Stories from Thursday, August 26, 2021

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Bradley Trice, 55, of Neelyville died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at Manor Nursing Home. Mr. Trice was born Jan. 1, 1966, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bradley enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening. Visitation will be Aug. 27, 2021, and begin at 11 a.m. with the funeral following at noon...

FRUITLAND, Mo. — Dr. Alice Elaine Jackson, 69, passed away, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at her home in Fruitland. A graveside service will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at 3 p.m. at New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Missouri. Elaine was born April 29, 1952, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Curtis Holland and Margaret Helen (Klingel) Jackson. ...

Many areas of Missouri have been seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases the last month and Scott County along with Mississippi County and Cape Girardeau County have been deemed hot spots. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued the hotspot advisory on Tuesday for all three counties, along with Perry County. Cases have been elevated in Cape Girardeau (431), Mississippi (89), Perry (116) and Scott (330) counties within the past two weeks...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has activated a state contract with SLSCO of Galveston, Texas, to provide monoclonal antibody (mAb) infusion treatment for 30 days at sites in the following counties: Jackson, Pettis, Scott, Butler, and Jefferson...

BLODGETT, Mo. — The City of Blodgett’s annual watermelon festival returns Saturday with a parade, contests, pageants and fireworks. Blodgett Mayor David Russell previously announced via social media the celebration’s date change from July 4 to Aug. 28...

Flags were lowered to half-staff Thursday at Veterans Park in Sikeston, Missouri, to honor several Marines who were killed and a number of other American military who were wounded in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted on Thursday crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press...

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — State Rep. Jamie Burger presented on Aug. 17 a House of Representatives Resolution to commemorate the 175th Anniversary of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, Missouri. Burger said he grew up as a member of this church and in New Hamburg, just four miles from where he now lives in Benton...

Recently I am hearing “Bible” teachers proclaiming the vaccine is the mark of the beast. My official statement as a pastor is not advising people to get or not get the vaccine. I am not a doctor or health professional so I don’t have the credentials to give health counsel...