Stories from Monday, March 6, 2017

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Police followed the instructions on the door mat. New Madrid Police Chief Joey Higgerson reported the arrest of the four after a search warrant was served at a residence on Mill Street following a months-long investigation. The instructions on the mat on the front step of the residence, Higgerson noted, said "Come back with a warrant." Officers arrived with a search warrant March 1 at the residence and began their search...

The SEMO Shriners will host a fish fry every Friday from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the SEMO Shrine Building on Garwood Avenue (behind the VFW ballpark) through April 21. The meal features fried catfish, frog legs and all the fixings. Tea is provided with the meal. ...

SIKESTON -- An hour-long lockdown of Sikeston schools was lifted Monday after law enforcement apprehended two suspects. Just after 1 p.m. Monday all schools in Sikeston were placed on a lockdown after a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper attempted a vehicle stop and shots were fired. Two subjects fled from the vehicle near County Line Road, according to Sgt. Jon Broom, public information officer with Sikeston Department of Public Safety...

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BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. - Students from the Sikeston Career and Technology Center went to Blytheville recently to compete in the Northeastern Arkansas College annual "Tomorrows Outstanding Professionals Skills Challenge." Ten schools and technology centers in two different states took part in the challenge...

FENTON, Mo. - Barry Page Ballard, 55, passed away on March 3, 2017, at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Mo. He was born Sept. 29, 1961, in Sikeston, Mo., to Bob and Brenda Page Ballard, who survive of Olive Branch, Miss. On Sept. 24, 1983, in Sikeston, Mo., he married Donna Callow Ballard, who survives of the home...