Stories from Tuesday, August 6, 2019

MINER, Mo. — A Sikeston man who was riding his bicycle to work died after being struck by a vehicle early Monday in Miner. According to Miner Police Chief James Buckley, officers responded to the 2300 block of US Highway 62 shortly after 6:30 a.m. Monday in reference to a motor-vehicle accident involving a bicycle...

SIKESTON — A contingent of landlords spoke out against a proposed update to the rental property minimum housing quality standards at Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting. Gary Cook, of Cook Rentals, spoke to the Council and asked them to include a workshop explaining the changes better to landlords and include a formal complaint system...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council unanimously voted Monday to put a use tax on the Nov. 5 ballot. According to Sikeston City Manager Jon Douglass, the use tax is similar to a sales tax but is imposed on sales of goods from non-Missouri vendors that are intended for use, storage or consumption in Missouri. The tax is not a double tax and is only imposed on sales that are not already subject to sales tax...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dorothy Caroline Moody, 68, died Aug. 4, 2019, at her home in Charleston. Born March 12, 1951, at Evansville, Ind., daughter of the late Arthur Neal and Myrtle Phillips Neal, she grew up in the Evansville area and later moved to Sikeston. She had been employed as legal secretary for Dempster Law Firm and later as a certified nurse’s aide.  She was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Sarah Louise Holtsman, 93, died Aug. 4, 2019, in Heber Springs, Ark. Born  Feb. 20, 1926, in Wardell, she was the daughter of the late Daisy (Myrtle) Kirksy and Willis L. Reddick. On Aug. 6, 1973, she married Lloyd Holtsman; he preceded her in death on April 18, 2019...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Aubrey Lorain Wilson, a resident of East Prairie, Missouri, died Sunday, August, 4, 2019, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Facility following a brief battle with lung cancer. He was 97. Born Nov. 30, 1921, at Wildersville, Tennessee, the son of the late Alfred Carlin and Lena Lewis Wilson, he lived his early life on his grandparents’ farm in West Tennessee during the Great Depression. ...

MARSTON, Mo. — Panzie Jean Hinklin, 63, died Aug. 5, 2019, at her home in Marston. Born March 9, 1956, in Portageville, she was the daughter of the late Maratha Meinz Cook and Henry Cook. Her husband, Charles Hinklin, preceded her in death in 2007. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Bill Cook, Earnest Cook and D.L. Cook;  and one sister, Sheila Robinson...

SIKESTON — Local students are enjoying their last few days of summer as classes are set to begin soon at local schools. Classes for for Sikeston R-6 students begin Aug. 13. While some schools in the district have already held book pick ups and times to meet teachers, Sikeston High School will hold a book checkout for 10-12th grade students from 8-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Thursday and again from 1-3 p.m. Friday...

SIKESTON — On July 5, Sikeston Walmart #9 presented the Sikeston Department of Public Safety a check for $3,200, through the Walmart Community Grant. With the funding, Walmart #9 is supporting Sikeston DPS by adding four iPad Pros to Fire Division. With the addition of the iPad Pros, fire personnel will receive directions to calls for service, allow personnel the opportunity to acquire more effective incident pre planning, as well as allow for safer operations when on scene...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The voter turnout was one of the lowest for a countywide issue but the support was high to create a new revenue source for the county’s 911 system. More than 70 percent of those casting ballots Tuesday approved the proposal which called for $1 a month surcharge on a subscriber of any communications services that is enabled to contact 911 for the purpose of funding 911 service in New Madrid County. ...