Stories from Friday, July 5, 2019

I was reading an article about the wet weather and the ag seed and chemical companies are complaining. According to the internet, the average pay for a chemical and seed company is over $50,000 per year. Sounds like a bunch of people living beyond their means. Thank you.

One person was killed in a two-car accident Wednesday afternoon near Caruthersville, Mo. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by Carlos P. Riddle, 25, of Caruthersville was traveling southbound on MO 84, one mile west of Caruthersville at 3:36 p.m. Wednesday when it crossed the center line and struck a vehicle driven by Duane S. Michie, 80, of Hayt, Mo., head on...

SIKESTON — Those who own rental property may soon see changes to the inspection of rental houses in Sikeston. Code enforcement recently presented the changes at a study session with many landlords in attendance. The changes to the rental ordinance will be brought before city council for a first reading at the July 29 meeting...

Missouri farmers affected by the excessive spring flooding and moisture now have additional reporting time to document their prevented plant acreage. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced it is extending the prevented plant crop reporting deadline for Missouri producers to July 15...

The communities of Charleston and East Prairie are teaming up with communities from three other states to create a new community development organization. At 10 a.m. Monday at the Fort Jefferson Cross Welcome Center in Wickliffe, Ky., representatives from four states will sign an agreement creating the Mississippi and Ohio River Confluence Economic Alliance, Inc...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is adding a new face to relay information to the public. In the coming months, Public Safety Officer Evelyn Aceves will undergo training to become Sikeston DPS’ newest public information officer. “We see the addition of Officer Aceves as a public information officer being a valuable tool to help us get our message out to the public — whether it be our daily operations, concerns in the community or other issues that we want to relay to the public,” said Sikeston DPS Assistant Chief Jim McMillen.. ...

SIKESTON – Jane Anne Drake, 70, died July 4, 2019 at her home in Sikeston. Born June 14, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the late Henry Andrew and Clara Mae Buhs Miederhoff, she was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston. On April 28, 1971, in Sikeston, she married Carroll Drake who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — Patricia L. Ross, 77, died at 12:34 p.m. on July 4, 2019. Born Oct. 30, 1941, in Hamilton, Mich., daughter of the late Harley and Margaret L. (Deepenhorst) Kimber, Sr., she was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and worked at the Unemployment Office in Sikeston before retiring.  On May 1, 1959, in Saugatuck, Mich., she married Vester Eugene Ross, who preceded her in death on Nov. 22, 2003...

MINER, Mo. — Clarence Gragert, 96, died July 5, 2019 at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.