Stories from Tuesday, August 16, 2022

BENTON, Mo. — A recount of Aug. 2 primary election votes for the Scott County prosecuting attorney race will take place Wednesday at the Scott County Courthouse in Benton. A preliminary hearing was conducted Monday before 33rd Judicial Circuit Judge David A. ...

SIKESTON — Elmer Eugene "Chuck" Grant III, age 80, of Sikeston passed away at his home on the morning of Aug. 15, 2022. He was born on July 19, 1942, in Sikeston, to the late Elmer Eugene Grant Jr. and Freda Lambert Grant. Chuck graduated from Sikeston High School in 1960 and attended the Louisiana State University School of Banking...

MALDEN, Mo. — A suspect wanted for his role in a shooting in Malden, Missouri is in custody. Aaron D. Cooper was arrested Friday night with help from the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department after being sought by the Malden Police Department for an incident on Aug. 11...

An “Auger Monster” was recently installed in the exterior of the Scott County Jail in Benton to comply with the Department of Natural Resources. Trash from the jail will go through the “Auger Monster” and basically washes the trash before going into the dumpster, according to Second District Commissioner Donnie Kiefer...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - In the early morning hours of Aug. 13, officers responded to a parking lot on Dawson Road for a report of shots fired. When the first officer arrived, most of the people had left and a witness said a man in an SUV fired several shots into the air. Shell casings were collected at the scene, and the next day an officer found a SUV matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle...

Work is currently underway along New Madrid’s Mississippi riverfront. Work crews are putting down additional riprap to stabilize the levee and protect it during high water.

New Madrid County Central students recently participated in a two-week band camp to prepare for the upcoming marching season.

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Joseph Wilson Sutton, 74, died Aug. 15, 2022, at Tiffany Springs Rehabilitation and Health Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, Missouri.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Karl Steven Hacker, 70, died Aug. 16, 2022, at his home in rural Charleston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Geraldine “Dean” DeField, 80, died Aug. 16, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Private services will be held at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston.