Stories from Tuesday, December 25, 2018

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The New Madrid County R-1 Technical Skills Center wants to power its students to a brighter future. At the December Board of Education meeting unanimous approval was given for the district’s new Pathways for the Electrician program and to begin the search for an instructor. Scheduled to be offered next fall, the two-year class will teach students how to work on a variety of industrial electrical equipment...

Demolition is expected to be complete by the end of December to make way for a new building to house ambulance services for the northern portion of New Madrid County. The site, located at 18265 U.S. Highway 61, just south of Sikeston, will house the ambulance and crew serving residents of Canalou and Morehouse and those Sikeston residents residing in New Madrid County, according to Jon Burden, New Madrid County Ambulance Service director. ...

ESSEX, Mo. — Kathleen Wamble, 75, died Dec. 22, 2018, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. Born Sept. 13, 1943, in Riverdale, Md., daughter of the late William Earl Wannall and Alice Rozelle Stewart Wannall Miller, she had lived in Essex for many years. She had worked as a secretary for Lemons Landfill and attended the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Essex...