Stories from Monday, March 20, 2023

Residents have only a couple more Fridays to take advantage of the Sikeston American Legion’s fish sandwiches for sale during the lunch hour as they won’t return until this fall at the American Legion Cotton Carnival. ...

Concerned community members became supportive community members during a Sikeston Planning and Zoning meeting Tuesday, March 14. A large crowd of concerned citizens crowded into City Council Chambers at Sikeston City Hall to voice concerns about a conditional use variance at 202 Kennedy...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — State officials are getting closer to having models which will help direct an evacuation and disaster response effort for the region in the event of a major earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.  These models take into account surveys asking residents when, where and how they would evacuate after an incident, what roads and bridges would be most impacted and need the fastest inspections and many other factors, explained Michael White, Missouri Department of Transportation Emergency Management coordinator. . ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The cost of earthquake insurance has increased 352% in Southeast Missouri since 2000. This is in a region where building codes often struggle to meet the most up-to-date damage prevention measures for a higher magnitude tremblor...

MINER, Mo. — An Iowa woman faces felony charges after an alleged domestic assault at a motel in Miner. On Saturday, March 18, officers with the Miner Police Department responded to a local motel in reference to a domestic disturbance, according to Miner PD. ...

BLODGETT, Mo. — Jason Heath Wilkerson, 37, of Blodgett passed away on March 16, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri. Jason was born on Nov. 7, 1985, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Mary Morefield and Timmy Wilkerson. Jason loved to go fishing anytime he could. He was always there to help the family and any of his neighbors anytime he was able. He worked various jobs feeding livestock over the years and doing whatever job that was needed...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Sikeston man was sentenced on Monday to 125 months in prison on drug and gun charges. Cameron Melton Malone, 30, of Sikeston was sentenced to serve a total aggregate sentence of 125 months in federal prison for the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, according to the U.S. ...

Lifestime Sikeston resident Willine Miller, who turned 101 on Feb. 14, was the guest of honor during a birthday celebration in her honor Feb. 11 at her home in Sikeston, where family and friends dropped in throughout the day. She was married to Ferrell Miller for 73 years until he passed on July 4, 2014. Her parents were Otto and Bertha Rettig and she has lived in Sikeston all her life. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Carmen Louise Robertson, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Mrs. Robertson was born July 5, 1930, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Ora T. and Beulah (Baker) Tallent.