Stories from Saturday, June 26, 2010

BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County's experience with an ankle bracelet monitoring system for non-violent inmates could serve as a model for the General Assembly to change its reimbursements. The Sikeston Standard Democrat reported that on Wednesday, the southeast district commissioners meeting, which represents 10 counties, was held. There, Scott County officials talked about their experience with the bracelets. It is the only local county to use the program...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services requires all health departments to complete regular Community Health Assessments. With this data in mind, departments create programs to boost health and health awareness in their communities. Obesity, smoking, heart disease and diabetes top the lists this year. Public health experts share how they're addressing the issues in Southeast Missouri...

Fifty-six individuals, most of them Cape Girardeau County residents, seven local financial institutions, and a state agency have been named in a condemnation suit filed by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission in connection with planned improvements to Highway 61; the suit was filed in Circuit Court Friday in an effort to complete the acquisition of right of way along the approximately 5 1/2-mile stretch of Highway 177 from east of Route W to Route J, where the Procter and Gamble Paper Products Co. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Lillian F. Baker Mohart was fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Beloved wife of the late John Mohart Jr.; loving mother of John K. (Mary) Mohart, LaDonna J. Childers, and Gayle (Tim) Maassen; dear grandmother of Dr. ...

Marguerite A. Spence, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1916, in Evansville, Ind., to John and Mary Rebecca McMillian Davis. Marguerite married Ted Rubel, who preceded her in death in 1974. She then married Earl Spence, who preceded her in death in 1984...

ORAN, Mo. -- Berneal Elizabeth Carroll, 94, of Oran died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 6, 1916, in Oran, daughter of Leo Anthony and Pauline Lucille Metz Heisserer. She and Ben F. Carroll Jr. were married Oct. 8, 1950. He died June 29, 1990...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Charles "Chuck" Martin, 52, of Maryland Heights died suddenly Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in St. Louis. Loving companion of Mary Jane Holman; loving son of Eda and Fred Engelman; dear brother of Mariann Sambor and the late Christopher; uncle of Timothy, Christen, Kyle and Sarah-Jane...

ORAN, Mo. -- Leona Marie Hernandez, 72, of Oran died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at her home. She was born May 6, 1938, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Roscoe and Beatrice Nordin Keller. Leona was a retired waitress. Survivors include a brother, Russell Keller of St. Charles, Mo.; a sister, Jewell Hampton of Chaffee; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild...