Stories from Monday, August 27, 2018

SIKESTON — For years, Sikeston residents enjoyed low electric rates without ever seeing an increase. Those days of no increases have passed. On Monday, Sikeston City Council members were presented with recommendations from the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities to consider a three-year cumulative rate increase for utilities provided by BMU. It is the latest in significant increases since 2014, the most recent being a 10.9 percent increase implemented in June 2018...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Steven Forrest Henry, 51, died Aug. 25, 2018, at his home in East Prairie. 
Born Feb. 16, 1967, in St. Louis, son of Charles Forrest and Carolyn Jo Poole Henry of East Prairie, he was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church for the last four years. He attended Columbus Care Center for 35 years...