Stories from Monday, October 22, 2012

A well-known Steele businessman was killed Saturday afternoon when the truck he was driving was struck by a train about a mile south of Steele, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Scott Spence, 53, was pronounced dead by Mississippi County, Arkansas Coroner Mike Godsey at Great Rivers Medical Center in Blytheville after being taken there by ambulance. Spence was an owner of Woods Lumber Co. in Steele and Portageville...