Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Southeast Elementary in Sikeston has named its character education students for December.

SEMO Christian Academy in Sikeston has announced its top sellers for its annual candle fall fundraisers. A total of 900 candlers were sold.

SIKESTON — Robert “Chase” Rodgers, age 25, of Sikeston passed away at his home on Dec. 16, 2022. He was born on Aug. 19, 1997, in Sikeston, to Robert Rodgers and Nichole Presley. Chase graduated from Sikeston High School in 2016. He was a Bulldog Wrestler alongside many of his lifelong friends who became more like brothers...

BENTON, Mo. — Micheal Ray “Mike” Fodge, son of Helen Helms Fodge of Benton and the late Eugene Fodge, was born on Feb. 11, 1950, in Catron, Missouri, and departed his life on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, at his residence in Benton at the age of 72 years. He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving in the Vietnam War from 1969-1971 and a member of the Saint Denis Catholic Church in Benton. ...

Holiday travel could be a bit more challenging this year due to a winter storm that will move across Southeast Missouri Thursday into Friday, leaving bitterly cold temperatures in its wake. According to the National Weather Service, rain before 3 p.m. ...

On Saturday, Dec. 17 families and friends gathered at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri, to place live Christmas wreaths at every veterans’ grave.

BENTON, Mo. — A hearing set for next week will decide whether the Scott County Sheriff’s Office will move its location to the Scott County Jail. On behalf of the Scott County Commission, Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda Oesch on Monday filed a petition in Scott County’s 33rd Judicial Circuit for a “writ of mandamus or injunction” against Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury, according to online court records. ...

Former New Madrid resident Lynn Akins would like to add another cross to the city’s attractions. At the Dec. 12 New Madrid City Council meeting, Akins proposed locating a new 16-foot metal cross near the Mississippi River levee. “I want it in a location where it could be seen. That is the whole thing, exposure. I have been up and down the levee and talked to a few people,” Akins told the Council. Akins suggested four sites where he would like to place the cross...

During a press conference Tuesday at the State Capitol, Gov. Mike Parson announced he is appointing Vivek Malek as the next state treasurer of the state of Missouri. Malek’s appointment will fill the vacancy created by the election of Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick to the Office of Missouri State Auditor. Malek, 45, of Wildwood, Missouri, is a practicing attorney and business owner. He owns and operates the Law Offices of Vivek Malek...

JACKSON, Tenn. — Tommy Mitchell Freeman, age 85, passed away on Dec. 20, 2022, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee.He was born on March 6, 1937, in Brazil, Tennessee, to the late John and James Edna Harris Freeman.