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SIKESTON —Onethia Williams, community support professional, was named Bootheel Counseling Services Employee of the Month for September 2019. Williams’ coworkers described her demonstrating strong traits of teamwork and loyalty. She demonstrates compassion empathy balanced with wisdom...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Mason Kellams recently joined the First State Community Bank lending team in Portageville. “We’re thrilled about the new addition to our team,” said Keith Grantham, president of FSCB in Portageville. “Mason’s enthusiasm and ties to the area make him a great addition to our team.”...

SIKESTON — Known for their premiere residential and commercial property management, SMG Realty/SEMO Management Group also offers a knowledgeable and reliable team of realtors to help with purchasing or selling real estate. SMG, which is owned and operated by Randy York and Brandon Sparks, operated as SEMO Management Group from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, SMG became a full real estate brokerage and now operates as SMG Realty/SEMO Management Group...

River Ridge Winery owner Rob Bullock’s main goal Friday was to check sugar levels before harvesting the last Norton grape crop of the season Tuesday. “For us, it’s really about wine,” he said. The site is home to a 2,600-vine vineyard in Commerce, Missouri, just outside of Scott City...

SIKESTON – The Missouri Bankers Association has recognized Zachary Fayette by awarding him the 2019 Missouri Young Bankers Leadership Award. The Young Bankers Leadership Award is given to a Missouri banker, age 45 or younger, who demonstrates outstanding achievement. A selection committee of bank leaders chose Fayette to be honored at the Young Bankers Leadership Conference in Columbia on Oct. 3...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The Ellington Insurance Company recently hired Kiel Causey as one of their insurance representatives. Causey working on his license to sell property and causality and looks forward in meeting and assisting you with your insurance needs...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System has announced that Krystle Smith, RN, BSN has been promoted to Manager of Patient Care Resources. As manager of Patient Care Resources, Smith is responsible for shift administrators, the transfer center, staffing office, telemonitor technicians, patient care technicians, float pool patient care associates and transporters...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System has announced that Ricardo A. Georges, MD, DABA has joined Saint Francis Pain Management Center. Georges hails from from Queens, New York where he was born, raised and pursued his career in medicine. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Tessa Springer was recently hired at Hurley & Associates as farm marketing consultant in their Charleston office. Springer is a licensed commodities broker and works closely with farm clients’ budgets, cash flow requirements and risk management strategies toward a financially healthy conclusion to each crop year...

SIKESTON — Chris Conroy, vice president and general manager of KFVS-TV, has been named to the board of directors of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. “We are incredibly grateful to have Chris join our board,” said SEMO Food Bank Chief Executive Officer Joey Keys. “Not only is he an energetic leader in the broadcast media industry, he has experience serving on a food bank board. We’re looking forward to him bringing those skills to our organization.”...

SIKESTON — Historic Downtown Sikeston has announced the resignation of its Executive Director Lynn Lancaster, effective at the end of the year. Charlette Vanover, president of the Historic Downtown Sikeston, recently made the announcement. Lancaster, who has served as the executive director for approximately eight years, will mark his last day on Dec. 31...

SIKESTON — Vast Broadband, a leading provider of high-speed broadband, video, and voice services to over 55,000 residential and business customers in South Dakota and Minnesota markets, announced that it has completed its acquisition of NTS Communications (“NTS”), a regional broadband fiber company offering high-speed data, video, and voice services to over 20,000 residential and business customers in Texas and Louisiana. ...

Cowsert new administrative assistant at Raymond James SIKESTON — Eric Wooden, branch manager at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. announced the hiring of Teresa Cowsert as an administrative assistant. Cowsert grew up in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and now lives in Wickliffe Ky. with her husband Gary. Between them they have eight kids and eight grandkids...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes two new members to the Saint Francis Healthcare System Board of Directors. Adam Kidd and Laura Younghouse joined the Board. Adam Kidd is the president of Kidd Oil Co. He has served on the Saint Francis Health Develop-ment Board since 2015. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Changes will be coming to Briggs & Stratton’s location in Poplar Bluff, bringing more than 200 new jobs over time and a $15 million investment. Company officials told the Daily American Republic Thursday morning they are certain they will hire for 130 new jobs in Poplar Bluff over the next 12 months, with around 140-150 additional jobs in year two...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — A closed East Prairie, Mo., bank is being auctioned online. The former Regions Bank building in East Prairie will be auctioned to the highest bidder, regardless of price, during an online only auction. The bid deadline is Aug. 28 at 11 a.m...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Farm Credit Southeast Missouri President & CEO Bob Smith has announced that Ashley Cobb has joined the Portageville Office staff as Risk Management Specialist. Cobb has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Business with an emphasis in Plant & Soil Sciences from Southeast Missouri State University...

Banterra Bank is pleased to announce that David Shell, with more than 30 years of banking and lending experience, has joined the Banterra team as Senior Commercial Lender for Cape Girardeau area. Shell’s entire career has been focused on banking within Southeast Missouri and he has been considerably involved in the Cape Girardeau community...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Edwin Earl McAmis has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process...

SIKESTON — Sikeston native Dr. Taylor Barnett has joined Barnett Family Eyecare. Barnett received a Bachelor of Science from Southeast Missouri State University and then attended optometry school at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where she graduated with honors as a doctor of optometry...

MOBERLY – Moberly Natural Crush, LLC., (MNC) has scheduled an investor meeting in Sikeston at 6:30 p.m. July 15 in the Clinton Building, 501 Campanella. MNC will be a “farmer-controlled” entity, and as such, it has been contingently approved for a $1.5 million Producer Tax Credit. That means that farmer-investors can immediately recoup between 30%-to-50% of their investment in the form of a state tax credit, and these credits are transferrable...

SIKESTON – Southeast Missouri Food Bank announced it has received a $50,000 grant from Tyson Foods to fund Mobile Food Pantries in Stoddard County. The grant will allow the food bank to provide 24 mobile food pantries in Stoddard County from June 2019 through May 2020...

Meagan Ward has joined SoutheastHEALTH as a provider of pediatric services in collaboration with SoutheastHEALTH pediatrician Chelsea Grigery, MD. Ward, an advanced practice registered nurse, is based at Southeast’s Sikeston Clinic. SoutheastHEALTH Chief Operating Officer Maria Sudak, DHA, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, says that with this newest clinic location, “SoutheastHEALTH will offer excellent care in a location convenient to the growing number of First Option clients in the Sikeston area. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Bobbie Spurlin, administrative assistant at Montgomery Bank in Sikeston, was inducted into the Missouri Bankers Association’s 50 Year Club on June 13, during MBA’s 129th Annual Convention at the Hilton Branson Convention Center...

The Missouri Bankers Association inducted bankers into its 50 Year Club on June 13, during the MBA’s 128th Annual Convention in Branson. This recognition from the MBA honors bankers who have dedicated 50 years of service to the banking community. Montgomery Bank’s Bobbie Spurlin was honored at the event and inducted in the Missouri Bankers Association’s 50 Year Club.  Montgomery Bank celebrated Bobbie’s accomplishment with an event in her honor at the Sikeston branch...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — MRV Banks President and CEO Doug Watson recently announced that Greg J. Luehmann has been hired as the Bank’s new vice president. Luehmann will be working in the Sikeston and Cape Girardeau markets. “I’ve known Greg for many years and because of that, I’m already familiar with his impressive banking resume,” said Watson. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Katherine Jones-Grady, DO, has joined the Medical Staff at Southeast Hospital. She is affiliated with Southeast Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women First. Dr. Jones – Grady comes to SoutheastHEALTH with expertise in minimally invasive surgical procedures...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Matthew Baker, MD, Orthopedic Surgery, has joined the Medical Staff at Southeast Hospital. He is affiliated with Southeast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Dr. Baker comes to SoutheastHEALTH with expertise in shoulder and elbow surgery...

mpany announced Monday it has entered into an agreement to purchase operating assets at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau and has indicated a hotel could be added to the property in the future. In addition, Century Casinos announced it is purchasing the operations of Lady Luck Casino in Caruthersville, Missouri, and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in New Cumberland, West Virginia. All three are owned by Eldorado Resorts Inc. of Reno, Nevada...

SIKESTON — Better Business Bureau (BBB) has named Southeast Missouri Food Bank a BBB accredited charity. The designation means the food bank meets all 20 of the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. It was awarded following a thorough review of the food bank’s programs, finances, governance and fund-raising practices...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — SoutheastHEALTH’s Hospice service has been named a 2019 Hospice Honors Elite recipient by Deyta Analytics, a division of HEALTHCAREfirst, the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, outsourced billing and coding servings and advanced analytics...

SIKESTON — Vast Broadband, headquartered in Sikeston provides cutting-edge broadband Internet, TV, telephone and smart home services to residential and business customers across Eastern and Western South Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota. Vast has been named 2019 Independent Operator of the Year by Cablefax Magazine and accepted the award on June 6th in New York at the Cablefax Top Ops Award Celebration...

Excessive rainfall in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois this spring could have an adverse effect on the region’s wine production this fall, according to area vineyard owners and winemakers. And if the region receives too much rainfall during the rest of the growing season leading up to this year’s harvest, growers say their wine output will be reduced...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System conducted an Ebola simulation training Wednesday, May 29, at Saint Francis Medical Center’s Emergency and Trauma Center as part of the statewide 2019 Spring Break Mission Full-Scale Exercise. Members of the Saint Francis Emergency Team and Cape Girardeau County Ambulance Service took part in the simulation. ...

Missouri Delta Home Health earns highest quality ratings   SIKESTON – In its most recent report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Five-Star Quality Rating System recognized Missouri Delta Home Health with a 5-star rating in both quality and patient satisfaction. According to the data, the Sikeston home health provider achieved the highest rating possible in both categories...

SIKESTON – The Southeast Missouri Food Bank has announced the addition of two staff members who will be involved in development, communications and service delivery. Lisa Church joins the SEMO Food Bank as chief advancement officer, a position that became open when former Chief Advancement Officer Joey Keys was named Chief Executive Officer earlier this year. ...

SIKESTON — A relatively new concept within healthcare, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are making a bit impact on patient health and wellbeing. According to the National Association of Community Health Workers: “A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Michelle Tolbert, Administrator at Heritage Nursing Center, has juggled the responsibilities of single parenting with running a senior community, and she’s done it successfully. Tolbert grew up in Gideon and graduated from Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri...

SIKESTON — Douglas Fitzwater, MD, a Board Certified Pediatrician, is joining the Missouri Delta Medical Center at their Portageville and New Madrid clinics. Fitzwater has served patients of all ages in the Caruthersville/Hayti area for over 22 years. The last couple years he moved to St. Louis to work in the Pediatric Department at Washington University...

Delivering mail for residents in the New Madrid area since 1990, Carolyn Sullener delivered her last letter March 29, deciding to retire to spend more time with her grandchildren. She began her career on Oct. 8, 1990 as a rural carrier substitute (RCA) in New Madrid, later becoming a full-time rural carrier in March of 2009 in New Madrid. ...

Barbara Snow, owner/caterer of Barbara Boo’s Catering of Cairo, Ill., received a plaque for loyal and diligent work for Sikeston VFW Post 317 and Auxiliary. President Sue Rodgers, along with members of VFW, said they were appreciative of her cake and cookies she has donated to the Post to raffle on behalf of veterans. ...