Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2022

Glenda Evans, 80, of Campbell died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Due to possible inclement weather, the visitation and funeral service for JoAnn Fairchild, 60, of Piedmont have been postponed from Saturday Jan. 15, to Monday, Jan. 17. Visitation will be held Monday, Jan. 17, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, Missouri. Services will follow at 1 p.m. also at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Burial will be at Mann Cemetery, Annapolis, Missouri...

MALDEN, Mo. — Herrald Lemuel Hamlett, 97 of Malden, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Herrald, son of Hershell and Elsie Kincannon Hamlett, was born on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1924 in Arbyrd, Missouri...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Rebecca A. Alwin, 45, of Ellsinore was booked Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the Butler County jail on a failure to appear warrant for DWI. _ Jason W. Banks, 47, of Wappapello was booked Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the Butler County jail on a failure to appear warrant for resisting arrest...

A Wayne County man’s 2018 convictions on charges of manslaughter and armed criminal action were vacated Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court, sending the case back to circuit court. Samuel J. Whitaker was convicted in Wayne County in the 2013 shooting death of his stepson-in-law, Carl Streeval. He was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and 13 years for armed criminal action...