Stories from Saturday, July 22, 2017

Most folks will call it the Fifth Sunday Singing, but this time will be a little different for the First Baptist Church of Portageville. Steve and Christie Bradford will be releasing their new CD, "I'll Keep Trusting On". "This CD was done in memory and honor of our daughter, Randi Lynn. ...

Jake Sisson of Collierville TN was selected to The Commercial Appeal's All Metro Division I team for his 2017 sophomore high school soccer season.  Jake plays center back for the Collierville Dragons soccer team during the high school season and is in his 10th season with the Lobos Rush soccer club.  Jake is the son of Clay and Jennifer Sisson of Collierville TN and grandson of Bud and Joanne Sisson of Portageville...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- For as long as Betty Cooper Hearnes can remember, music has been a part of her life. When she was just 5 years old, her family moved to Charleston where her father took over as the pastor of First Baptist Church. Hearnes would often sing and her sister, Velna, would play the piano at funerals and weddings...

SIKESTON - With the City Council's unanimous approval of a new five-year contract with Sonny's Solid Waste, alley way trash service is about to become a part of history. "The alleys simply are not wide enough to accommodate the trucks safely," said David Glaus, vice president of Sonny's...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A judge sentenced a Dexter, Mo., man to 20 years in prison this week after a jury earlier convicted him of sexually assaulting a young girl. Christopher E. Noble, 28, was convicted June 1 of the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory sodomy by a Stoddard County jury, according to Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, who indicated the jury deliberated about 50 minutes before reaching its verdict...

Back in May, the city of St. Louis joined a growing trend nationwide and increased the minimum wage for workers within the city from $7.70 per hour to $10 per hour.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Joyce Ashlock Staples, 85, died July 20, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Monday, at the First Christian Church in East Prairie, with the Revs. Martin Lucas and Nathan Claycomb, officiating...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Sharon Kay Kinsey, 69, passed away on July 22, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born April 11, 1948, in Risco, Mo., to the late Berl and Dorothy Hartsell Atchley. She married Charles Kinsey, who preceded her in death...