Stories from Saturday, May 15, 2010

SIKESTON -- There has been a change in the entertainment lineup for this year's Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson will take the stage on Saturday, Aug. 14, the Jaycees announced. The Saturday night entertainment canceled their appearance in Sikeston earlier this week because they joined a national tour...

Sixth grade students at Sikeston's Fifth and Sixth Grade Center prepare to toss water balloons at Friday's "Survivors Games" held at the school as a reward to the children for MAP testing. Students in the fifth and sixth grade each rotated through five stations, while sixth graders also had the opportunity to try their aim at the dunking booth in an effort to dunk school principal Chuck Mayes...