Stories from Friday, September 17, 2021

Many people are thinking and asking about the end times. The problem is when we try to decide about the end times without actually reading the verses that deal with the end time incorrect views results. What this leads to is an End Times understanding based on the news and events versus what is accurate in the Bible...

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — Parishioners of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg are celebrating the church’s 175th anniversary every month through August 2022. “We’re doing these monthly celebrations to have fun and for fellowship, but also to continue traditions our ancestors created,” said Mary B. Glastetter, chairperson of the anniversary committee...

Republican Headquarters in Sikeston at 502 S. Kingshighway has a sign out front of the building. Those of us in the group decided that one of the things we really wanted to put on the sign was to ask people to pray for people to pray for people in Afghanistan that were in such terrible trouble. We didn’t feel like that sign would have anything to do with politics at all, rather reminding everyone that all of us need to pray for those people stuck in Afghanistan. Someone came by and stole all the letters from the sign. I guess they thought it was political. We’re so sorry for that.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mildred Ann DeField, 81, died Sept. 15, 2021, at the Estates Care Center at Perryville, Missouri. Arrangements are at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

SIKESTON — On 10 September 2021, John Aaron DuSablon, 52, of Sikeston, passed away at his home. John was the second son born to Arthur B. and Beatrice DuSablon on 27 June 1969 in St. Louis, Missouri.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Darren Keith Cann, 56, prosecuting attorney of Mississippi County, Missouri, and a resident of rural Charleston, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Darren was a private person. In keeping with his wishes, a private service will be held. Interment will be next to his mother and father at the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

SIKESTON — Kenneth Louis Sneathern was a caring husband, dad, grandpa, poppa Ken, brother, and friend. He went to Heaven to be with his Savior on Sept.14, 2021, at the age of 78. He battled serious medical issues courageously and with a smile. He was a tough old bird! Ken was surrounded by loved ones who will continue to honor his legacy by making the most of their own lives.
He was born to Louis and Iona Sneathern on April 22, 1943, in Brentwood, Maryland. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Pamela June McConkey, 63, died Sept. 17, 2021, at her home. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Darren Cann died early Thursday at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was 56. A resident of Charleston, Missouri, Cann was born on Aug. 30, 1965, and graduated from Charleston High School as well as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Law. He was first appointed to office by Gov. Bob Holden in September 2004 and was then elected to office November 2006...

SIKESTON — If Diane Eberhard had a doughnut for the number of years she’s been making sure schoolchildren in the Sikeston area have food for the weekend, she’d have a baker’s dozen. “When we first started doing this, we were delivering food out to Morehouse Elementary School,” said Eberhard, who started delivering weekend food for children in 2009. “Making sure a child doesn’t go hungry is something I’m really passionate about, and I want everyone to be just as passionate about it as I am.”...

SIKESTON — Dates for the City of Sikeston’s Fall Clean-up has been set for two weeks beginning Oct. 18. The Fall Clean-up gives Sikeston residents an opportunity to dispose of bulky rubbish during their regular sold waste pick-ups. Residents with Monday and Thursday trash collection will have their fall clean-up opportunities on Monday, Oct. 18 and Thursday, Oct. 21. Those with Tuesday and Friday solid waste pick-ups will have their dates on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and Friday, Oct. 29...

Scott County now has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 in Missouri but the rate of positive cases is dropping. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Friday morning, Scott County had 208 confirmed positive COVID cases between Sept. 8-14, a daily average of 30 and 543 per 100,000 residents. There was one confirmed death in that time...

The conservative advocacy organization Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) released this week its 2021 Legislative Scorecard. AFP-MO took positions on 11 pieces of legislation in the Missouri General Assembly this year and Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) emerged with a perfect score, an A-plus, from the group...

During a meeting Wednesday described by Board of Education president Gary Miller as “vocal,” the Scott City School District board voted to extend the current mask mandate at the “Orange” level until the board meets again Oct. 20. Michael Umfleet, in his third year as superintendent, told the Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday the mandate was originally put in place after Labor Day when 115 students in the 762-pupil district were in COVID-19 quarantine...

A Carter County man currently serving time in prison on other charges has been charged with the 1987 murder of Thomas Ray Rowland. Uel Joe Freeman, 60, is charged with first-degree murder in the May 1987 shooting death of Rowland after newly-obtained evidence made the arrest possible. Authorities on Wednesday were not ready to say what the information was, but reference was made to new technology making it possible to charge Freeman with the crime...

Congressman Jason Smith kicked off the livestock auction at the SEMO District Fair by praising sellers and thanking buyers. “When I found out this was happening today, I said, ‘I have to stop,’” he told the group assembled in the livestock arena. The livestock auction culminates the process for the young people who show their livestock at the fair. Buyers -- usually area business leaders -- purchase the animals at premium prices, providing a return on the youths’ investment...

Chantelle Becking began her keynote presentation with an impromtu dance party, setting the mood and livening up the crowd for the last segment of the Women Aware conference at Black River Coliseum on Thursday. Women Aware, Inc. is an organization dedicated to empowering women. The conference invites female attendees of all ages and backgrounds to attend talks on subjects like mental health, nutrition and finances, and take some time in between to shop vendors, eat and mingle...

ELWOOD, Ill. — Ellen Medlin, age 90, of Elwood, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation in Joliet. Born Aug. 14, 1931, in Charleston, Missouri, Ellen was a daughter of George and Lucille (nee Hanley) Monan. ...