Kelly school board appoints new member
BENTON, Mo. A board vacancy was filled by the Scott County R-4 Kelly Board of Education during a special session early this week. Robby Lemonds was appointed to fill the seat on the board left...
View ArticleLocal merchants work to brighten the holiday season for their shoppers
SIKESTON The holiday shopping season is officially underway, and local merchants are working to make the season brighter for their communities. Several retailers have planned holiday open houses...
View ArticleSpeakout
Its very plain to see that the Black, Democrat politicians have taken over and ruined the big cities in Missouri and the country. Guess who is next.
View ArticleBobby Abernathy
MORLEY, Mo. Bobby Eugene Abernathy, 88, died Nov. 4, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the New Morley Cemetery in Morley...
View ArticleWanda Evans
SIKESTON Wanda Evans, 81, died Nov. 5, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases continue to rise in Southeast Mo.
SIKESTON Community spread of COVID-19 is increasing in Southeast Missouri, and public health officials remind residents to take precautions to keep the virus from spreading. Scott County reported...
View ArticleIn compliance
BENTON, Mo. Employees of KT Power Systems of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Kluesner Concreters of Kelso, Missouri, work Thursday on the construction of a new Americans with Disabilities-compliant...
View ArticleRehder ready for next challenge in Jefferson City
State Sen.-elect Holly Rehder says she is very thankful and honored to be elected to succeed term-limited Wayne Wallingford this coming January in the upper chamber of Missouris General Assembly....
View ArticleRobinson named to Southeast Missouri Food Bank Board
SIKESTON Southeast Missouri Food Bank has announced the addition of Dr. Tony Robinson, superintendent of the Sikeston R-6 Public School District, to its board of directors. Dr. Robinson brings a...
View ArticleSpeakout
We have been citizens of Miner for going on 50 years and they have always had problems when certain people are on the board. If you want to know the truth, you need to ask citizens. Not people who...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 spreads, so does virtual learning
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Portageville elementary and middle school students will be learning virtually, joining the high school students already learning from home. Beginning Friday, the entire school...
View ArticleNew adoption record for Southeast region achieved
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Southeastern Missouri has achieved a new record for adoptions. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Missourians in the Southeast region of the state overcame these obstacles to...
View ArticleLOCAL HEROES: Glaus and team power through tough times
SIKESTON Everyone needs their garbage picked up and taken to the compost site. Despite a global pandemic, businesses still have challenges to deal with, especially the companies that may not seem...
View ArticleBessie Nanney
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Bessie G. Nanney, 92, died Nov. 6, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Portageville Cemetery with the Rev. John Compere...
View ArticleHearing conducted for second murder suspect
NEW MADRID, Mo. - A second suspect in the murder of an elderly Morehouse resident was ordered bound over for trial. A preliminary hearing was conducted before Judge William W. Carter in Division II...
View ArticleBaker files for Ward 2 council seat; primary election needed
SIKESTON A primary election will be needed for a Sikeston City Council seat. According to Sikeston City Manager Jonathan Douglass, (Charles) Vest Baker has filed for Councilman in Ward 2. His...
View ArticleHelen Wallhausen
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Helen Anne Wallhausen, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday morning, Nov. 7, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center after a brief illness. Helen was born in New York City, NY, July...
View ArticleBessie Quinn
SIKESTON Bessie Mae Quinn, 83, died Oct. 23, 2020, at Miner Nursing Home in Miner. There will be a private ceremony for family held at a later date.
View ArticleKenneth Rodery
SIKESTON Kenneth Rodery, age 74, passed away on Nov. 6, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born June 13, 1946, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to the late Aldon and...
View ArticlePatricia Wilkerson
PARMA, Mo. Patricia Wilkerson, daughter of the late Everett Cecil and Juanita Newton Cook, was born on Dec. 5, 1950, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and departed this life on Nov. 5, 2020, at Southeast...
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