Stories from Monday, September 18, 2023

SIKESTON — A homicide investigation is underway in Sikeston after a woman was found dead in her home early Monday, Sept. 18. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Chief James McMillen, around 9 a.m. Monday officers responded to the 100 block of Broadway in response to a missing person’s report. Officers checked inside the home where they found 49-year-old Carolyn Kelso Hann dead inside her home...

DUDLEY, Mo. — A Dudley man died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday, Sept. 17 in Stoddard County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 11:53 a.m. on Highway WW, three miles north of Dudley, as the northbound semi-truck operated by Noah B. Rushing, 22, of Dudley ran off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected and ran off the left side of the roadway and struck an embankment...

BERTRAND, Mo. — The City of Bertrand is joining together with its citizens to bring a much-needed amenity to their community, despite its small size. Residents are signing a petition for a new fuel pump and are welcoming anyone to sign.  The petition has already received a few signatures, but Leonard Harrison, the chief of police and assistant city administrator for Bertrand, said they are still encouraging others to do so. ...

SIKESTON — Christian ministry HOPE 180, part of Sikeston’s Spread Hope Now, is preparing to uplift teenage girls through wellness with their new fitness class, “Monday Movement.” Dana Self, director of Hope 180, has been coming up with unique activities for each day that they are open, according to Regina Guthrie from Hope 180. ...

The rate of joblessness is on the rise in Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties, according to the latest available data from the state Department of Labor, even as unemployment overall remains at near-historic lows in Missouri. Cape Girardeau: 3.2% in June, up from 2.7% in May and 2.2% in April;...

SIKESTON — Michael Jefferson Sherrod, age 35, passed away Sept. 14, 2023, at his home in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Aug. 5, 1988, in Sikeston, son of Charles Eddy Sherrod and Sondra Lee Dykes-Haynes. Michael was artistic; he loved hunting, fishing and riding on country roads with his dad. He was baptized into the Christian faith April 16, 2023. He loved spending time with his family, especially his son, Ryder...

BENTON, Mo. — Hoyt A. Mothershead, a beloved son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, at the age of 94, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  He was a man of unwavering dedication and a deep love for his family...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Margaret Ellen Ross Jenkins, 74, died Sept. 18, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is from noon until 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — Frederick L. “Fred” Higdon, age 70, of New Hamburg passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Sept. 10, 1953, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to the late Horace and Daisy Hickman Higdon. He and his best friend, Tina Heisserer, were married on March 4, 1998, in Benton, Missouri...