Jewel Gross
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Jewel Wayne Gross, 74, passed away Jan. 20, 2021 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born April 14, 1946 in New Madrid County, Missouri, son of the...
View ArticleMaglyn Nelson
SIKESTON Maglyn Nelson, 90, passed away Jan. 23, 2021 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Oct. 8, 1930 in Lilbourn, Missouri, daughter of the late Buford Lane and...
View ArticlePatsy Baker
RIDGECREST, La. Patsy Turner Baker, 87 of Ridgecrest, Louisiana, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at LaSalle General Hospital in Jena, Louisiana. Born...
View ArticleLona Edie Blackwell
MINER, Mo. Lona Loedith Edie Blackwell, 94, passed away Jan. 24, 2021 at Miner Nursing Center in Miner, Missouri. She was born Aug. 28, 1926 in Center Ridge, Arkansas, daughter of the late Frank...
View ArticleMary Ellen Stricker
CHARLESTON, Mo. Mary Ellen Halter Stricker, 101, of rural Charleston, died Jan. 24, 2021, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Oct. 21, 1919, in Mississippi County,...
View ArticleEarl Henderson
SIKESTON Earl Lloyd Henderson of Sikeston passed away on Jan. 25, 2021, at the age of 86, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, on March 12,...
View ArticleGetting first round of vaccine was painless
Ive heard all the stories and seen the posts on social media about the COVID-19 vaccine. Still, when I had the chance to get the vaccine, I jumped at it. Even though it is just like getting a...
View ArticleCity looking at funding next phase of Rail Trail
SIKESTON City officials are seeking funding for the next phase of the Rail Trail. During Mondays Sikeston City Council meeting, Council approved applying for MoDOTs Transportation Alternatives...
View ArticleDon Matthews
JACKSON, Mo. Donald Don F. Matthews, 89, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Jan. 25, 2021, at his home in Jackson. He was born Aug.4, 1931, in Sikeston, to Ben O. and Jennie P. Watts...
View ArticleHarold Rhodes
LILBOURN, Mo. Harold Gene Scrogg Rhodes, age 88, died Jan. 24, 2021, at Mounds Park. Visitation is from noon to service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday at DeLisle Funeral Home. Burial will follow at...
View ArticleJason Stockton
SIKESTON Jason M. Crasy J Stockton of Sikeston, passed away on Jan. 24, 2021, at the age of 42, at his home in Sikeston. He was born in Sikeston, on April 30, 1978, to the late Bo Brown and...
View ArticleFormer East Prairie funeral home owner charged with financial exploitation of...
A former Mississippi County funeral homeowner has been charged with financial exploitation of the elderly after selling pre-need funerals without a proper license. Charles R. Ricky Penrod, of East...
View ArticleMissouri last among states at giving vaccine
Missouri ranks dead last among states for the percentage of residents who have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. According to information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleMadisson Lambert
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Madisson Elizabeth Lambert, age 24 of East Prairie, passed away on the 26th of January 2021 near East Prairie. She was born June 14, 1996, in Sikeston to Brian Douglas Lambert and...
View ArticleNew Madrid County R-1 moves to in-person classes four days a week
NEW MADRID, Mo. - It has been almost 10 months since the hallways of the school buildings across the New Madrid County R-1 School District were filled with all its students. But on Feb. 1, the...
View ArticleStevens is Hometown Hero
Modern Woodmen of America Chapter 5036 recently honored Marlene Stevens as a Hometown Hero. Stevens has orchestrated and provided a Community Thanksgiving meal for the elderly in the Sikeston...
View ArticleServing on the front line: Despite COVID-19, local nutrition center continues...
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The smell of hot rolls fresh from the oven is still there. So are the friendly greetings when a senior appears at the door. But much has changed since coronavirus forced the New...
View ArticleMan charged for domestic disturbance
On the afternoon of Jan. 21, officers responded to an address in the 600 block of Mill Street in reference to an assault in progress. When they arrived on-scene they found a woman standing on the...
View ArticleRaces for New Madrid County school boards are set
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Now there are three. Monday morning, one of the candidates initially filing to serve on the New Madrid County R-1 School Board officially withdrew their name. Seeking the two...
View ArticleR-1 plans for playground improvements
NEW MADRID, Mo. - As part of the New Madrid County R-1 School Districts efforts to ensure student safety, the playground at the Lilbourn Elementary School will be moved. During its January meeting,...
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