Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2023

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sikeston, Missouri, native Matt Bain has been named a deputy state director in the office of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri. Bain joined Hawley’s office in the winter of 2019 as the senator’s Southeast District Office Director and Statewide Agriculture Liaison. He will continue in those roles...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former Southeast Missourian, born and raised in a small town located in the Bootheel area, transitioned on Friday, June 23, 2023, to a brighter home of peace. Micheal Hill was born on Nov. 16, 1961, to the proud parents of the late Mary “Hackney” Wiley and Robert Wiley Sr. in North Lilbourn, Missouri. Micheal is the second youngest of eight bundles of joy during this union...

GRAY SUMMIT, Mo. — Bernita “Bunny” Stone Cooper, age 91, passed away on July 8, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Gray Summit.  She was born on July 17, 1931, in Crowder, Missouri, to the late Leonard and Pearl Burns Jefferies. She was the third of 11 children...

SIKESTON — Beatrice Patterson, 91, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2023, at her home. She was born on Jan. 2, 1932, to the late George and Callie Bell Motton. She leaves to fondly cherish her memories of her husband, Albert Patterson Jr., seven children, and a host of grandchildren, other relatives and friends...

A special prosecutor has been appointed to review evidence in the 1992 murder case of Angela Mischelle Lawless, according to documents obtained by the Southeast Missourian through a public records request. The move is the most significant procedural decision in the case since Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Don Cobb’s predecessor, Amanda Oesch, announced in January 2022 she was handing the case files over to the state Highway Patrol and Missouri attorney general cold case unit...

After serving four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, Holly Thompson Rehder was elected to the Missouri Senate in 2020. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, with her very early years in Texas, Thompson Rehder moved as a child to Southeast Missouri, where her parents, and extended family, have lived for more than five generations...

SIKESTON– This summer The Landing in Van Buren, Missouri, will be giving floaters the chance to give back to help neighbors facing hunger. On Saturday, July 15, The Landing will donate 10% of all rental costs to Southeast Missouri Food Bank. The food bank serves 16 counties in southeast Missouri, including Carter County, where The Landing is located...

SIKESTON, Mo.— Mizelle Ferrell McClure, age 81, of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 22, 1941, in the Gnat Hill Community near Beechgrove, Tennessee, to the late William “Lacy” Ferrell and Earline McCullough Ferrell, after her high school graduation, Mizelle went on to study at St. Thomas School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston not-for-profit will host a new and exciting fundraising event — blacklight bingo night — for the first time later this month. Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri’s event is July 22 at the Sikeston VFW, 709 Smith Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. with bingo starting at 6 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older...