Stories from Friday, December 20, 2024

The Daily American Republic is going to do more than turn the page on the calendar this year to mark the New Year. We’re also unveiling a new website. The site is scheduled to go live Jan. 6. We’re excited for you to see the new look and improved experience at www.darnews.com. The address will remain the same. Once the site goes live, you’ll automatically be taken to the new page...

Missouri received a dubious Christmas gift from Mother Nature in 1924: A winter storm that snapped communication lines and brought train travel to a screeching halt.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the United Gospel Rescue Mission, where the staff is preparing for Wednesday’s traditional holiday dinner. While delivery boxes are being assembled, the Rev. Dr. Greg Kirk, is preparing at least 2,500 meals for Christmas and is cooking 100 turkeys to go along with the ham and other food. The mission fed almost 2,600 meals on Thanksgiving...

Sharon Kay Stewart, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Dec. 19, 2024, in the St. Louis University Hospital. She was born Oct. 27, 1950, in Rockford, Illinois to the late Edward Riley and Dorothy “Savell” Riley. Sharon was married in Fairdealing, Missouri, to Michael Stewart. They have been married for 50 years. He survives...

Helen Loucille (Shrum) Cable, age 100 years, 10 months, 16 days of Shook, Missouri, passed away Dece. 16, 2024, at Westwood Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Helen was born Jan. 27, 1924, to Harry Roscoe and Mittie May (Mullins) Shrum in Shook. Helen was united in marriage to James S. Cable, April 21, 1953, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death April 27, 1994. He was the former Circuit Clerk/Recorder of Deeds of Wayne County...

Bobby Lee George, 93, of Fisk, Missouri, died Wednesday, Dec.18, 2024 at his residence.

BENTON, Mo. — An investigation by a Scott County special prosecutor has resulted in the federal indictment of a Sikeston man for the murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless. Lawless, 19, was murdered around 1 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992, in the vicinity of the 80-mile marker, northbound exit ramp of Interstate 55 and Missouri Highway 77 in Benton/Scott County...