Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 2022

NEW MADRID, Mo. — It is with sorrow that the family of Ada R. Odom announce her passing. She passed away on Jan. 14, 2022, while visiting her son in Virginia. She was a lifelong resident of New Madrid. She touched the lives of many people with her love and personality. She was an active member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Madrid...

JACKSON, Mo. — Alice Marie (Scheffer) Harvell of Jackson, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, after a long battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma...

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. — Bobbie J. Smith, 77, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Feb. 18, 1944, in Earl, Arkansas, to the late Bobby Bush and Alberta Reed. Services are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Marston, Missouri, with Rev. Eric Cox officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. until time of service at noon...

The spread of COVID-19 is continuing across the area and the signs could be seen Monday at the Missouri Delta Medical Center rapid testing site. Cars were lined up along North Main Street in Sikeston, with residents waiting to receive a rapid COVID-19 test. Sikeston DPS officers were needed to help control traffic at the site...

Beginning Wednesday, free at-home rapid COVID tests will be available to order through a government website. Here is a breakdown of what to expect: When can you order and how? The new federal website to order the free test kits is scheduled to launch Wednesday...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Emmy-Award-winning documentary about Missouri’s sharecropper protest of 1939 will be available for viewing later this month at Charleston High School. The community is invited to a free showing of the hour-long film, “Oh Freedom After While,” at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Charleston High School’s Clara Drinkwater Newnam Auditorium...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee, in partnership with the State Celebration Commission of Missouri and Lincoln University Extension, hosted the 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Monday in Sikeston. This year’s theme was “Building the Dream.” The celebration began with a motorcade parade and concluded at the Lincoln University Extension office where a formal program was held. ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School has announced its second quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year. 9th grade Joanna Abernathy, Asher Alcorn, Zoe Alcott, Khalia Andrews, Henry Arndt, Christopher Artis, Nevea Beard, Abigaile Beedle, Ashton Berry, Caroline Blanton, Lily Bolen, Abigail Borges, Kenya Bowden, Kinsley Brandon, Kanarrius Clark, Lynda Clark, Michenze Coaker, Juliet Collins, Leah Coppage, Brissy Corwin, Aden Cox, Truman Curry, Acie Dixon, Elizabeth Douglass, Landry Eason, Aiden Edwards, Ashton Ellis, Luke Gadberry, Essence Givens, Macy Givens, Giselle Gonzalez, Shakira Goodwin, Allison Gordon, Tequiras Graham, Meredith Grojean, Jacob Haley, Chloe Hamby, Landri Hammontree, Wyatt Hensley, Chase Hodges, Clara Hopkins, Andy Huang, Sophie Hunter, Maverick James, Alexis Johnson, Emma Johnson, Keara Johnson, Alanna Jones, Kashira Jones, Rehanna Jones, Mira Jordan, James Joslyn, Michael Junious, Amari Kizer, Kylin Laffoon, Aubrey Lane, Daquan Lee, James Lepior, Anthony Lindsey, Zachery Love, Tiara Macklin, Gracie Markland, Laura Martinez, Mackenzie Mason, Kyari McCray, Lekereon McCray, Aspyn McDonald, Londyn McDonald, Truman McGill, Nathaniel McKown, Maggie Merz, Ryleigh Metz, Conner Michael, Bailey Minner, Woodlin Mitchell, Josiah Moore, Arreona Morris, Avery Newton, Nyema Noble, Ansh Patel, Myanna Pearson, Zoe Perry, Hailey Pigg, Destiney Pope, Hailey Presley, Maririon Pulley, Tania Rangel, Kyla Redd, Katherine Ressel, Alyssia Rhodes, Elijah Rhodes, Meghan Richardson, Lily Robbins, Saphire Roberts, Jajuan Robinson, Kamryn Robinson, Kayden Robinson, Ashley Roth, Michael Sadler, Marcus Sanders, Joel Sandlin, Henry Savannah, Leighton Scapino, Ashton Schaffer, Colin Scott, Jorden Scott, Lainey Sherrod, Philip Shimon, Megan Sickal, William Sims, Daltin Smith, Lorelei Standridge, Fox Starr, Eli Stephenson, Connor Stevens, William Stokes, Lorelei Taber, Aziah Taylor, Trinity Taylor, Bruce Terry, Dakota Thompson, Mia Thornsbrough, Kristopher Thurman, Janiya Tipler, Selah Torres, Lauren Towe, Trenton Towe, Ella Vinson, Adrienne Vires, Brooklynn Wallace, Evylen Walton, Kennedy Watson, Braylon Webb, Landon Wheetley, Tamaya Whitney, Tiyez Whitney, Ella Whitter, Arial Williams, Cooper Wilson, John Wilson, Elaina Winchester, Jeremiah Wofford, Kylin Woodruff, Jordan Worley, Natalie Wright, Aiden Yant. ...

SIKESTON — Paige Falkenberg and McKenna Jenkins were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for January. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2021-2022 school year...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - With few major projects projected for the coming year, the New Madrid City Council has approved a tight budget for 2022. Projected general revenues for the city are set at $2,187,600 with expenditures projected at $2,186,900. It will leave an ending balance of $700, according to the figures approved by the Council during their final meeting of 2021...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - New Madrid residents will spend more for their water and electricity this year. As part of the 2022 budget, water and electric rates are going up 5 percent. City Administrator Richard McGill explained the hike is similar to previous years. He added the City Council has opted with small increases each year rather than having a major increase of 30 to 40 percent in one year...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Work should begin in May on New Madrid County R-1’s newest building. The multipurpose building, which will be built as part of the New Madrid County Central Junior High School, will be constructed by Zoellner Construction Co. The company offered the low bid of $2,527,424 for the project which is primarily being paid for with Federal Emergency Management Agency funding...

Dr.Daniel Domjan, chief medical officer for SEMO Health Network; Dr. Nathan Sprengel, who is at the New Madrid Medical office, Dr. James Sheridan, who mans the medical offices at Bernie and Kennett and Judith Haggard, family nurse practitioner, were named “United Heroes” by United Healthcare. These providers scored five star ratings on UHC/Medicare patient satisfaction surveys...

WAPPAPELLO — One person died in an early-morning house fire near Wappapello Monday while two others narrowly escaped. “The call was received at 4:16 a.m.,” said Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch. “Basically, the call came in as a structure fire,” Finch added. “and the Wappapello Fire Department was paged out.”...