Stories from Thursday, January 6, 2022

The first snow of 2022 began falling Thursday morning, expected to drop between 2-3 inches on Sikeston and the local area. The snow was impacting travel early Thursday as the New Madrid Emergency Management reported 25 semi tractor trailers were off the road on Interstate 55, mainly due to driving too fast...

EAST JORDAN, Mich. — Gretta Yvonne Ables Portz Walton, 87, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in East Jordan, Michigan. She died at her home on Lake Charlevoix in the cottage built by her beloved husband, Jerrold Walton. It was a beautiful, sunny, winter day...

In talking to people over the years I have discovered that many people want to move forward, but they don’t. If you are starting 2022 with a desire to move forward: 1. What is your big goal you need to commit too? What is it you want to do? For example, I want to be a nurse, or I want to go into this business. ...

Jayson Louis Carr, son of Jaleesa Eggleston and Jermaine Carr of Sikeston, was the first baby born in the new year at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born at 10:20 p.m. Jan. 1, 2022, Jayson weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19.4 inches long...