Stories from Wednesday, October 13, 2021

MINER, Mo. — A Sikeston man faces charges following a robbery attempt Monday in Miner. Joseph P. Largent, 27, of Sikeston is charged through Scott County with first degree attempted robbery and stealing. According to Miner Police Department, officers responded Monday eventing to a local business in reference to a robbery in progress. ...

Dear Editors: October is National Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights Month, a time to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices many long-term care (LTC) residents have made to better our community and to call attention to the rights of residents in long-term care facilities. ...

Here we go again. So Sikeston teachers get extra days off because the first month of school was so stressed? Really? You don’t hear that happening with nurses, or police or fire or even you guys at the newspaper. Only teachers can work three months and then go back to work for a month and be so stressed they need extra time off. They’re always saying people couldn’t handle their job. I think of it the other way. Teachers sure couldn’t handle it outside of the teaching world.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Brandi Michelle Bland, 44, died Oct. 3, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation is from 4 p.m. until service time at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo.— Linda Nolen Grable, 59, died Oct. 2, 2021, at the New Madrid Nursing Center in New Madrid, Missouri. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Charlie Thacker officiating...