Lonnie E. Hodges
SIKESTON - Lonnie E. Hodges, age 80, passed away Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Dec. 16, 1939 in Sikeston, Missouri, son of the late...
View ArticleKaren Parker
DENVER, Colo. Karen Elaine Duncan Parker, 62, died Feb. 15, 2020, at her home in Denver. Born Dec. 19, 1957, in Houston, Texas, daughter of the late Thomas Hershel Duncan and Marlene Karres, she...
View ArticleOrlando Butler
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Orlando Pierre Butler, 54, died Jan. 21, 2020, in Milwaukee. Born Dec. 28, 1965, in Sikeston, son of Ida Bernice Williams-Butler of Milwaukee and Ernest Butler of Sikeston, Mo., he...
View ArticleWeek helps residents prepare for violent storms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. On May 22, 2019, violent storms spread across Missouri, spawning eight tornadoes, dangerous flash flooding, and causing three deaths and widespread destruction. The deadly...
View ArticleKelly High School hosts community screening of SILO
BENTON, Mo. During National FFA Week, the Kelly High School FFA Chapter hosted a screening of an independent film about grain entrapment Tuesday in the high school gymnasium. SILO is the...
View ArticleSikeston Altrusa Club presents grant to back packs program
SIKESTON Altrusa International of Sikeston, Missouri, Inc. presented the Enhancement of Semo Back Pack Program with a grant from the International Foundation on Nov. 8, 2019. As a literary focus to...
View ArticleBass Pro donates to EPHS
East Prairie High School students recently received over 50 pairs of waders and wading boots through Bass Pro Shops for the schools Conservation Wildlife course. With the waders and boots, the...
View ArticleNorma Maddox
SIKESTON Norma Jean Sherry Maddox, 89, died Feb. 24, 2020, at the Integrity Nursing Center in Carbondale, Ill.
View ArticleLeonna Heuring: Heart health: Classic signs arent the only symptoms
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. That means almost all of us have been touched by this disease in some way. Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect...
View ArticleSpeakout
Yes, after watching the impeachment debacle, there is only one conclusion all Americans can agree on, or should agree on, and thats term limits. There is no way a 75 or 80 year old congressman,...
View ArticleKathryn Todt
ORAN, Mo. Kathryn Ann Todt, 87, died Feb. 23, 2020, at her home. Born March 31, 1932, in Sikeston, daughter of the late John Emil Dumey and Bertha Bles Dumey, she was a former secretary for...
View ArticleCharlie Terrell
SIKESTON Charles W. "Charlie" Terrell, 90, died Feb. 26, 2020, at Delta South Nursing in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.
View ArticleTony Smith
BERTRAND, Mo. Anthony L. "Tony" Smith, 86, died Feb. 25, 2020, at the West Ridge Place Assisted Living in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
View ArticleDoris Graham
SIKESTON Doris Ann Cooksey Graham, 69, died Feb. 25, 2020, at her brothers home near Matthews. Born June 13, 1950, in rural Sikeston, daughter of the late Hubert F.M. Cooksey and Virlon Mae...
View ArticleJacquelyn Crews
SIKESTON Jacquelyn Louise Schaffer Crews, born Dec. 26, 1935, in Lilbourn, New Madrid County, Missouri, to Clifford Schaffer and Jewel Catherine Daugherty Schaffer who later moved to Sikeston,...
View ArticleTyson Foods awards $50,000 grant to Southeast Missouri Food Bank
SIKESTON Southeast Missouri Food Bank announced Wednesday it has received a $50,000 grant from Tyson Foods to fund 24 mobile food pantries in Stoddard, Scott and Dunklin Counties. The grant will...
View ArticleTRC continues to look at network problems
Officials continue to investigate the network disruption that occurred Tuesday afternoon at Three Rivers College. Classes are cancelled for the rest of the week except for nursing and allied health...
View ArticleAnalysis of CDC data shows Missouri fourth in nation for 2018 gun-death rate
The State of Missouri had the fourth-highest gun-death rate in the nation in 2018, according to a new analysis conducted by the Violence Policy Center, a national educational organization working to...
View ArticleAttorneys expect thousands of dicamba lawsuits
A quarter-billion dollar verdict in the landmark dicamba herbicide trial in Cape Girardeau earlier this month wasnt the end of the story. In fact, it was barely the first chapter, according to...
View ArticleNew Madrid County ends 2019 with surplus
NEW MADRID, Mo. Conservative estimates on revenues and the frugal use of tax dollars by county office holders put the 2019 New Madrid County budget into the black. As New Madrid County Clerk...
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