Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2020

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School’s graduation and prom have been rescheduled for June in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement was first made during Tuesday’s regular Sikeston R-6 Board of Education’s virtual meeting which was live-streamed on YouTube. “This is not a decision or situation that I take lightly,” Doyle Noe, head principal of Sikeston Senior High School told the school board. “I’ve thought about graduation scenarios virtually every single day and night since COVID-19 started to become more prevalent in our society.”

SIKESTON — Gregory Lee Allen, 56, died April 13, 2020, at the Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 23, 1963, at Pontiac, Mich., son of the late Lawrence Lyle Allen and Jo Ann Goodman Allen, he had lived in Scott County most of his life...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Lamont Savalas Green, 46, died April 11, 2020, in Poplar Bluff. Born Jan. 5, 1974, in Poplar Bluff, son of the late Billy R. Green Sr. and Ney Ruth Clemons Green, he was a graduate of Poplar Bluff Senior High School and attended St. Charles Community College in St. Charles, Mo. He was an employee of Crawford Security in Poplar Bluff. He had attended Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church...

After seeing an increase of 10 cases between Friday to Monday, Scott County remained at 24 positive COVID-19 cases Tuesday, according to the Scott County Health Department. Of those 24, seven are recovering or have recovered. According to the New Madrid County Health Department, there are eight confirmed positive cases with seven active and one recovered...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — You can’t explain panic buying due to the coronavirus pandemic to an infant. Babies go though six to 12 diapers every day, according to the National Diaper Bank Network. But with empty shelves or limits on purchases, some families had to ration the diapers they had available...

SIKESTON — Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials are still stressing the importance of completing the 2020 Census. “The census data drives two things that are important to our community: dollars and democracy,” said Jonathan Douglass, Sikeston city manager...