Stories from Thursday, August 15, 2019

BENTON, Mo. — Dathine L. Milam, 93, died Aug. 14, 2019.  She was the daughter of the late Willis and Stella Holder Milam.  Survivors include: four sisters, Mildred Killough of Bosque Farms, N.M., Jean Bollinger of Benton and Thelma Haney and Sue (Charles) Pratt of Sikeston, Missouri; two sisters-in-law, Glenda Milam of Benton and Lillian Milam of Jonesboro, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews...

Passersby may notice the fragrance of barbecue Friday and Saturday wafting from Arena Park in Cape Girardeau — and it’s all for a good cause. The 27th annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest will highlight the char-grilled loyalty of nearly 45 local and traveling teams of pit masters...

BLOOMFIELD — A Dexter father appeared in court Thursday on child endangerment and abuse charges after his two young children recently tested positive for methamphetamine. Raymond Edward Hoppe, 55, was formally arraigned by Associate Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield on two Class D felonies of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and two Class D felonies of abuse or neglect of a child...

A Dexter man pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to recklessly causing the death of a local teenager who was killed in a June 2018 boat collision on Black River. Accompanied by his attorney, Dan Moore, Braden Parker Bollinger appeared before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for a plea/trial setting in his case...

ST. LOUIS – Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises consumers to use caution when purchasing tickets for an upcoming “Trap Music Wine Tasting” event to be held in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. An event listing on social media says proceeds will benefit domestic abuse and violence programs, but BBB can find no evidence that the organization holding the event is a registered charity organization...