Stories from Monday, July 29, 2024

Terry Turlington, son of the late Charles Grundy Turlington and Dorris Eaton Turlington, was born May 24, 1940, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life July 25, 2024, at Delta South Skilled Nursing in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 84 years. Terry grew up in Dexter and was a member of First Baptist Church in Dexter. ...

Once upon a time in the sleepy little town of Bloomfield in the year 1922, a pretty, blue-eyed girl was born to the handsome couple, Mr. James and Lillie Julian McGhee. She was added to her older siblings, Marie, Wiley, Tom, and John (Cotton.) Little brother Paul was yet to come...

William Peck, son of the late Frank and Mary Rose Peck, was born Aug. 26, 1953, in Baltimore, Maryland and departed this life July 25, 2024, in Arden, North Carolina at the age of 70 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. - Police here are on a quest for the people responsible for an early Sunday shooting incident, Police Department Chief Jerry Hudgens said Monday. The incident at E. 7th and 20th Streets was witnessed by a mob estimated at 500 people, resulted in a number of victims being shot and taken to area hospitals for treatment...