter, Annabelle, select vegetables at the farmers market held in downtown Sikeston on Saturday. The farmers market, which was open for the first time this spring, was just one of the many events part of Sikeston in Bloom that was held Saturday...

SIKESTON - The annual Kids' Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department, will be 8-10 a.m. May 13 at the Recreation Complex Lake. This event is open to all kids age 15 and under. There is a $1 per child fee, with a limit of one fishing pole per child. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Two people suspected of passing counterfeit currency in two Bootheel counties are in custody. Corey Partin, 40, of Portageville and Carla Wagoner, 50, of Steele are charged with felony forgery, following their arrest Friday by officers with the Portageville Police Department...

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BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - John Mitchell Tilley, 52, died May 5, 2017, in Bloomfield. Born Oct. 13, 1964, in Dexter, the son of JW "Dub" and Donna Tilley and the late Patricia "Patty" Crowell Tilley, he had lived in Bloomfield all of his life. He was employed at the Faurecia Plant in Dexter where he worked for the last 32 years and attended the Assembly of God Church...

MATTHEWS, Mo. - Wanda Rodgers, 79, died May 6, 2017, at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews. She was born Feb. 7, 1938, in Ste. Genevieve, to the late Thomas and Rose Sloan Canoy. Survivors include: three sons and their spouses, Grant and Martha Dial of Elwood, Ind., Raymond and Jan Dial of Herman and Wade and LaShawn McCormick of Rock Hill, S.C.; two daughters and their spouses, Hope and Jerry Graham of Morehouse and LaRonda and Hailey Melton of Poplar Bluff; one sister, Dorothy Briscoe of Springfield; 19 grandchildren; and 34 great-grandchildren.. ...

ANNISTON, Mo. - Sam H. Brown, 71, died May 5, 2017, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born April 3, 1946, in Monroe, La., to the late Henry and Zirada Price Brown, he was a laborer on an oil rig while in Louisiana. He moved to Little Rock, Ark., then to Anniston in 1989. He was a member of the Anniston Christian Church and also attended Pine Street General Baptist Church in East Prairie...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Betty Jaynes, 70, formerly of Sikeston and Chaffee, died May 5, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 22, 1946, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Joseph and Leona Newton, she was a retired licensed practical nurse...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Gregory Wayne Phrampus Jr., 44, died May 7, 2017, at his home in East Prairie. Born Nov. 29, 1972, in Bridgeton, N.J., to Joyce Marie Toler Phrampus Durflinger, who survives of East Prairie, and the late Gregory Wayne Phrampus, he was employed by Bootheel Mechanical...