Stories from Sunday, May 14, 2023

SIKESTON — Get ready for some great music, food, and fun at the 14th Annual Sikeston Jaycees Crawfish Boil and Music Festival. The fundraiser-event will be May 20 at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Gates will open at noon, and the live music will begin at 2 p.m...

SIKESTON — Due to the threat of incoming weather, Sikeston High School’s graduation ceremony for Monday, May 15 has been moved indoors to the Sikeston Fieldhouse, the district announced Sunday afternoon. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for graduation, and the ceremony will start at 7 p.m...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a proposed conditional use variance for an adult novelty store during their meeting Tuesday, May 9.  Brad Mallard, CEO of OMG gifts LLC, wants to purchase the building at 1641 E. Malone Ave, for the purpose of using it for an adult novelty store. ...

Five regional highway patrolmen were awarded at the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s annual banquet for their actions in the line of duty. Superintendent Col. Eric T. Olson congratulated all the troopers and other employees recognized at the April 29 ceremony in Columbia, Missouri...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A pursuit involving an alleged stolen vehicle and law enforcement officers from five agencies ended with a 30-year-old St. Louis woman in custody and two Ripley County deputies in the emergency room Thursday, May 11. Doniphan and Poplar Bluff police officers, as well as deputies from Butler and Ripley counties and the Missouri State Highway Patrol, all took part in the chase, which began in Doniphan and ended in Poplar Bluff. ...

TURLOCK, Calif. — Darrell Wayne Thompson, 67, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died May 2, 2023, at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 17 at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston. Burial will follow under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston...