Stories from Friday, October 1, 2021

SIKESTON — Cloudy conditions on Friday couldn’t dampen the spirits of those in attendance at the ribbon cutting for Lincoln University Cooperative Extension’s new Sikeston office. Located at 214 Lincoln St. (formerly Felker Street), the new facility includes a multipurpose room with a stage; computer lab, five offices for staff, conference room, a classroom, and there are plans to have a community garden...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Cathy Renee Jarnagin, 64, died Sept. 29, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery...

SIKESTON — Jorita Hargrove, age 59, of Sikeston, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 7, 1962, to Jerry Grubbs who survives of East Prairie and the late JoAnn Wilson Grubbs, and was employed by PTI Inc. of Sikeston. Jorita loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was an avid sports fan and enjoyed watching the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Cardinals...

Glad to see the municipal court is staying in Sikeston. Glad the Sikeston city council finally listened to the public, the police, the courts and the judges. It’s time the city council started listening period.

SIKESTON — Dorothy Martin, 103, died Oct. 1, 2021 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — The Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way kicked off its 2022 annual fundraising campaign Thursday afternoon with a luncheon at Fox Haven Country Club. The goal for this year’s campaign, which runs from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, is $85,000. “We’ve all had a pretty rough year with finances and this past year we only met 65% of our goal,” said Lisa Angle, executive director of the Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Regional Chamber Banquet will have a fresh new feel this year. Held for years at the Sikeston Armory, this year’s event will be held Oct. 21 at the Sikeston Municipal Airport. The change comes after the successful meet-and-greet held last year behind City Hall due to COVID-19...

Armani Hodges is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for October. Armani is the daughter of Armand Hodges and Sheanell Brandy and attends Howard University where she is a pre-med biology major with a concentration in women’s health.

Braidy Young, daughter of Janna Mobley and the late Justin Young, was crowned as Junior Miss Sikeston Thursday during the annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds. First alternate was Caroline Blanton, daughter of Amy and Dr. Kevin Blanton, and second alternate was Lorelei Standridge, daughter of Danielle Stokes and Brian Standridge...

HAYTI, Mo. — A death of a Hayti man is being investigated after the resident died after an altercation with police officers. According to a statement from Hayti Police Chief Shane Wiseman, the incident occurred Sept. 25 at approximately 3 p.m. when officers responded to 1009 N. Oates Streets for a medical assist call for a 35-year-old male with an altered mental status...

By Jay Wolz Southeast Missourian A Southeast Missouri native who went on to become a producer and director in the entertainment industry has co-written a feature film he plans to shoot in the Poplar Bluff, Missouri, area early next year. Details about the production -- including the movie’s plot, names of principal cast members and even the movie’s title -- won’t be released until the shooting schedule is announced, which screenwriter Steven Pierce said should be in the near future...

The first increase in Missouri’s fuel tax in 25 years takes effect today, the first of several hikes intended to raise Missouri’s 17-cent-a-gallon tax to 29.5 cents per gallon in July 2025 and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue to fund road and bridge projects...

SIKESTON – Diedre A. Peters, partner, Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen, LLC, was honored as one of the 2021 Up & Coming Missouri Lawyers by Missouri Lawyers Media Sept. 29 during a reception at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis. Missouri Lawyers Media annually honors rising stars of the Missouri legal community and next-generation leaders...

SIKESTON — Lacey Atkinson has joined Raymond James in Sikeston. Atkinson from East Prairie, is married to Robert and they have two children, Kimber and Ruger.  She enjoys horseback riding and baking.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Charleston woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a child endangerment charge related to the 2018 death of her baby in Mississippi County. Kadegra Wallace, 30, charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, resulting in the death of a child entered a guilty plea on Sept. 2 and was sentenced by Judge Scott Alan Lipke to 10 years in the Department of Corrections. She was given credit for time served...