Stories from Monday, March 22, 2021

Many local residents flooded Legion Park Saturday for the Downtown Sikeston St. Patrick's Day Festival and Homebrew Competition and Sikeston Parks and Recreation Cornhole Tournament.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Department of Revenue is extending the state individual tax filing and payment deadline for the 2020 tax year from April 15 to May 17. “As our state continues recovering from COVID-19, we understand that many Missourians are still feeling the effects of the past year,” Gov. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Charles Heppe, age 81, of Bertrand, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at his residence. He was born on Oct. 15, 1939, in Supply, Arkansas, son of McCellen Dewey Heppe and LaBertha Catherine (Purl) Heppe. He and Linda Northern were united in marriage on May 14, 1958. She proceeded him in death in March 2017...

Corena Ressel, president of the Bootheel Quilters’ Guild, shows a quilt on display Saturday at the Sikeston Public Library. The Bootheel Quilters’ Guild meets the second Tuesday of each month at the First Christian Church, 1006 N. Main in Sikeston. The meetings are held in the auditorium in the rear. ...