Stories from Monday, March 11, 2019

MINER, Mo. — After nearly three hours of testimony, the Miner Board of Alderman unanimously agreed that Miner Police Chief Chris Griggs violated two city ordinances during impeachment proceedings Monday night. The Miner Board, which sat as a Board of Impeachment, found that Griggs failed to work the required hours and refused to follow the direction of the Board regarding the employment of part-time dispatcher Laura Adams...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Ethel Marie Jones, 82, died March 10, 2019, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.   Born Oct. 20, 1936, in Arkansas, daughter of the late Marshall and Daisy Clark Sterling, she had been a cook at a nursing home in California. She was of the Baptist belief and had moved to Bertrand in February 2016. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Richard May, 74, died March 10, 2019, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Born Feb. 17, 1945, in Bloomfield, son of the late Clacy and Nellie Irene Pry May, he had lived in Bloomfield all of his life. He was a retired manager with International Hat, a consultant with Cap America and was a member of the Hill's General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Cynquencia Shuntea Young, 41, died March 8, 2019, at Washington County Memorial Hospital in Potosi. Born Nov. 8, 1977, in Colorado Springs, Colo., she was the daughter of the late Angela Adams  and Gracxiano Pickering. Survivors include: two sons, Cornelius Young Jr. of Portageville and Sammueal Young of Missouri; one daughter, Chyenne Pickering of Houston, Texas; two brothers, Brian Adams and Gerald Pickering of Portageville; and one sister, Facina Nava of Portageville...