Stories from Friday, May 24, 2019

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Police are investigating the shooting death of a man early Friday in Charleston. At about 12:25 a.m. Friday, Charleston Department of Public Safety received a call stating a person had been shot on the gravel parking lot next to the Bowden Center, located in the 700 block of Sy Williams, according to DPS Director Robert E. Hearnes. ...

MORLEY, Mo. —  A Cape Girardeau man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Scott County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 1:22 p.m. on US Highway 61, one mile north of Morley, as the northbound vehicle operated by James E. Carlisle Sr., 76, of Cape Girardeau ran off the right side of the road and overturned...

I would just like to thank the city for cleaning up our street on South West. It was badly needed. I want to thank you very much.

SIKESTON — Helen Masters, 95, died May 23, 2019, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 3, 1923, in Blodgett, daughter of the late W.O. and Lena Lewis Graham, she was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and had worked as a secretary for Lewis Furniture before retiring...

TROY, Mo. —Dorothy Annalee Masters, 101, died May 22, 2019, at Troy Manor in Troy. Born March 20, 1918, in East Prairie, to the late Curt and Mae Vaughan Pritchett, she was a member of East Prairie General Baptist Church and had been a dietary supervisor in the nursing home industry.    ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cool, wet weather is forcing more farmers to consider how to plant soybeans into tall, mature cover crops this spring. This might be the year that farmers want to consider “planting into the green,” says University of Missouri Extension nutrient management specialist John Lory. Planting into the green refers to no-till planting of soybean into growing cover crops...

SIKESTON, Mo. — A student-oriented vegetable demonstration garden is now open at Southeast Missouri State University’s Sikeston campus for those in the region to learn more about the range of Bootheel produce supplying fresh markets worldwide. Thanks to a partnership between Southeast Missouri State University and Lincoln University’s Cooperative Extension and with assistance from a $28,301 USDA grant, a high tunnel has been installed just north of the Southeast Sikeston Campus, where students will grow a variety of summer and fall vegetables commonly produced in the region, including squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, black-eyed peas and sweet corn, among others.. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. - Payton Merrick’s dreams are beginning to take flight. Merrick recently received the Civil Air Patrol’s Billy Mitchell Award. The milestone achievement is earned by only about 10 percent of the cadets in the Patrol, according to officials. The fact that the Sikeston resident is only 14 and has participated in CAP for just two years makes the achievement that much more impressive...

During their tenure the Richland yearbook staff has earned over 150 national and state awards. The yearbook they helped produce their freshman through junior years has been named one the top yearbooks in the country by Jostens. They will find out later this year if their senior yearbook will make it four for four...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Alma L. Lewis, 95, died May 24, 2019, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. Born May 27, 1923, in Bloomfield, daughter of the late James and Beulah Fulkerson, she had lived in Bloomfield most of her life. She had worked at Elder's Manufacturing, the Bloomfield Water Department and was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — John Daniel “J.D.” Jackson Sr., 93, died May 23, 2019, at Bertrand Nursing Facility in Bertrand. Born March 20, 1926, in New Madrid County, son of the late Cleve and Sarah Jane Stanfield Jackson, he was a combat veteran of World War II. He served in the Americal Division of the U.S. Army that landed in the Philippine Islands of Leyte, Cebu and Negros. He served an additional term of service in the Occupation Forces in Yokohama, Japan...

SIKESTON — Kathleen Velma Jensen, 93, a longtime Sikeston resident, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2019, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation facility in Bertrand, surrounded by those who loved her. Born Feb. 17, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Blanch Gosnell...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — James Edward Carlisle Jr., 76, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died May 23, 2019, near Morley, Mo. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.   Graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.