Stories from Wednesday, May 1, 2019

SIKESTON — A fire that destroyed a building that once housed a bowling alley in Sikeston is under investigation. At about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the fully-involved structure fire on West Malone Avenue, according to Assistant Chief James McMillen. Crews were on scene for several hours, McMillen said. Further information was unavailable at this time...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - It is not just the big projects she tackles but the small good deeds as well that earned Leeann Branum the title of New Madrid’s Woman of the Year. On Sunday, the Pi Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi presented Branum with an engraved crystal vase in honor of being named the 2019 Woman of the Year. Branum is the 43rd woman to receive the honor...

SIKESTON — An “artist talk and demo” by American painter and teacher Don Sahli will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 4 at The Art Spirit Studio in The Inside Store, 114 East Front St., in Sikeston. Sahli will also conduct a Still Life workshop from 9 a.m. ...

4,000 days. Depending on your age and perspective, that’s either a drop in the bucket or an eternity. Sometimes, we of a certain age try to gauge where we stand in the march of time. We’ve long passed that point where we have more days in our future than we’ve had in our past...

The American citizens are so tired of listening to the Democrats trying their best to disrupt the president from going forward with the business of America. Look at the betterment of the economy over the last eight years. If politicians were everyday employees, they’d had their butts kicked out the door on the second day. God bless America.

BENTON, Mo. — Over 200 third graders from eight schools attended the Scott County Women in Agriculture’s 17th annual Farm Day Tuesday at St. Denis Parish Center in Benton. The event teaches students about where their food and clothing come from as well as safety in and around farms. ...

SIKESTON — Glenda F. Crosno, 87, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died April 30, 2019, at The Arbors at WestRidge Place in Sikeston. Born Sept. 23, 1931, in Lilbourn, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Emma Schaffer. On March 25, 1955, she married Harold “Wink” Crosno; he preceded her in death on May 6, 2010...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Vivian Maureen Schneider, 99, died April 30, 2019, at East Prairie Nursing Center.  Born Sept. 22, 1919, in Mount Pleasant, Miss., to the late Mack Hugh and Willa Vaughan Pearson, she was retired from Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston where she worked for over 35 years.  She was a member of St. James General Baptist Church in East Prairie...

SIKESTON — Henry James "Jim" Bennett Jr., age 82, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at his home in Sikeston. Born June 15, 1936, in Sikeston, son of the late Henry James and Mildred (Bridges) Bennett Sr., he attended the Presbyterian Church.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Merlin E. Mann, 77, died April 30, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 12, 1941, in Sikeston, son of the late Ola May Freeman and Raymond Clarence Mann, he was a member of the First Baptist Church in Portageville...