Stories from Wednesday, February 3, 2021

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. —The following students have been named to the fall 2020 Dean’s List at Southeast Missouri State University. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses...

Sikeston R-6 kindergarten students recently presented snack donations to the Sikeston Warming Center as part of the Kindness Challenge Week. The Warming Center representatives are Regina Guthrie and Mari Ann Moyers.

Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center’s Top Dog Bus Riders for January have been announced after being chosen by the school’s bus drivers.

The Sikeston R-6 Parents As Teachers, or PAT, family of the month for January is D’Izha Baker and her mother, Damizha Hall. Contact Maryiln Schlosser at 472-0414 for information about PAT.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The New Madrid County Ambulance District honored three of its employees recently. In presenting the awards, Jon Burden, NMCAD administrator, called each of the recipients outstanding. “All three of these remarkable individuals are very involved in the District and go above and beyond in all aspects of patient care and daily duties,” he added...

Anger. Shock. Dismay. All those words can be used to describe the large crowd that attended Monday’s Sikeston City Council, angry about their January Sikeston BMU bills. And their anger is understandable. For years, Sikeston BMU residents enjoyed some of the lowest electric bills in the state. Those associated with BMU would boast the low prices and brag on how the rates hadn’t went up in years and years...

Dear Editors: The excellent article written by Ms. Leonna Heuring on Jan. 12 of this year highlighted celebrations honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the spirit of love and support for our fellow man, as Dr. King so often championed, it is important to point out the unity shown by so many in this area to make this event happen...

Remember tonight when you’re having your dinner, without farmers you would be naked, hungry and sober.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Heaven gained at beautiful angel, Faye E. Conyers Youngblood, age 92, a resident of East Prairie. She passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at 12:47 p.m. at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born Feb. 2, 1929, in the Sugartree Community, to Fred and Bertha Bisher Conyers, Faye lived most of her life in East Prairie where she was a member of the First Baptist General Baptist Church. ...

SIKESTON – Virginia Lee Holsinger, age 87, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born April 12, 1933, in Wyatt, Missouri, daughter of the late Claude and Lucy Kirkpatrick Lochridge. She was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church, Altrusa Club, J.C. Wives, and Lady Elks. She made custom draperies and then worked for J.C. Penney’s before retiring...

SIKESTON — William Eugene Pigg, 65, died Jan. 31, 2021, in Sikeston. Visitation will be at noon until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden, Missouri. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Missouri.