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Beulah Parker
(Obituary ~ 10/10/19)
SIKESTON — Beulah Mae Parker, 83, died Oct. 9, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 2, 1936, in Johnson County, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Gabe and Jewel Willis Shipp. On July 1, 2000, she married Junior Ray Parker, who preceded her in death on July 23, 2018...
- DPS helps out St. Francis Xavier (Local News ~ 10/10/19)
- NMCC Homecoming prep (Local News ~ 10/10/19)
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Delta Regional Authority invests in local projects
(Local News ~ 10/10/19)
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Several local communities will benefit from a $1.2 million investment by the Delta Regional Authority. On Tuesday, DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Caldwell announced the $1.2 million in funds that will help support infrastructure development and workforce training to grow the region’s economy and create jobs...
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Fire Prevention Week
(Local News ~ 10/10/19)
The Sikeston Department of Public Safety Firepup greets children at St. Francis Xavier preschool in Sikeston Thursday morning. As part of Fire Prevention Week, Sikeston DPS has been visiting Sikeston schools and teaching students about fire safety...
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Free breakfast, lunch program paying off for R-6 District
(Local News ~ 10/10/19)
SIKESTON — The newly implemented free breakfast and lunch program is paying off for the Sikeston R-6 School District and the students and families it serves. In the spring, the R-6 school board approved the Community Eligibility Program, or CEP, for the 2019-2020 school year. ...
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Alternative education, dropout rate, transportation reports given
(Local News ~ 10/10/19)
SIKESTON — Several annual reports were presented as informational items during Tuesday’s regular Sikeston R-6 Board of Education meeting. Sikeston Alternative Education Center Principal Jeff Williams provided the at-risk services and achievement update on the Center’s three programs: BARC (Bulldog Academic Resource Center), New Horizons High School and SAC/Suspension Center...
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David Waters
(Obituary ~ 10/10/19)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — David Dale Waters, son of Joyce Waters of Dexter and the late Columbus “Jack” Waters was born on Aug. 25, 1951, in Canalou and departed this life on Oct. 9, 2019, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 68 years...
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Nathan Gunther Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/10/19)
KEWANEE, Mo. — Nathan Gunther Jr., age 95, a resident of the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, passed away Oct. 8, 2019. He was born Nov. 4, 1923, in Kirkwood Springs, Ky., the only child of Nath and Cecillia Capps Gunther. Nathan moved with his parents to Pemiscot County in 1936 and he graduated from Wardell High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater of Operations, he was a retired farmer and a retiree of Noranda Aluminum...
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