Stories from Thursday, May 16, 2019

BERTRAND, Mo. — Wiley Joe Sevic Sr., 84, formerly of Wyatt, died May 15, 2019, at the Miner Nursing Center. Born April 21, 1935, at Dardanelle, Ark., son of the late Frank Sevic and Mildred R. Hicks Sevic, he was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School and a U.S. Navy veteran. He had been employed with Burke Farms until his retirement...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Gloria Ann Kelso, 76, died May 15, 2019, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid. Born July 12, 1942, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of the late Tommy and Laura Mae Nolley McGee. On Nov. 14, 1964, in Sikeston, she married Bobby Joe Kelso, who preceded her in death on Aug. 16, 2001...

HUNTINGTOWN, Md. — G. Tharon Anthony, 85, formerly of Oran, Mo., died Nov. 13, 2018, at Calvert Health Medical Center. Born Nov. 15, 1932, in Hickey, Ark., to Burl Lord and Mary Rebecca (Waldo) Anthony, he graduated from Oran High School. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1953 and was honorably discharged in 1955. ...

BENTON, Mo. — Barbara Ann Mason, 75, died May 15, 2019.  Born May 7, 1944, in Gorham, Ill., daughter of the late Reuben and Buela Newfarmer Ellis, she was a a cook at Sands Pancake House in Cape Girardeau.  In 1974, she married James Mason, who preceded her in death...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Officials are preparing for a crowd of nearly 20,000 — the biggest yet — at this year’s Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival on Saturday and Sunday, airport manager Bruce Loy said Tuesday. The event will be at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport at 860 Limbaugh Drive...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A former deputy clerk filed suit Tuesday morning against Stoddard County and her former boss for wrongfully terminating her for questioning irregularities in the April 2 municipal election. Cape Girardeau attorney Laura Clubb filed the suit in Stoddard County Circuit Court on behalf of her whistleblower client, Ginger McCoy...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, — The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Raymond M. Lindsey, 39, of Hayti was sentenced Wednesday to 100 months in federal prison on child pornography charges. He appeared before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. for his sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography last February...

Jayklin Brown, a member of the New Madrid County Central High School Class of 2019, lets his cousin Teigan Weaver try on his hat following graduation on Tuesday.