Stories from Friday, March 13, 2015

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dozens turned out Tuesday evening for a public hearing in Cape Girardeau to learn more about possible changes to the state's 2016-2017 deer hunting season. The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering changes to the firearms and archery seasons, as well as other areas, in an attempt to increase the deer population...

Moves closer to buying ambulance bus

Dexter students bring home first place in both senior and junior divisions

Dan and Connie Heil of Dexter are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Cathryn Ann Heil to Cameron Ross Williams, son of Rick and Renee Williams of Princeton, Ky. The bride elect is the granddaughter of Conley and Joan Coyan of Springfield, Mo., and Paul and Pam Heil of Four Seasons, Mo...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Following an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control, a Malden man now faces three felony charges after an armed stand-off in Malden on Tuesday. Bobby N. Cantrell, 48, of Malden, has been charged with second-degree felony assault on law enforcement (two counts), felony armed criminal action, and felony unlawful use of a weapon...

Velva "Teed" Hankins, daughter of the late Claud Atwater and Lucy Woods Little, was born in Parma on Nov. 11, 1932, and died at her home in Morehouse on March 12, 2015, at the age of 82. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements...

Hattie Nottingham, daughter of the late Samual Allen and Myrtie May Lincoln Harper, was born in Idalia on March 20, 1913, and died at her home in St. Charles on March 12, 2015, at the age of 101. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements...

Anna Pauline Allen, daughter of the late Robert Glenn and Carrie Buchanan Glenn was born in Acorn Ridge on Oct. 10, 1922, and died at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on Friday, March 13, 2015, at the age of 92. Mrs. Allen was a charter member of the Northside Baptist Church in Bernie, co-owner of Goodnight-Allen Real Estate and Insurance in Bernie and a resident of Bernie...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Two Wayne County men were arraigned Thursday for their alleged roles in the shooting death of a man whose body was found laying next to his overturned all-terrain vehicle on a county road near Hiram. Steven E. Jennewein, 34, of Greenville and Brandon Norman, 25, of Lowndes appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller on the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

Darrell R. Martin, son of the late R. C. Martin and Audrey Martin, was born on Jan. 18, 1950, in Sikeston and died on March 10, 2015, at his residence in Essex at the age of 65. Mr. Martin had worked as a Router Operator for Rowe Furniture Company in Morehouse...

Stoddard County March 11-12, 2015 Amanda Kay Adams, 36, of Parma, was arrested on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $12,500 cash and she remains in jail at this time. Joseph Alexander Coleman, 29, of Dexter, was arrested on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $25,000 cash, and he remains in jail at this time...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Advance Hornets led by as many as 12 points in the first half but came up short in its bid to become the first team to knock off the undefeated Meadville Eagles. No. 1 ranked Meadville outscored Advance by 21 points after the first quarter as it rallied for a 63-51 victory against Advance in a Class 1 semifinal at Mizzou Arena Thursday night in Columbia...