Stories from Thursday, November 21, 2019

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A New Madrid County man faces felony charges for his alleged involvement in the 2006 case of a missing Risco woman. Melvin Ray Hufford Jr., 42, of Tallapoosa was charged Thursday through New Madrid County with first degree involuntary manslaughter of Teresa Butler, a 35-year-old mother who went missing from her Risco home, on Jan. 25, 2006, and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution on the same date, according to online court records...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Virginia Lee Hampton, 82, died Nov. 20, 2019, at the Bloomfield Nursing Center in Bloomfield. Born Dec. 5, 1936, in Bloomfield, daughter of the late Lloyd and Ruth Mae Bennett Cox, she moved to Michigan where she lived for many years before returning to Bloomfield. She had worked as a secretary in Michigan, working for attorneys and at the Ford Motor Co. She had served as the Librarian at the Bloomfield Public Library...

ORAN, Mo. — Ernest Glastetter, 86, died Nov. 20, 2019, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 30, 1933, in Oran, son of the late Frank and Clara Amehrein Glastetter, he worked at Sport Specialist Shoe Company in Chaffee for 13-½ years and then at Atlas Plastic a.k.a. Spartec in Cape Girardeau, where he worked for 25 years until retirement. ...

SIKESTON — Tracy Pauline Latham, 54, passed away on Nov. 19, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 12, 1965, in Dexter, to Larry and JoAnn Davidson Rodgers who survive of Sikeston. On July 23, 1993, in Sikeston, she married Darrel Wayne Latham who survives of the home...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A no-tax-increase bond issue could fund improvements to school facilities, security and academics. During a work session members of the New Madrid County R-1 School Board were presented with the option for a bond issue. District Superintendent Dr. Sam Duncan said bond counsel advised because of the district’s balanced budget and recent efforts to pay off other bonds early, it could consider a no-tax-increase bond issue in 2020...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A Delta Regional Authority grant will fund the growth of a program designed to meet the job needs of regional companies. At its November meeting, the New Madrid County School Board reviewed the $100,000 grant for the district’s new industrial electrical/industrial maintenance program...

SIKESTON — There will be a race for the Sikeston at-large city council position. Two candidates had filed to run for the Sikeston at-large city council position when filing closed on Tuesday afternoon. Incumbent Brian Self filed as did challenger Mallory Whiffen...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — An Arkansas man wanted for murder was arrested by the Caruthersville Police Department and Pemiscot County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday. According to the Caruthersville Police Department, Corey McCullon, 31, of Trumann, Ark., was taken into custody without incident Wednesday. McCullon was wanted on a first degree murder warrant out of Craighead County, Ark...

SIKESTON — Police are investing reports of shots being fired Wednesday in Sikeston. At about 6 p.m. Wednesday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the 100 block of Terrace Street in reference to a call of shots being fired from a vehicle, according to Capt. Austin Henley with DPS. Several officers responded as there were also reports of shots fired near Brunt, Hennings and Stallcup streets. Officers located some gun shells on Cinema Drive, he said...

SIKESTON — An investigation continues after a single gunshot was fired at an occupied vehicle early Sunday in Sikeston. At about 8 a.m. Sunday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the 1200 block of Lawrence Street in reference to property damage that had occurred overnight around 3 a.m, according to Capt. Austin Henley with Sikeston Department of Public Safety. The complainant advised that he had been sitting in his vehicle in front of the residence overnight...

SIKESTON — Sikeston BMU customers may soon have a new option of fiber optic broadband. Lloyd Rice, with GoSEMO Fiber, spoke at the Sikeston Regional Chamber luncheon Thursday at Concordia Lutheran Church. Rice explained that GoSEMO Fiber is powered by the SEMO Electric Cooperative and three years ago, their board approved a fiber optic home network...