Stories from Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Friday, Oct. 25 Pie & Box Supper The annual Gravel Hill Pie & Box Supper Fundraiser will be at 6:30 p.m. Please come for an evening of old-fashioned fun and help support the cemetery maintenance. Saturday, Oct. 26 Barktober Fest Barktober Fest will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Lucy’s Dog Park...

First Grade Bryer Billingsley, Van Bolt, Hazel Cain, Tanner Collier, Hollis Gregory, Benjamin Grooms, Gabriella Grooms, Liam Johnson, Karson Kimbrel, Lucas Lawson, Nolan Robeson, Hudson Schultz, Greyson Smith, Rhett Vaughn, Eli Waller, Nathaniel Williamson...

Ray Kroc was an incredibly successful entrepreneur. The 52-year-old believed he had discovered a gold mine when he entered Richard and Maurice’s restaurant in 1955. He soon convinced the brothers to allow him to franchise their burger business. Kroc would turn the McDonald brothers’ restaurant into the world’s largest fast-food chain. ...

I find it amusing that we often equate difficulty with legitimacy. What I am talking about is the idea that unless a person has struggled with (fill in the blank), they have no legitimate claim to share. Alright, let’s look in the Bible at 2 Kings 5, the story of Naaman. Naaman was a great general for Syria who contracted leprosy. A servant girl suggested he go to Israel and ask to be healed. Naaman goes and takes with him millions of dollars’ worth of gifts and bling...

Family/Domestic Cases Filed • Melissa Kammerdiener vs. Joshua L. Kammerdiener – Dissolution of Marriage With Children • Cathy L. Keasler vs. Kristopher G. Keasler – Dissolution of Marriage Without Children • Misti R. Harris vs. Michael J. Harris – Dissolution of Marriage Without Children...

Criminal Cases Filed • St. vs. Amanda N. Magarian - Delivery Or Possession Of A Controlled Substance At County/Private Jail/Correctional Center Except With Prescription; Possession Of Controlled Substance • St. vs. Tahnee Nicole Dobbs - Resisting/Interfering With Arrest, Detention Or Stop; Failure To Register Motor Vehicle; Driver/Front Seat Passenger Failed To Wear Properly Adjusted/Fastened Safety Belt...

Traffic/Municipal Cases Filed • Bernie vs. Justin Joe Aaron Humphries - Leaving The Scene Of A Motor Vehicle Accident; Operated Motor Vehicle Without Valid License; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (16-19 Mph Over); Property Damage • Bernie vs. Alfonso Cortez-Macias - Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (11-15 Mph Over)...

Three Rivers College will host “Honeymoon from Hell” by Eileen Moushey, a Murder Mystery dinner, at 6 p.m. Nov. 2, in the Holiday Inn Ballroom. Presented by Black River Outdoors, all proceeds go to benefit Three Rivers College scholarships. Anything that CAN go wrong, HAS gone wrong aboard the S.S. Amore, a not-so-luxurious honeymoon cruise ship. Captain Giovanni Della Robbia is trying to calm the passengers, with the assistance of the cruise director, Gina...

Three Rivers College Patrons of the Arts present the “Vienna Boys Choir” at 7 p.m. November 16, at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Christmas in Vienna showcases gifted child musicians with unforgettable voices in a program featuring Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs, and holiday favorites. Tickets are $15 and are available online at tinnin.ticketleap.com. Tickets will be sold at the door, if any remain. All seats reserved...

Dimitrius Chapman, 24, of Malden was arrested on Monday, Oct. 14 on a Dpd - Warrant service failure to appear/pay fine. _ Beulah Dunivan, 48, of Benton was arrested on Monday, Oct. 14 for Stealing (m)(o/200) shoplifting. _ Rebecca Long, 42, of Benton was arrested on Monday, Oct. 14 for - Stealing (m)(o/200) shoplifting...

Jacob Duncan, 27 of Puxico was booked on a Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear, no seatbelt, speeidng 20-25 mph over and driving while suspended/revoked 2nd offense and a Bollinger County warrant. Bond was set at $2,000. _ Chelsie Jones, 31, of Dexter, was booked on a Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear on a possession charge and a failure to appear for tampering with a motor vehicle and stealing a motor vehicle. No bond was set. and she remains in _...

BLOOMFIELD — The Stars & Stripes National Museum and Library has announced its upcoming Fifth Annual Spirit of Democracy Banquet & Silent Auction. This cornerstone fundraising event will take place Nov. 2, at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau. Doors will open at 5 p.m...

SIKESTON — On Oct. 11-13, eight members of the local Boy Scouts of America Troops 4041 and 4025 earned their Professional Association of Diving Instructors, or PADI, Open-Water Scuba certifications. The troops have been busy of late — as the past two months have included training with Cape Dive and Travel personnel — and completing their confined water dives at Southeast Missouri State University and open-water dives at Mermet Springs in Belknap, Illinois...

Two bald eagles sit in a field as a combine cuts soybeans Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Scott County. There were 7.0 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Missouri Crop Progress and Condition Report released Wednesday, Oct. ...