Stories from Wednesday, July 14, 2021

SIKESTON — One person is dead following a house fire Wednesday in Sikeston. At round 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s Fire Division were dispatched to a structure fire on Francis Street in the Heckemeyer Acres, according to Capt. Derick Wheetley, fire division commander for DPS...

“What is the Chief doing? Is he going to be weak on crime?” This is the kind of thing I have heard both in the department and out in the community a few times over the last year. Hearing these types of comments was the main reason that I began writing this series. After all, my experience as a public information officer taught me to relay information to people so they understand what we are doing, and public support is vitally important in our profession...

Has anyone else noticed the condition of the flags flying at the Armory here in Sikeston. That is ridiculous. They should have been replaced a long time ago. I’m an ex-military myself.