Stories from Friday, May 4, 2018

Increase motorcycle safety awareness for all road users

“Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me…” Matthew 10:37, 38

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Promise Keepers announces the appointment of their new Chairman of the Board, Ken Harrison. Harrison comes from a successful business background, having built and sold a national real estate company to Colliers International Valuation and then served as CEO of Valuation for five years...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Former Charleston and New Madrid County Central head coach Lennies McFerren is set to take over the Eagles boys basketball program once again next season. One of the most exceptional basketball minds in the state, McFerren has won nine state championships during his head coaching tenure. He won two of his state championships at NMCC in 2000 and 2001...

Whether you’re working on the farm, running your small business or taking care of your family, Missourians wake early every day and work diligently to make ends meet. But not everyone has the resources they need to both put food on the table and keep the lights on in the house. ...

BENTON, Mo. — After a two days of testimony, a Scott County jury on Thursday found a Benton man guilty of statutory sodomy and child pornography charges. Clayton Counts, 69, was convicted of three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — “Some things old can be new again.” That is the philosophy of Reid Howell, general manager of KYMO, as he works to make the East Prairie, Mo., radio station a flagship station like it was in the 1970s and early 80s. “We want to be a community radio station again,” Howell said of the station which is located at 105.3 on the FM dial and 1080 on AM. ...

SIKESTON — A promise to her late grandfather and her experience working several years with senior citizens prompted a Sikeston woman to pen a book of short stories on growing older, respecting elders and simply showing kindness. Through the process, Sikeston native Tonya Mitchell created the short story book, “Nothing Remains the Same: Stories of the Senior Citizens and Why I Love Them.”...

What’s going on in Miner? I’m sitting here reading the paper Friday, April 6, and I see Miner has some figures in here so small you can’t even read them again. I guess it is something about the revenues or the budget or whatever it is I can’t make it out what it is. ...

PARMA, Mo. — No one was injured when a residence was shot at early Thursday. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens reported his office was called about the shooting at approximately 3 a.m. Thursday. Stevens said although the house was occupied, no one was injured...

Lauren Housman, daughter of Derek and Ami Housman, is the Standard Democrat Calendar Girl for May. Housman, fourth runner-up in the 2017 Miss Sikeston contest, plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and earn a degree in business.

SIKESTON —Gary Wayne Gunn, 72, died May 2, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.    Born Sept. 9, 1945, in Sikeston, son of the late Burvle and Altha Gaines Gunn, he was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sikeston and served in the Enlisted Army Reserve. He then graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1969; he owned and operated Gunn Lumber Company until his recent retirement...

CATRON, Mo. — Jewel Bessie Williams, 91, died May 3, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 19, 1927, in Clay County, Ark., daughter of the late Edward Franklin and Malinda Mae Smith Niswonger, she had lived in the Catron and Lilbourn area most of her life. She was a member of the Catron Baptist Church in Catron. On Dec. 12, 1948, in Bloomfield, she married Vearl Lee Williams, who preceded her in death on Aug. 21, 1990...

SIKESTON — John Patrick “Pat” Hogan, 68, longtime minister of Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston, died May 4, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Chapel.

SIKESTON — Josh Lee Howard, 66, died May 3, 2018, at Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston. Services are tentatively scheduled for May 11 at Traveler’s Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...