Stories from Tuesday, April 19, 2022

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — An Arkansas man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Monday in Pemiscot County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 8:55 a.m. on Interstate 55, one mile south of Caruthersville, as the northbound vehicle driven by Derek Waddell, 31, of Paragould, Arkansas, crossed the median and struck the southbound vehicle driven by Courtney E. Lemons, 30, of Atoka, Tennessee, head-on...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Jean Alice Spillman Bonifield, 83, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022. She was an only child born to Eugene R. and Grace (Henard) Spillman of Cairo, Illinois, on Oct. 17, 1938. She graduated from Cairo High School in 1956. She married Alfred Bonifield in 1959 and had three children before divorcing...

SIKESTON — A celebration of life reception for Georgia Larkins Ferrell, 86, who passed away Jan. 16, 2022, will be from from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the First Christian Church Family Life Center, 1006 N. Main St., in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — Gloria Don Waldman, age 87, passed away April 17, 2022, at her home in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 6, 1934, in Braggadocio, Missouri, daughter of the late Albert and Lois Beasley. On Nov. 1, 1953, at Hernando, Mississippi, she married Robert Joseph Waldman. He preceded her in death in 1987...

ORAN, Mo. — Lawrence Dean Miles, 62, of Oran, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. He was born on March 9, 1960, to BT Miles and Wilhelmina Miles of Benton, Missouri. Dean graduated from Thomas W. Kelly High School in Benton and he lived in the Benton and Morley, Missouri, area most of his life...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Richard Gene “Richie” Babb, 54, of Lilbourn passed away April 13, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born July 20, 1967, in Hayti, Missouri, to Ray (wife Georgia) Babb of New Madrid, Missouri, and the late Clara Helen Laws...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Harry King, 71, formerly of New Madrid, Missouri, passed away Feb. 6, 2022, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born April 4, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Robert Delisle and Thelma Parks King. He was married to Sandy Wren King, who survives of the home. Harry was a steel worker that retired from Noranda Aluminum and was the owner of the Kings Foxtrotters...

SIKESTON — James “J.R.” Lee Reece, age 84, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday April 8, 2022, at his home in Sikeston. He was born on Jan. 3, 1938, in Gideon, Missouri, son of the late Lee and Roxada Shimpson Reece. On Dec. 18, 1982, in Sikeston, he married Connie Chapman Reece who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston American Legion and Auxiliary are gearing up for the annual poker run and cookoff competition in an effort to continue providing funds for the Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. The “Ninth Annual Poker Run and Cookoff” will be April 29-30 at the American Legion in Sikeston...

SIKESTON – Southeast Missouri Food Bank has been awarded a grant to continue the Veterans Healthy Food Surplus Program for the amount of $46,500 through the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust. The food bank began providing boxes of healthy food to veterans in 2019 through a continuing partnership with the John J. ...

Joe Caraway and Nancy Davidson play pickleball Monday at the YMCA of Southeast Missouri in Sikeston. As the sport grows, the YMCA has added pickleball times to Tuesday and Thursday as a recent clinic has brought even more popularity to the sport locally. The City of Sikeston is also adding six courts at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. The courts will replace two existing tennis courts and are slated to be ready for play this summer...

SIKESTON — The Annual Community Clean-Up Campaign will be held for nine days beginning Saturday and concluding May 1. The times will be from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. The City`s Yard Waste Disposal site, on Compress Road, will be open for Sikeston residents to bring any large bulky items, rubbish, yard waste, grass clippings, washers, dryers, microwaves, refrigerators, hot water heaters, commodes, tires no larger than 18” without rims, and household furniture to the site for disposal...

From left: Miner Mayor Frank Tatum, Miner Alderman Kay Whitaker and Miner Alderman Jimmy Alsup were sworn in during the Miner Board of Alderman meeting Monday night. Jimmy Thompson was chosen as the new Mayor Pro-tem during the meeting.

Norton LifeLock, a Tempe, Arizona, supplier of cybersecurity software and related services, makes the case in a compelling way. “Imagine. You’re out with friends enjoying a meal when the server comes back with a sorry look. Your card has been declined. ...

A large group of concerned citizens gathered at Puxico’s school board meeting Tuesday evening. The citizens were in attendance to address the board about the district’s dress code. The citizens felt the code to be strict as well as had a lot of gray area in its interpretation. Some held signs during the meeting...

Law enforcement say the suspect in a morning stabbing took his own life Monday morning on a Poplar Bluff overpass, after firing shots at passing cars. Jeffrey Carter, 28, of Poplar Bluff was pronounced dead at the scene before 11 a.m., according to information from law enforcement...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The New Madrid City Council members offered their thanks to two outgoing members and welcomed two new members at its April 11 meeting. Plaques along with their nameplates were presented to retiring Mayor Richard Bodi and Ward II Alderman Anthony Young...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of April 10, officers responded to the area of Pinnell and St. Christopher streets for suspicious activity. A citizen saw a white male try to open the back doors of two houses, then he walked north through some yards near Beverly Drive. A short time later an officer found the man walking between two houses carrying an open beer...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Their experience is what makes Powell’s Garage a valuable service to their customers say Caleb Powell and Diana Babb. Powell’s Garage, located at 501 Virginia St., specializes in automotive repair. However, Powell quickly points out, many of their customers are also calling on them for small engine and ATV repairs as well...