Stories from Tuesday, February 1, 2022

DEXTER — The death penalty will be sought in a case against a Dexter man accused of running over his co-worker in November while under the influence of methamphetamine. Boyd R. Lippoldt has a prior record of conviction for serious, assaultive criminal conviction, said Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver in court documents giving notice of the decision...

NEW MADRID — Madelyn Eads out paced New Madrid Central as Poplar Bluff earned a SEMO Conference win. Eads scored 20 points and McKenna Morrow had a season-high 13 as the Mules beat the host Eagles 53-22 Monday night. “We’ve played some really good teams recently,” Mules coach John David Pattillo said. “This was good to come in and play well.”...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Jane Henson Bishop, 71, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away Jan. 23, 2022. She was born Oct. 20, 1950 to Rex and Myra Lee Tinsley Henson. Jane and Doug Bishop was united in marriage in August of 1980 and he passed away on July 19, 2008...

RIPLEY COUNTY — Five people were seriously injured Monday afternoon and early Tuesday in a pair of accidents in Ripley County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The first accident occurred at 4:30 p.m. Monday on Highway 142, 10 miles east of Gatewood...

Bryan Lee Crites, 43, of West Plains, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Jan. 22, 2022, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota after a six month battle with leukemia. Bryan was born May 3, 1978, in Poplar Bluff. Bryan is survived by two sons, Bryce and Braden Crites of West Plains; parents, Bradley and Alice Crites of Poplar Bluff; one brother, David Crites (Stephanie); three nieces, Jenna Burks, Kinley Crites and Sophie Crites, all of West Plains; grandmother, Beulah Crites of Jackson, Missouri, and the mother of his children, Liz Keller, as well as uncles, aunts and cousins.. ...

Road maintenance crews across Southeast Missouri will be playing a wait-and-see game as a strong winter weather front descends upon the region Wednesday into Thursday. Freezing rain and sleet, with the potential for some snow, are predicted to hit the area...

Judy Lynn Hindal, 55, of Eldon, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born Feb. 24, 1966 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Melvin N. and Phoebe Ann (Wenger) Sensenig. On June 6, 1987, she was united in marriage to Stephen Dennis Hindal. To this union seven children were born. She was a member of Ridge View Mennonite Church and was a special education teacher at Ridge View Mennonite School...

NWS Paducah’s winter storm warning for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois will begin at noon on Wednesday with the arrival of cold air from the northwest. Meteorologist Andy Lesage said conditions would quickly deteriorate as the cold freezes precipitation in the air and on the ground, but the exact accumulation is hard to predict due to tiny variations in temperature from region to region. ...

As a potentially severe winter weather system carrying rain, ice and snow bears down on Southeast Missouri, Butler County schools are holding their breath to see whether they will have to shut their doors Thursday and Friday.

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Jacob L. Gonzalez, 25, of Sikeston was booked Monday, Jan. 31, at the Butler County courthouse on warrants for driving while revoked and operating a vehicle of another while knowing owner did not maintain financial responsibility...