Stories from Saturday, October 23, 2021

I read where Sikeston’s city council is moving forward with hundreds of thousands of dollars to be spent on improvements to the old Bootheel golf course and recreation grounds. I read that they approved new lighting for the ball fields. Several months ago the council approved a long-term plan for these improvements and stated in the Standard Democrat that these improvements would be funded by future donations. Where did these new donations to fund the lighting at the ball parks come from?