Stories from Monday, November 13, 2023

SIKESTON — An investigation is underway following the weekend shooting death of a Sikeston man. On the evening of Sunday, Nov. 12 officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a report of a subject shot at a residence in the 100 block of North Handy, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston DPS...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Sikeston man was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 13 to 123 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Michael Ray Turner, 39, of Sikeston was sentenced to serve 123 months in federal prison for the offense of felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S.Attorney's Office. Turner appeared for his sentencing hearing Monday, Nov. 13 before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON – Once again this year, Missouri’s Share the Harvest program will allow deer hunters to donate venison to families and individuals facing hunger in their communities. “Protein is one of our most-requested items, but it is also one of the most expensive and difficult to source,” said Joey Keys, chief executive officer of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. “The Share the Harvest program is a great way for local hunters to give back to their communities and avoid waste.”...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Timothy Johnson, 62, died Nov. 10, 2023, at St. Louis University Hospital. Visitation is from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. DeWayne Roberts officiating...

MAMMOTH SPRING, Ark. — Kenneth Wayne Watkins, also lovingly known as “Little Kenny,” of Mammoth Spring, was born on Oct. 24, 1963, in Sikeston, Missouri, a son to the late Betty Sue (Watkins) Jenkins. Little Kenny passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, having reached the age of 60...

HOUSTON, Texas — Terrance Romel Jones, 44, of Houston died Nov. 1, 2023, in Houston. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Opportunity Church of God in Christ, 608 West Cypress St., in Charleston, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

SIKESTON — Preston Lee Williams, age 62, passed away Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at his home near Sikeston, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 23, 1960, at Kermit, Texas, to Vonna Cross Williams Russell, who survives of Sikeston, and the late Howard Glenn Williams. ...

SIKESTON — Bernice B. Howard, 88, of Sikeston passed away on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on June 9, 1935, in Oran, Missouri, to the late Mollie Flournoy Warfield and Samuel Warfield Sr...