Stories from Friday, December 23, 2022

We would like to say how much we appreciate the workers at the Sikeston (Southeast Missouri) food bank. They are out there in all kinds of weather, and they are always nice and kind. We would like to say thank you and merry Christmas.

Sikeston Kindergarten Center has named its Kindergarten Pups of the mont for November.

Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its preschool pups for November.

State Auditor Nicole Galloway his issued her office’s audit of Stoddard County. The county received a rating of “good,” an improvement from the “fair” rating given by the previous state audit in March 2018. “I’m encouraged that Stoddard County officials indicated they plan to implement, or have implemented, the audit’s recommendations and that there was overall improvement from the previous review done by my office in 2018,” Galloway said...

Work will begin in the next few weeks to improve the intersection at Main and Malone in Sikeston. The Missouri Department of Transportation was set to begin the first phase of work at Highway 61 (Main) and Malone Avenue this week, but Matt Wilkerson, area engineer for MoDOT, said that due to a couple snags, the work will begin in a week or two, depending on the weather...

Construction on the Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center’s multi-purpose building/safe space continues to progress.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Thomas Ann Lett Britt, 92, was born Jan. 27, 1930, at Bertrand, Missouri, to the late Thomas LaFayette Lett and Minnie Evelyn Golightly Lett, and died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, at the home of her daughter in Charleston. Mrs. Britt made an anatomical gift of her remains to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. ...

A wind chill warning is in effect for the entire region until noon Friday, and a wind chill advisory is in effect from noon Friday to noon Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. In Sikeston, Friday’s high was expected to be near 11 with wind chill values as low as -21. Saturday will be sunny with a high near 22 and wind chill values as low as -6...

Thursday’s winter storm brought 2 to 4 inches of snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures to the area, even causing power outages in some places. The extreme cold remained in Southeast Missouri with Friday’s high near 11 degrees with wind chill values as low as -21 and Saturday’s high near 22 with wind chill values as low as -6. The high on Christmas day is expected to be near 26. There is a chance for more snow early Monday with a high of 32 degrees...

The Christmas Church Tour of Scott County was held Dec. 16. Each church was decorated for the season. Participating churches include: Concordia Lutheran, St. Francis Xavier in Sikeston, Tanner Street Church of God, First Christian, Hunter Memorial Presbyterian and Open Door Fellowship in Sikeston; Trinity United Methodist in Oran; St. Denis in Benton; St. Lawrence (and its original log church) in New Hamburg; St. Augustine in Kelso; and Eisleben Lutheran and St. Joseph in Scott City...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Graveside services for George Milton Bock, 75, who died Sept. 4, 2022, at his home in Leawood, Kan., are scheduled for 11 a.m. Dec. 27, 2022, at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid. The Rev. Mark Binder will officiate. Born Feb. 25, 1947, to Harry H. ...