Stories from Friday, March 19, 2021

SIKESTON — The entertainment lineup is official for the 2021 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Rodeo chairman Jeremiah Quick announced the performers Friday afternoon at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds for the 69th annual event. The Rodeo runs from Wednesday, Aug. 11, to Saturday, Aug. 14...

We all miss out on Lysol for the COVID virus. A can of Lysol from the Dollar store. Spray it in your room or home and on services and it will kill the COVID virus. We still need to use masks and social distancing. But this Lysol is in addition to that but it will kill the COVID virus. I think they had a commercial on television about it. Hospitals need it. Businesses and homes. Spray the air inside and spray the surfaces. Maybe twice a day. Read the directions and see what it says. I think the can says it is 99.99% effective so that’s pretty good.

PADUCAH, Ky. — Robert “Chris” Uthoff, 46, passed away on March 17, 2021, at his home in Paducah, Kentucky. He was born April 11, 1974 in Sikeston, to Robert Uthoff who survives of Slidell, Louisiana and Libby Hooper Merideth who survives of Sikeston...

ORAN, Mo. – Robert “Bob” Joseph Brown, 61, passed away March 18, 2021 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born May 1, 1959 in Sterling, Colorado, son of the late Virginia M. Lousberg Brown and Finnis D. Brown of Longmont, Colorado...

SIKESTON — A year ago this time, organizers of the annual Kenny Rogers Children’s Center Telethon were forced to make the tough decision to cancel the two-day, in-person event and instead offer its largest fundraiser virtually. “Every day, it got worse and worse,” KRCC Executive Director Michelle Fayette recalled about the pandemic and events leading up to the 2020 telethon, which was its 40th year. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The City of Charleston will be conducting their Annual Spring Clean-Up from March 20-28. This year there will be no curbside pickup, however, there will be a large trash container behind City Hall on First Street for those who need to dispose of items. The dumpsters are for Charleston residents only...

“When I was younger,” laughs 16-year-old Jayci Holcomb of Dexter, “I was obsessed with the television show “Kim of Queens.” In this reality show, a former Miss Georgia is a beauty pageant coach and helps young girls prepare for pageant competition. “During the quarantine last spring, I started watching it again, and something in me just sort of clicked. ...

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

The Sikeston Regional Chamber held a ribbon cutting for one of its newest members, Fresh Ideas, LLC on Wednesday, March 17. Because Fresh Ideas provides food services for the Sikeston Public School system, Jim McDonald, chief operation officer, cut the ribbon in front of the Sikeston Senior High in front of a custom ice sculpture created by their team. Fresh Ideas provides happiness by producing a fresh food experience for people of all ages...

Steward Steel Inc. recently honored Oscar Bautista for five years of outstanding service to the company. Vice President Chris Steward (pictured left) states…”Oscar’s quality of work has contributed greatly to the success of our door line operations of the plant. His knowledge and experience are great assets to the company. We appreciate his contribution to Steward Steel over the past five years.” Pictured right is J.J. Steward, contract sales manager...

DESHLER, Neb. – Reinke recently announced that Sam Wallace with Yellow Gold LLC in East Prairie has earned the Platinum PLUS (Proven Leaders in Unmatched Service) Certified Technician Award. The award is the most elite technical service designation awarded by Reinke...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Jackie Whitehead, 36, of Malden, Missouri, on Thursday, March 18, 2021, for possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the Missouri Digital Forensic Center...