Stoddard County Emergency Management Director, Kent Polsgrove, calls it a career
After nearly 10 years as Stoddard County Emergency Management Director and 33 years in education, Kent Polsgrove has decided to call it a career. Polsgrove spent 20 years at Dexter as assistant...
View ArticleHard work, dedication lands Richland grad top piano honor
When 2019 Richland graduate Kate Wyman left for the University of Missouri in the fall of 2019 she had a piece of unfinished business left at home. The clock was ticking for her to finish that...
View ArticleWallace named to Deans List at St. Louis College of Pharmacy
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Bryce Wallace of Portageville has been named to the St. Louis College of Pharmacy deans list for the spring 2020 semester. To be eligible for the deans list, students must earn at...
View ArticleLabor Day fire
At 1:11 p.m. Monday, the Portageville Fire Department was called to assist the Gideon and Malden Fire Departments at a structure fire on Highway 153 at Gideon. Responding to the scene were Engine 1...
View ArticleSikeston teacher awarded grant
Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center Kindergarten teacher Leann Crook was recently awarded a $500-grant from the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation. Her classroom will receive new...
View ArticleLinda Six
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Linda Lou Six, 72, died Sept. 7, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Nov. 23, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Luella Roth...
View ArticleThree deaths reported locally while many counties see fewer active cases
Three local deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday but many local counties are showing fewer active cases since Friday. Two deaths were reported by the Mississippi County Health...
View ArticleSpeakout
To the person who said McConnell and Trump are atheists I dont know if McConnell is but Donald Trump is definitely not an atheist. You need to read in your bible, Zechariah 13:9. Trump is for...
View ArticleJo Ann Quertermous
BERTRAND, Mo. Jo Ann Lepchenske Quertermous, 87, died Sept. 5, 2020, at her home in Bertrand. Born Aug. 13, 1933, in Charleston, daughter of the late Dora Sally Russell Lepchenske Wilmurth and...
View ArticleOfficials address stop sign problem; citizens named to boards, commissions
SIKESTON A number of drivers running a stop sign at Salcedo and Columbine has drawn concern from Sikeston city officials. Sikeston City Councilman Ryan Merideth asked Sikeston Department of Public...
View ArticleSEMO Food Bank to hold virtual telethon Thursday
SIKESTON Southeast Missouri Food Bank will host a virtual telethon on social media channels Thursday to raise much-needed funds to help feed hungry people. The virtual telethon will feature...
View ArticleDenise Bryant
CHARLESTON, Mo. Denise Lane Pooh Bryant, 43, died Sept. 1, 2020, at her home. Born April 30, 1977, in Charleston, daughter of Earnest Bryant of Seattle, Washington, and Cynthia Ellis Bryant of...
View ArticleMarjorie Arington
DOGWOOD, Mo. Marjorie Ann Heath Arington, age 88, a resident of Dogwood, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. She was born April 21, 1932, in Mississippi County, to Noah S. and Margaret Hurley Heath. After...
View ArticleTed Maltbia Sr.
NEW MADRID, Mo. Theodis (Ted) Maltbia Sr., 71-year-old resident of New Madrid, departed this life Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 11, 1948, in New...
View ArticleStoddard County long-term nursing facility has COVID-19 outbreak; active...
An outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at a Stoddard County long-term nursing facility and two deaths have been reported locally while the number of active cases continues to decrease in some...
View ArticleWorlds largest man-made watermelon to highlight Blodgett sesquicentennial
BLODGETT, Mo. During the early 1900s, Blodgett, Missouri, became known as the Watermelon Capital of the World, receiving an award at the 1904 Worlds Fair held in St. Louis. On Saturday, the...
View ArticleFarmers taking advantage of warmer temps
SIKESTON Missouri farmers have been taking advantage of the recent sunny, warm weather. Temperatures last week averaged 72.9 degrees, 0.7 degree below normal while precipitation averaged 1.30...
View ArticleR-6 Board hears from public regarding COVID-19
SIKESTON Three weeks into the new school year, some Sikeston R-6 parents and a student offered their input regarding school operations during the COVID-19 pandemic at Tuesdays regular monthly...
View ArticleSikeston R-6 bond projects schematic designs updated
SIKESTON The Sikeston R-6 School district received updated schematic designs of Lee Hunter Elementary and the high schools C Building as well as a general project update during its regular monthly...
View ArticleTony LeGrand
BENTON, Mo. Tony LeGrand, 85, died Sept. 9, 2020, at Delta South Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sikeston. Born June 20, 1935, in Benton, Missouri, son of the late Adam LeGrand and Lorena...
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