Stories from Friday, January 26, 2018

July 6, 2017 Dicamba use damages some crops; farmers look for answers SIKESTON — Weed control has long been a headache for farmers. The use of the herbicide Dicamba to control broadleaf weeds is damaging the soybeans which are not of the Dicamba-resistant variety, as well as other broadleaf plants...

At the New Madrid County Family Resource Center these Missouri Mentoring Partnership youth took the pledge that when they become drivers they will buckle up and put the phone down while driving!  They challenge everyone to do the same to keep them same on the roads!  Buckle Up Phone Down is a MoDot Project to help raise awareness about the dangers of being on the phone and driving. ...

On Saturday, January 20, Team Country Strong held a Trivia Night as a fundraiser in Risco for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. More than 80 people attended the event, and eight teams were quizzed about topics such as Disney movies, food, holidays, and Missouri history...

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) says trout may be harvested from Rotary Lake in Jackson, Giessing Lake in Farmington and Legion Lake in Perryville beginning Feb. 1. According to Mike Reed, MDC fisheries management biologist, fishing has been variable this winter due to weather extremes. ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of Americans came to our nation’s Capital to March for Life. Sadly, we have lost more than 60 million lives in the United States since abortion became legal and Roe v. Wade was upheld by the Supreme Court 45 years ago. That is 60 million less lives which could have grown up to find the cure to cancer, discovered new sources of energy, become an astronaut or the next President of the United States. ...

What started out as a part-time job and needing to help her husband in a pinch became her full time job. There is really no part time job working on the farm. Nelda Kimes has been driving a tractor when needed to help her husband Jack, for nearly 56 years...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - There wasn't much room in Mike Comer's office in the building just across the road from the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site. Boxes filled with history books and biographies sat in front of his desk while other boxes waited to be packed with memorabilia and honors from his years of working for the Department of Natural Resources...

SIKESTON -- The regular customers at Bo's Breakfast and Bar-B-Q were in for a treat Thursday morning when nationally known television journalist Diane Sawyer and her film crew stopped in for a visit -- and homemade breakfast, of course. Tom Williams, manager of the Sikeston restaurant on East Malone Avenue, said it was a surprise when Sawyer and her three film crew members walked in to the restaurant at about 7 a.m. Thursday...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man faces multiple charges after attempting to flee law enforcement officers. Mark Anthony Swanson, 23, of Sikeston is charged with felony first degree property damage, felony resisting arrest/detention/stop by fleeing and creating a substance risk of serious injury or death to any person; two counts of misdemeanor fourth degree assault; misdemeanor failing to yield to an emergency vehicle sounding siren and displaying red/blue lights; and misdemeanor first offense driving while revoked/suspended, according to online court records.. ...

BENTON, Mo. -- One man is dead and another faces murder charges after an altercation Thursday night in Scott County. Gary Lee Venable, 33, of Benton is charged with felony second-degree murder, felony armed criminal action and felony unlawful use of a weapon, according to online court records...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man who was stabbed after allegedly breaking into a residence has been formally charged in Scott County. Jimmie Johnson Jr., 27, is charged with felony first degree burglary; felony first degree assault or attempt; felony armed criminal action; and misdemeanor second degree property damage, according to online court records...

SIKESTON -- Bobby Wilkerson, age 78, died Jan. 26, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 5, 1939, in Fisk, to the late Orville and Margie (Gillihan) Wilkerson, he was a member of Church on the Rock and had owned and operated Wilkerson Well Drilling before retiring...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Juanita June Jones Nelson, 86, died Jan. 21, 2018, Capetown Assisting Living Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 4, 1931, in New Madrid County, she was the daughter of the late Louis Daniel and May Henry Jones. Her husband, Stanley Nelson, preceded her in death...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Donald Edward Gard, son of the late Arthur Vernon Gard and Gladys Steward Gard was born on May 12, 1943, in Pontiac, Mich., and departed this life on Jan. 24, 2018, at the age of 74. Mr. Gard was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, the Vice President of Plant Operations for Health Systems Inc. and a longtime resident of rural Dexter...