Stories from Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Harlem Wizards are coming to New Madrid County High School, Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The evening promises to be a fun filled event that is great for kids and adults and will guarantee to put a smile on your face! This event is hosted by the NMCC Eagles Booster Club...

Funding the future

THE FIGHT AGAINST BABIES DYING IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

"You have to have a test to have a testimony. So far this year, it's been our test. But our testimony is coming. I promise."

A pick-six from Bryce Strawn started the scoring as the Tigers built up a 42-point halftime lead en rout to a 56-16 final.

Sikeston rattled off 29 points in the first quarter and led 43-0 by halftime to put the game away early.

MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave got five touchdowns from running back Tray Stevenson and defeated visiting East Prairie 37-0 Friday night. Stevenson, who finished the game with 126 yards rushing on 17 carries, scored on runs of 3 and 17 in the first quarter and runs of 2 and 19 in the second quarter. He added a two-yard run the third quarter to cap the scoring...

HAYTI, Mo. -- The Hayti Indians continued their impressive offensive showing this season, scoring by air and ground in a 70-15 win against visiting New Madrid County Central Friday night. Senior quarterback Allen Mills continued to put up huge numbers, accounting for seven Hayti scores. ...

Aalyia Fobbs was crowned as Sikeston High School's Fall Homecoming queen at halftime of the Bulldogs' game against Dexter Friday at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. Her escort was Sam Cox. Employees of Montgomery Bank pose after being named the best business tent at the Sikeston Public Schools Homecoming Tailgate before Friday's football game at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. ...

The heated national debate on requiring photo IDs for voters will now go before Missouri voters Nov. 8 following an override this week of Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of the issue. But before you get too excited - if such things excite you - rest assured, if approved by Missouri voters the issue will surely land squarely in a federal court...

SIKESTON -- Dottie Lou Vaughn Miller, 65, died Sept.15, 2016, at her daughter's home in Diehlstadt. Born Aug. 31, 1951, at Linden, Tenn., to the late William Henry and Dollie Earlene Hensley Vaughn, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life, where she was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She had been employed with ServiceMaster a number of years and was of the Baptist belief...

BERNIE, Mo. - Helen Lucille Eaton Davis, 92, died Sept. 15, 2016, at the Winchester Place in Bernie. Born Aug. 24, 1924, in Parma, the daughter of the late Charley Eaton and Iris (Nichols) Eaton, she worked at Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator and in the business office for the Chillicothe Hospital. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield...