Stories from Wednesday, July 6, 2022

SIKESTON — A highly-anticipated court case involving a former Sikeston Department of Public Safety officer involved in a deadly crash in February 2020 will now have a trial in 2023. Sikeston DPS Capt. Andrew Cooper was the driver in an accident that occurred around 9:15 p.m. Feb. 29, 2020, at East Salcedo and Columbine Streets in Sikeston. A Sikeston woman died in the accident and Cooper, along with three others, were seriously injured...

SIKESTON — A new substation to be built next to the Sikeston Power Plant will be a benefit to the city for years to come. The new substation will be jointly owned by Sikeston, Ameren and the Missouri Electric Utility Commission (MEUC), of which Sikeston is a member. It will be known as the Comstock Substation and will be located just west of the Sikeston Power Plant and north of the existing Southwestern Power Administration substation...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Jack Quinlan Ginther, a 2022 graduate of Benton High School in Benton, Arkansas, was inducted into the Naval Academy class of 2026 on June 30, and will begin six weeks of basic midshipman training as part of Plebe Summer. Ginther, who was born in Sikeston, Missouri, is the son of Matt and Kristin Ginther and grandson of Deanna Ginther of Sikeston...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six traffic fatalities and one drowning occurred over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Tuesday released its 2022 July Fourth holiday statistics for the counting period of 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Services have been reduced over the summer months at a Charleston veterinary clinic following the relocation of its longtime veterinarian. According to Dr. Steve Williams, owner of Animal Health Centers in Charleston, Sikeston and Dexter and Delta Veterinary Clinic in Sikeston, veterinarian, Dr. Amber Swain, who has served the area since 2007, is relocating this month...

I would like to thank New Madrid Cargill Elevator for the appreciation day they gave the truck drivers last week. I would like to really thank Amy Essner that works at Cargill that helped get this going. Miss Millie and Lauren and the rest of the gentlemen that helped serve the meals and the soda, potato chips and dinner for us on the appreciation day. It was nice. Thank all of you. And thank you Cargill for showing us you appreciate our business. It is nice to go and haul to an elevator who shows the truck drivers and all the Missouri farmers around New Madrid and New Madrid County how much they appreciate doing business with us or us doing business with them. We want to thank you. It is nice when we cross the scales, we know the grain is yours. And it so nice to see an elevator that unloads their grain from our trucks. We’ve worked all year and it’s been up to 100, 98, 99 degrees all summer and the drivers are extremely hot. We do our best to try and get it loaded in the trucks, get it tarped, get it there, get it untarped, get it in there and get out as fast as we can. And it is so nice the elevator shows us how much they appreciate it by unloading our trucks. They treat the people with respect. The drivers are always spoken nicely to, even when we mess up. It’s good to see that it is all working out for the best. I wish other elevators would do the same but they won’t because a lot of them have no respect for anybody but themselves.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Registration is underway for the 2022 fall programs for third through sixth grade football, first and second grade flag football, fourth through sixth grade volleyball and first through third grade cheerleading sponsored by the New Madrid Youth Sports League...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - It was a duel celebration for Linnette McCoy and Mary Walker in June. Together the two marked the 10-year-anniversary of their barber shop, Ideal Image, and the grand opening of their newest venture, Da Five O Foe, a bar and grill. The businesses are located next to each other in the Villa Shopping Center...

SIKESTON — Sh'Tyana Cortezia Ingram, 21, died July 3, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri State University has announced its spring 2022 dean’s list for academic achievement during the spring 2022 semester. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses...

JONESBORO, Ark. – Arkansas State University has announced the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Spring Commencement, held May 7 in Centennial Bank Stadium. The list includes graduates from 44 states and 16 other countries...

HENDERSON, Tenn. — Approximately 350 students received degrees May 14 during the spring commencement ceremony held in Loyd Auditorium. In addition to baccalaureate and graduate degrees, 11 high school students enrolled in the university’s early admission program were awarded Associate in Arts degrees...

Sikeston Elks Lodge 2319 presented a donation and certificate to the Boy Scouts Troop 59 in appreciation of performing the Flag Day Ceremony on June 14.

The Sikeston American Legion Post 114 again this year has earned the Platinum Club award from the Missouri Lottery. Post 114’s Missouri Lottery sales contributed $147,803 to Missouri education. “I think this is just one more example of how Post 114 supports our community,” said Jim Walton, Post 114 Finance Officer. ...