Stories from Friday, September 25, 2020

SIKESTON — The First Baptist Church spent their entire Sept. 20 service around the national POW/MIA Remembrance Day. This day is set aside to acknowledge and remember that over 80,000 Americans have been classified by the US government as either prisoners of war or missing in action...

SIKESTON — A prayer walk will be held on Saturday mirroring the Washington 2020 Prayer March with Franklin Graham. The First Baptist Church of Sikeston will be hosting the event on their campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “A political party can’t save our country,” said Mathew Vroman, pastor at First Baptist Church. “God is the only one that can fix our communities. Prayer is the greatest thing we can do. I hope the whole community comes and prays with us.”...

After reviewing the Sikeston city’s plan for the re-do of the Bootheel golf course, I have a few concerns. It would appear that all of the new features would require extensive new capital construction costs, increased maintenance costs, and additional employee costs to support these additions. Where do our city leaders propose we get the funds to pay for these new additions? Sikeston is a small town with a population of about 16,000+. This new plan requires millions of new dollars to pay for, and support these new additions. Should Sikeston residents just get ready for more taxes, taxes, taxes?

LILBOURN, Mo. — Barbara Doris Babb, 81, died Sept. 22, 2020, at her home in Lilbourn. Born Dec. 1, 1938, in Conran, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Nellie Ruth Laws Hornburg and William Franklin Hornburg. She was also preceded in death by one son, Daryl Babb; four sisters, Opal Little, Evelyn Roberts, Hazel Rathbun and Marcell Bowen; four brothers, William Hornburg, Marvin Hornburg, Wyvon Hornburg and Murchel Hornburg...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Daniel Gene Cotner, 60, died Sept. 16, 2020, at his home in Bloomfield. Born May 4, 1960, in St. Louis, son of the late James Franklin Cotner Sr. and Shirlene Fay Polen Cotner, he was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston and Knights of Columbus in St. Charles. He worked as a packer for Tyson Foods...

Seven deaths related to COVID-19 were reported by local health departments on Thursday. The New Madrid County Health Department reported two deaths Thursday making 15 residents who have died related to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. No additional information was given on the deaths...

SIKESTON — With the COVID-19 pandemic canceling all of Historic Downtown Sikeston’s events that were planned through September, the group is not sitting back being idle despite there being just a few months left in 2020. “I decided we could do one of two things,” Jason Davis, director of Historic Downtown Sikeston told those in attendance at Thursday’s Sikeston Regional Chamber luncheon. ...

SIKESTON — The year 2020 has not been kind to many businesses or people’s finances. Fortunately, the City of Sikeston doesn’t fall into that category. Despite the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted all walks of life, including a month-long shutdown, the City of Sikeston has remained financially strong...

Work continues on the Scooter’s Coffee building on North Main in Sikeston, next to Break Time, Friday morning. The new coffee house is planning to open in mid-October.

SIKESTON — Family Video Sikeston, 220 S. Main St., in will be closing its doors on Oct. 26. “We are very thankful to have been able to provide entertainment for many family movie nights, and want to thank the people of Sikeston and our incredible staff for the many years of support and service,” said Keith Hoogland, CEO of Highland Ventures, LTD. Family Video has served the local community with all of their entertainment needs for the past 10 years, Hoogland added...

SIKESTON — The Elks Mobile Dental Unit, now in its 58th year of providing dental services to deserving residents of Missouri, will be Oct. 5-15 at the Sikeston Elks lodge 2319, 249 Dona St., in Sikeston. The Elks Mobile Unit has been operated by the Dental Department of Truman Medical Center Lakewood of Kansas City since 1962 in partnership with the Missouri Elks Benevolent Association. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dorothy Anne Goodin Brink, 83, died Sept. 24, 2020, at her home in Charleston. Born May 27, 1937, in Cairo, Illinois, daughter of the late Sam Cox Goodin and Jane Ellen Mulkey Goodin, she was a lifetime member of the Charleston United Methodist Church, a member of the United Methodist Women, a Sunday school teacher and a Bible school leader. ...

SIKESTON — In a year like no other, one tradition that will remain the same in 2020 is the annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival, which gets underway Tuesday. Now in its 76th year, the carnival, which is organized by Sikeston’s Henry Meldrum Post No. 114 of the American Legion, will run through Saturday at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds...