Stories from Monday, July 31, 2017

MINER, Mo. -- A Wyatt, Mo., man is in custody after being arrested on drug charges in Miner Saturday. According to a release from Miner Police Chief Chris Griggs, Eric Dowell, 36, is charged with three felony counts of trafficking a controlled substance and one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The public can express their views about the infrastructure and flooding along the Mississippi River during a stop by the Mississippi River Commission in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 7. The stop is part of the MRC's annual low-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Convicted in state court of murder, James Clay Waller II now will be tried in federal court "to protect citizens from a dangerous, sociopathic and narcissistic murderer," federal prosecutors said in a court filing last week. A prison manuscript in which Waller stated "killing my wife was a no-brainer" did not prompt the federal case but rather dissatisfaction with the outcome of the state case, prosecutors said...

The Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department capped off National Parks and Recreation Month with a "Party in a Park" Saturday evening.

SIKESTON -- Wanda Lou Witt, 83, passed away on July 28, 2017, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, Mo. Born July 5, 1934, in Sikeston, Mo., to the late William and Grace Adams Hendley, she retired from Montgomery Bank after 30 years of service, where she worked as a cashier, teller and as the branch manager at the Miner location. She was a member of Tanner Street Church of God in Sikeston, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo. - Winford Lee "Wimpy" Matney, 69, died July 30, 2017, at his home. Born May 8, 1948, in East Prairie, the son of the late Robert Drew and Luzell B. Ashley Matney, he had lived in Dexter most of his life. He worked as the head custodian at Southwest Elementary School until his retirement and was of the Baptist faith...

SIKESTON - Bonnie Sue Stephens, 70, died July 29, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born July 19, 1947, in Osceola, Ark., to the late Thomas and Tallhenia Clark Wally, she was a resident of Sikeston since 1990. She was of the Pentecostal faith and had been a tax preparer at H.R. Block...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Gilbert "Dewey" Bonee, 96, died July 28, 2017, at Point Pleasant. Born Aug. 15, 1920, in Savannah, Tenn., to the late Noah Bonee and Sarah Gray Bonee. On June 3, 1942, in Corinth, Miss., he married Ethel Carroll, who preceded him in death on May 21, 2002...

BENTON, Mo. - George Edward Stanley, 70, formerly of Oran, died July 28, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. Born Aug. 25, 1946, in Perkins, to the late Leon and Imogene Bain Stanley, he was a retired crane operator for Noranda Aluminum Inc. in Marston. On Aug. 24, 1963, he married Margaret Vinson, who survives of the home...

John Wilber Lindsay Goodin, 76, passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast at Miramar Beach, Florida, while on vacation with his family. Born on Sept. 26, 1940, at Cape Girardeau, Mo., he was the son of Albert Vernon Goodin III and Virginia Elizabeth Whitehead Goodin Ridings. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1958 and continued his education at Murray State University and Southeast Missouri State University...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Ronnie Eugene Patterson, 72, died July 28, 2017, at his home in New Madrid. Born Oct. 8, 1945, to the late Raymond and Louise Hockersmith Patterson, he was deputy sheriff, serving as chief deputy, and was employed with Noranda for 23 years until his retirement. He was a third degree Mason of the New Madrid Masonic Lodge 108...