Stories from Wednesday, November 29, 2023

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Former educator Cathey Daniels is the newest member of the New Madrid County R-1 School Board. Daniels, a resident of Matthews, was sworn into office at the November Board of Education meeting. She replaces Danny Parker, who resigned...

Members of the Pi Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi pose after putting together their annual Thanksgiving “Cozy Baskets.” Each year the New Madrid sorority gives away 10 baskets which include a variety of gifts such as lotions and blankets.

ESSEX, Mo. — A Malden, Missouri, man died in a single-vehicle crash Monday, Nov. 27 near Essex. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 10 p.m. on Route KK, three miles south of Essex, as the southbound vehicle driven by Caleb E. Cockrell, 30, of Malden failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a tree...

Gas prices are too high in Sikeston Hello, I’m from Sikeston and went to Cape, and their gas is $2.87. Why is our gas so high in Sikeston? You want us to shop locally, but for the difference in the price, you can go to Cape and shop. You need to get the prices down here. Our money is just as good as theirs...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The New Madrid Historical Museum is lighting up the Memory Tree at the New Madrid County Courthouse again! The museum puts lights on the tree for our friends and loved ones who are no longer with us so that the light they brought to our lives can live on at Christmas. It’s a tradition the museum has carried on for several decades and they are happy to keep it going in 2023...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of November 18, an officer responded to a local business for a panic alarm. When he arrived, an employee said a man had just walked out of the business with several items and left in a black car. The man was identified by the employee and the officer reviewed surveillance footage of the theft. He found that the man was now living in Kennett and contacted the police department there to serve the man with a court summons for theft...

SIKESTON — Betty Sue Jenkins-Long, age 86, passed away Nov. 28, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Feb. 10, 1937, in Missouri, daughter of the late Albert Benjamin Jenkins and Mary Jane Vanover-Jenkins. Betty was a member of Second Street Church of God that her father founded; she enjoyed playing piano and singing at church, gardening and enjoyed spending time in her gazebo...

SIKESTON — Leslie Turber Bess, 66, died Nov. 29, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — Ashton Lee Skelton, age 18, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 4, 2005, to Ricky Glenn Skelton, and Crissy Lee Mock in Sikeston. Ashton enjoyed drag racing, fishing, hunting and playing guitar. He is survived by his parents, Ricky Glenn (Elizabeth) Skelton of Scott City, Missouri, and Crissy Lee (Ronald) Mock Williams of Sikeston; two brothers, Ricky Dewayne (Jordan) Skelton Jr. ...