Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 2016

(Editor's Note: This was found the a 1951 issue of the Portageville Review. Most of the points listed came still be applied today.)

Mark Gibbins, of Ellington Insurance, recently presented Peggy Simmons with a YETI Cooler she won during the drawings held at Ellington Insurance.

Sikeston rallied to beat Oran 26-24 the first set and ended up getting by with a 25-20 second set win to sweep the visiting Eagles on Tuesday at the Sikeston Field House.

SIKESTON -- When Megan Witt stepped to the plate with two outs and the game on the line, she accidentally hit it to right field. Her unintentional double wound up being the perfect twist of fate that scored two runs and led the Sikeston softball team to a 10-9 comeback win over Neelyville Tuesday at the Sikeston Sports Complex...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Justice Crosnoe scored three goals and had one assist as Jackson blanked Sikeston 7-0 at home to get their 10th win of the season. Josh Scholl tallied two goals and one assist while Eion Vaughn added one goal and one assist for Jackson (10-1). Desmond Morriss had the other goal while Drew Brown, Hunter Crowden, Liam Gray and Colton Seyer each had one assist for the Indians...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- On Tuesday morning some 320 sixth, seventh and eighth graders at New Madrid County Central Middle School headed to class for the first time, each armed with their own Chromebook. Their teachers were waiting for them with Chromebooks of their own...

SIKESTON -- Ever since she was at least 5 years old, Callie Fansler has dreamed of being a teacher. As a child, she used a dry erase board and taught her imaginary students the ABCs, shapes and numbers. Now, at 18, the 2016 Sikeston High School graduate is making her dream a reality...

MINER, Mo. -- A petition with more than 20 signatures was brought to the Miner Board of Alderman for the removal of three speed breakers on the east side of Albert Drive at Tuesday's monthly meeting. To deter drivers from speeding, Miner resident, Nikki Melton, suggested the installation of "humps, not bumps." Other residents that attended the meeting expressed other concerns, such as ambulance mobility, the circumstances of a snow plow and the discomfort for disabled residents...

SIKESTON - A Marston man is facing multiple charges after he was found in possession of a stolen laptop. Bryan Allen Nelson is charged with the felonies of receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a drug paraphernalia and unlawful use of a weapon...

SIKESTON -- Ever since she was at least 5 years old, Callie Fansler has dreamed of being a teacher. As a child, she used a dry erase board and taught her imaginary students the ABCs, shapes and numbers. Now, at 18, the 2016 Sikeston High School graduate is making her dream a reality...

SIKESTON -- Ever since she was at least 5 years old, Callie Fansler has dreamed of being a teacher. As a child, she used a dry erase board and taught her imaginary students the ABCs, shapes and numbers. Now, at 18, the 2016 Sikeston High School graduate is making her dream a reality...

On the heels of a terrorism-filled weekend, the spotlight during this presidential campaign season has returned to the sticky question of immigration. Despite political differences on countless issues, immigration provides the most stark difference between the two political parties...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Janice Fay Morton, 68, formerly of Matthews, died Sept, 16, 2016, at the St. Louis University Hospital. She was born on May 12, 1948, to the late Leon "Cotton" and Edith (Farrenburg) Johnson. On Jan. 13, 1972, she married Leroy Morton, and he survives of the home...

BLODGETT, Mo. - Sonny James, 78, died Sept. 20, 2016, at his home in Blodgett. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Charles D. "Chuck" Pate died Sept. 21, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with DeLisle Funeral Chapel in Portageville.