Stories from Thursday, July 27, 2023

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Two people are charged following a months-long investigation into local drug trafficking. New Madrid Police Chief Joey Higgerson reported July 25 that an officer with his department assigned to the SEMO Drug Task Force received a search warrant for an apartment building in the 200 block of Main Street. ...

SIKESTON — A Matthews, Missouri, woman and a Dexter, Missouri, man died in separate crashes within the past week. Lydia D. DeRossett, 23, of Matthews died of injuries following a single-vehicle crash Monday, July 24 in Stoddard County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. ...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — A woman has been charged with the murder of a Scott City man. On Monday, July 24, Scott City police officers responded to the 200 block of Keeley Avenue in reference to a call of shots fired, according to a social media post by Scott City Police Department. Upon arrival, officers made contact with a 50-year-old male who had apparent gunshot wounds. He later succumbed to his injuries...

SIKESTON — The Cowboy Up Arts Festival is one way for families to kick off the 71st Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. On Saturday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the event will be inside the Sikeston Depot Museum at 116 West Malone in Historic Downtown Sikeston, as well as in the Depot parking area and Legion Park...

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old Sikeston, Missouri, man charged with murder in the traffic death of Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith has requested a change of venue for his upcoming trial, online court records show. The request on July 18 seeks to move the trial of Eddie Jones of Sikeston to another county or to bring a jury in from another county, news outlets reported...

SIKESTON — Milling and overlay projects in Sikeston began Friday, July 28 on Kendall Street. According to the City of Sikeston, the first phase will be to strip, or mill, a thin layer off the top of the existing street. The second phase will be to go back with two layers of asphalt to the give the street a new surface. ASA Asphalt Company of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, will complete the projects...

Gerald Scott was driving an MFA truck down Scott County Road 532 on Monday, July 24, to drop fuel for a customer when he had to pull over because of the heavy rain. “I couldn’t see out the windshield no more because it was raining so much,” Scott said. “I didn’t want to be on the road to hit somebody or hit something or somebody hit me.”...