Stories from Friday, September 23, 2022

BENTON, Mo. — The Scott County Commission and the Scott County Office of Emergency Management issued on Friday a burn ban, effective immediately, until further notice, according to an alert issued by the County.

Michelle Fayette, Executive Director for the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center, spoke to the Stoddard County Senate Bill 40 Board (SB40) at its September meeting Thursday evening. She asked the board to consider entering into an annual agreement with the center...

SIKESTON — Students in kindergarten through eighth grades who attended Sikeston R-6 School Disgrict’s summer school showed gains across math and English. Sikston R-6 Summer School Director Ryan Lindsey provided a report on this year’s summer school session, which was held in July,...

SIKESTON — Three Rivers College offered a unique opportunity for Sikeston students ranging from fifth through eighth grades and participating in summer school.  The Three Rivers College Continuing Education/Dual Credit Department and the Sikeston School District came together to help students navigate flying drones, solve a diamond heist, build and code robots, and solve a “who done it” mystery. ...

SIKESTON — The Three Rivers College Championship College Rodeo, presented by Farm Credit Southeast Missouri, will be held Oct. 13-15. The event, co-hosted by the Sikeston Jaycees, will be held at the Art Saunders Arena at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds...

The First Christian Church of Sikeston recently gave $2,522.50 to the Bulldog Pantry. Pictured, from left: Brent Mullin, Bulldog Pantry; Joann Sullivan, First Christian Church Outreach Committee; Lynne Dewitt, Bulldog Pantry; Lisa Old, chairman of the Outreach Committee; Marcia Underwood, Outreach Committee; not pictured Pastor Jason Williams.Dewitt, the daughter of Walter Bizzell, began the Bulldog Pantry after the death of her father. ...

I must confess something very personal to you. This confession may cause me to lose any credibility I have ever had about being from Missouri. This is so shocking that you may not ever believe anything I wrote about fishing with my grandma. Here it is… I hate fish. People always with disbelief ask why and I generally say it taste so “fishy” and smells...

It’s Sept. 13, 2022. If you have any question about the direction this country is heading, look at what happened to the stock market today. Look at inflation, food prices, our southern border and our immigration policies, the crime rate, the deficit and the economy. Then decide on the direction you think this country is heading.

ROCKVIEW, Mo. – One man is in custody after a nearly two hour stand-off in the Rockview area, just outside of Chaffee, Missouri. According to Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury, officers received a 911 call at approximately 8:23 a.m. Thursday from a property owner saying he heard a gunshot after advising the occupant of the property he would need to move...

BERNIE, Mo. — Irene “Sidder” Smith Jordan, daughter of the late Arthur Lee Smith and Elma Rogers Smith, was born on April 8, 1932, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 21, 2022, at Winchester Nursing Center, in Bernie at the age of 90 years...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Henry Clyde Reid, 53, died Sept. 21, 2022, at Portageville. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26 in the Portageville Cemetery with the Rev. A.R. Gentry officiating. Burial will follow with the DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville in charge of arrangements...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Paula Choate Waggener, age 95, a resident of Charleston and Marco Island, Florida, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Feb. 11, 1927, in Hickman, Kentucky, to the late Paul Washington and Elizabeth Pickett Choate, she graduated from Hickman High School and attended University of Kentucky, Christian College and then graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1949. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Janie Marie Stephens, age 63, passed away on Sept. 21, 2022, at Effie Care Home in East Prairie. She was born on Jan. 22, 1959 in Bernie, Missouri, to the late James Henry and Sara Elizabeth Boyt Stephens. She is survived by three brothers, Voundis W. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Lillian K. Cox Beck, 68, died Sept. 23, 2022, at her home near the Bridges Community in rural Charleston. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

Members of the Sikeston Jaycee Bulldogs youth football teams run onto the field before Sikeston High School’s football game against Poplar Bluff Thursday night at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. Results from the game can be found in Friday's sports section...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Colatha Joan Hyde Marshall, 89, died Sept. 23, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Missouri, with McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.