Stories from Wednesday, October 5, 2022

SIKESTON — If at first you don’t succeed, try again. In May, Sikeston’s Community Drive-In Movie Night was postponed due to the chance of severe weather. But rather than waiting until next year, the drive-in move was rescheduled and will now be held Saturday night...

A free, introductory class pickleball class will be given by Jeff Williams from 10-11:30 a.m. at the pickleball courts on Oct. 15. Please bring your own paddle if you have one. If not, there will be some to borrow.

Sikeston Depot Museum & Cultural Center Guest Artist: Colyn Webbenmeyer Sept. 7- Oct. 29, 2022 Artist Statement: I found my love of painting with Acrylic during Covid March of 2020. Little did I know how amazing painting could be. I discovered the love I so longed for during March 2020. ...

City officials describe it as another investment in the economic future of the community. At the Sept. 26 meeting of the New Madrid City Council, the members unanimously approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Donnie Brown to sign a contract for the purchase of 40 acres by the city from Mississippi River Enterprises inc. The property located near the Missouri Conservation Department’s boat ramp on the Mississippi River was purchased for $1 million...

The New Madrid Fall Festival took place Saturday and Sunday.

Portageville author Towina M. Jones, left, recently donated a copy of her new book, “He So Loves Me!” to the New Madrid County Library. Jones, an advocate for reading and writing, will take part in the Soybean Festival’s Main Street Madness on Saturday offering her book for sale and signing copies. She is pictured with New Madrid County Library Director Susan Newman. “He So Loves Me” is also available on Amazon...

We’re supposed to have a burn ban. I guess that don’t go for farmers, does it? Now I can’t burn or nothing but the farmers are still burning their fields over here when we got a burn ban. This is Monday afternoon. I want to know if the cops are gonna go enforce that, or the City of Sikeston or the county or whoever does it? I’d just like to know. I would get in trouble. I want to know what they’re going to do about them burning. I’m tired of my house smelling like smoke.

SIKESTON — Linda Faye Mosby, age 52, passed away on September 30, 2022 at her home in Sikeston. She was born July 17, 1970, in Hayti, Missouri, daughter of Cherry Mabry Sr. and Henrietta Isom Reed-Mabry. She was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Sikeston...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Thomas Jay Hubbert, 63, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Oct. 3, 2022, at his home in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.

MARION, Ky. — Allan Harvey LaPlante passed away at his home in Marion on Oct. 2, 2022. Surrounded by his family, Allan left this world on a beautiful fall day as the sound of laughter rang throughout the house during the many retellings of “Allan tales.”...