Stories from Thursday, December 27, 2018

The teachers at the Portageville Elementary School have some great talent. The elementary school had their annual Christmas Door Decorating Contest with some very nice designs and concepts. Out of all the decorated doors, only three could be selected...

Currently, the City of Portageville has a contract with the Pemiscot County Sheltered Workshop in Hayti with a Bootheel Recycling Grant that will end June 30, 2019. What is happening, is when the recycling trailers are taken to the workshop, the workers have to go through the trailers and separate the items before they can be recycled. It is like folks are just using the dumpsters as their trash can...

(Portageville) - SRG Global, Portageville facility donated $50,000 to the Portageville School District on Wednesday. This is part of the Retention Works & Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) agreements with the State of Missouri which supported some tax incentives for SRG Global when the new plant was built. The agreement has SRG Global donate to the Portageville School District $50,000 a year for six years...

The New Madrid County Family Resource Center would like to thank everyone who participated in our Breast Cancer Awareness fundraiser for the month of October!! You raised $1,467.00 and had awesomely decorated pumpkins!! The winner for Most Creative/Decorative pumpkin is Cotton Pickin BBQ, and Most Money raised was Casey’s General Store in Portageville!! We would not have been able to make this possible without Beggs Family Farm for donating 50 pumpkins!! Thank you again!!...

In 1 Timothy 3:16 Paul tells us that, “God was manifest in the flesh.” This verse clearly affirms the Deity of Christ. But what does the Christian mean in referring to the “Deity of Christ?” Christians believe that there is a personal God, the creator, redeemer, preserver and ruler of the universe, who is infinite in holiness and perfect in every way. ...

Filings for the April Municipal Election opened Tuesday, Dec. 11, and a race immediately developed in Portageville. A two-man race for mayor has emerged. Denis McCrate is seeking his third two -year term as Portageville mayor. Vince Berry, a current Ward II Alderman has also filed...

SIKESTON – Tamara Loreli Crider, 66, died Dec. 23, 2018, at her home in Sikeston. Born May 26, 1952 in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Willie Lorene McGarity Crider. Survivors include: one daughter, Chantelle Carlisle White of Sikeston; four brothers, Sonny Crider of Sikeston, George Crider of Desoto, Mo., Winston Crider of St. Louis, Mo. and Samuel Crider of Sikeston; two sisters, Betty Crider and Barbara Landers both of Sikeston and four grandchildren...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Billy Edward Rhodes Jr., 64, died Dec. 26, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  Born Aug. 4, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Bill and Jean Requerth Rhodes, he was a 1972 graduate of Advance High School. He then attended Murray State University and was a member of the Sigma Pi Fraternity. He owned and operated Rhodes Gas in Advance, Dexter and Bloomfield from 1979 to 2004. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Paul Gene Davidson, 73, died Dec. 27, 2018, at his home in East Prairie.  Born Nov. 30, 1945, in East Prairie, to the late Lubie and Manie Davis Davidson, he was a retired construction foreman.  On Nov. 25, 1987, in Benton, Ky., he married Dottie Gregory; she survives of the home...

MOLINE, Ill. — After nearly 20 years, former Sikeston resident Charlie Stamp has retired from John Deere. His last day in office was Dec. 20. Stamp joined John Deere in 1999 as part of the acquisition of InterAg Technologies, where he had been president and chief executive officer. ...

DEXTER, Mo. — A trail project for the city of Dexter is among several included in $1.79 million in grant funding announced by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The city will receive $576,325 to extend a new trail parallel to Arvin Road, between One Mile Road and Sycamore Road, said David Wyman, MoDOT area engineer. The grant is for total project costs...

The Kenny Rogers Children’s Center is gearing up for its New Year’s Eve fundraiser, Casino Night, set for 7 p.m. Monday to 1 a.m. Jan. 1 at the Miner Convention Center. The event will include food, music, casino games and more. Sponsorship opportunities are available. ...

SIKESTON — Races are forming as filing for municipal offices is underway. Candidates will have until 5 p.m. Jan. 15 to file for office to appear on the April 2, 2019 election ballot. Miner voters will elect a collector and one alderman in Ward 1 and one alderman in Ward 2...