Stories from Tuesday, May 29, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a sometimes brash outsider whose unconventional resume as a Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL officer made him a rising star in Republican politics, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after a scandal involving an affair with his former hairdresser led to a broader investigation by prosecutors and state legislators...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - William Clay “Buddy” Dunn, 90, of East Prairie, Missouri, died May 26, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born September 19, 1927, at Dorena, Missouri, to the late Everett and Alta Voner Dunn. He was an army Sergeant and served his country during the Korean War. ...

PUXICO, Mo. — Leon Watkins, 74, of Puxico, formerly of Essex, died May 28, 2018, at his home. Born Jan. 3, 1944, in Morehouse, Mo., son of the late William Harrison and Treecie Lorene Kirtley Watkins, he worked as a fabricator at Kelpro in Salcedo and attended Duck Creek Baptist Church...

BENTON, Mo. — Mary Irene Vandergriff, 67, died May 18, 2018, at her home in Benton. Born May 10, 1951, in Scottsboro, Neb., to the late Ruben Elliott and Pearl Irene Day Boggs, she also lived in the Bell City, Van Buren and Ellington areas before moving to Benton five years ago...

SIKESTON — Robert Ogden, 49, died May 28, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center Sikeston. He was born Jan. 8, 1969, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the late Robert and Joyce Jordan Ogden. On Dec. 31, 1994 in Morley, Mo., he married Robin Brown Ogden who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — Magdalene Anita Newman, 75, died, May 24, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 25, 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to late William Lafayette Johnson and Edythe Marcell Runnels Johnson, she was a member of St. James AME Church in Cape Girardeau and attended West Side Baptist Church in Sikeston. ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Imogene Eaton Graham Hastings, 95, died May 29, 2018, at the Hospice House – Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home. Born Sept. 17, 1922, at Bloomfield, Mo., to Elvis & Clara Scism Eaton, she was a member of Bethany Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau, Mo...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Susan Gray Dacus was born Jan. 16, 1954, to Cletis and Irma (Brown) Dacus at Hayti. She passsed to her reward peacefully, Sunday, May 27, 2018, at 12:40 a.m. at Portageville Nursing center after a five-day stay and short illness...

SIKESTON, Mo. – Jason Ray Hoyer, 31, died May 24, 2018, in Sikeston. Born Jan.19, 1987, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Brad and Donna Hayes Hoyer of Sikeston, he was employed at Unilever in Sikeston for the past 10 years and was a member of Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310 A.F. and A.M...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nine people died in traffic crashes over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend. Last year, nine people were killed during the three-day weekend. During the counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, May 25, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 28 the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated 294 traffic crashes which included 124 injuries and all eight fatalities. ...

The naming of the Howardville High School to the National Historic Register was celebrated Saturday. An afternoon gathering, hosted by the city of Howardville and the Howardville High School Restoration Committee, was an opportunity for alumni and their family to gather outside the school...