Stories from Monday, December 14, 2020

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Missouri. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Friday, confirming its safety and effectiveness. ...

PORTAGE, Michigan (AP) — The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation's pandemic deaths approached the horrifying new milestone of 300,000. The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine, the first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, ushers in the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Allen Sibley Jr., 77, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Heartland Care and Rehab. He was born July 7, 1943, at Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Webster Allen Sibley, Sr. and Elsie Helen (McDaniel) Sibley. He was married Jan. 25, 1969, to Sharon Montgomery...

SIKESTON — A new freeway interchange between Highway 60 and South Ingram Road is in the works after Sikeston officials have agreed to purchase land. During a special meeting Monday afternoon, Sikeston City Council unanimously approved the purchase of approximately 10.67 acres on the north side of Highway 60, just east of Wing Elementary. ...

SIKESTON — James McCullough, age 82, passed away Nov. 27, 2020, at Hospice in St Louis, Missouri. He was born Dec. 20, 1937, in Oakland, California, son of the late Edgar and Margaret McCullough. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a member of Life Church in Sikeston, had worked for Wohl Shoe before retiring, and enjoyed reading books...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Janis Irene Grymes, 64, died Dec. 12, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Life Ministries in New Madrid. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery with DeLisle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON — James Hunott, age 79, passed away Dec. 13, 2020, at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born April 5, 1941, in Matthews, Missouri, to the late Clarence Virgil and Della Doris (Waters) Hunott. He was a member of the United States Army National Guard and received an honorable discharge...