Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The Portageville High School FBLA and FCCLA Clubs will host the annual Veterans' Day Assembly and Luncheon on Monday, November 12, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Our speaker will be Ryan Gill, and guests will be treated to vocal performances by our high school choir. All veterans and their families are invited to a luncheon afterward hosted by FCCLA. ...

NEW MADRID, MO. - With a close race in New Madrid County, it was the strong support in Pemiscot County that boosted Edward Reeves into office as the next 34th District Circuit Judge. According to unofficial returns from the office of New Madrid County Clerk Clement Cravens, Republican Daniel Cornacchione Sr. ...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man wanted for his involvement in two armed robberies is now in police custody. Jamal Brooks, 21, was arrested Wednesday in Cape Girardeau by Cape Girardeau Police, according to Lt. Jon Broom with Sikeston Department of Public Safety...

Dear Mike, In 1891 the Salvation Army started the Christmas Kettle effort as a means to provide a free Christmas dinner for area poor. Today, the Christmas Kettle Campaign of the Sikeston Area Service Unit of the Salvation Army helps us provide assistance to those that are in need year round. The assistance that we provide is temporary and is not intended for continued social welfare. We are there to give a hand up, not a hand out...

Satan still exists If anyone doubts the existence of Satan, they should look no farther than the top level of the Democrat Party and the compliant media that supports them. Stinky situation I live south of Sikeston on Highway AA. Unilever/Good Humor have their ice cream water dumped on a field not far from my home. ...

ORAN, Mo. — Eula Mansker, 65, died Nov. 7, 2018, at his home. Born on Sept. 20, 1953, in Delta, son of the late Freda Friedrich Mansker, he was a retired fork lift operator for Do It-Best in Cape Girardeau for 36 years.  Survivors include: four daughters, Kari (Jason) Montgomery, Jamie (Brandon) Massey, Stephanie (Lucas) Fuemmeler and Megan (Paul) Roberts of Oran; four brothers, Kenneth Mansker of Oran, Jerry Mansker of Precy, Ill., Glen Mansker of Scott City and Michael Mansker of San Diego, Calif.; two sisters, Mary Williams of Morley and Sharon Hodge of Marble Hill; his companion, Leslie Barrett; and 11 grandchildren, . ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — David Lee Sutton, 82, died Nov. 6, 2018, at his home in East Prairie.  Born May 7, 1936, in Dorena, son of the late Ray and Annie Mae Cole Sutton, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a retired towboat captain and member of Elm Street Baptist Church...