Stories from Monday, April 27, 2020

A 24-year-old New Madrid woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash at 9:10 p.m. Sunday, April 26, on Highway 153, two miles north of Parma, in Stoddard County. According to the report, Kayla D. Atchley was operating a 1999 Buick Regal northbound when it ran off the right side of the road. Atchley reportedly overcorrected, which caused her car to run off the left side of the road, strike a ditch and overturn...

A priest formerly assigned to the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau has been accused of physical/sexual misconduct, according to a release from the diocese. Father Gary Carr, who was assigned to St. Joseph's Parish in Advance in 1987, has been accused of inappropriate physical/sexual contact with a male, who was 10 to 13 years old at the time of the incident. The male is now an adult...