Stories from Friday, March 29, 2024

SIKESTON — Voters in the Scott County R-4 “Kelly” School District will choose two of three candidates to fill the two positions available on the school board when they step up to the polls during the Tuesday, April 2 municipal election.

I just voted by mail in the 2024 Primary Election. I did not commit fraud. I did not rig the election. I am not trying to steal the election. Mail-in voting is not corrupt. I exercised my constitutional right to vote as an American citizen. Mr. Trump, the loser, is trying to block the American people’s right to vote with his lies.

Dear Editor: The Scott County Rural Fire Protection District is asking for our citizens’ support at the April 2, election. With Proposition Safety, we are seeking approval of a $1,650,000 no tax rate increase general obligation bond issue for the site development, equipping, and furnishing of a new firehouse, to make repairs to existing facilities, and purchase new apparatus and equipment to meet safety standards...

BERTRAND, Mo. —Edith Lindsey Lough, 97, died March 28, 2024, at Memory Lane Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri. Private family service will be held.  McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON — Charles A. Baker, 67, died March 29, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri.

BENTON, Mo. — Retired judge David Dolan has decided to make a run at the statehouse. Dolan — who, until March 15, had served as the presiding judge over Scott and Mississippi counties, the 33rd Judicial Circuit, since 1998 — filed to run for the District 148 seat in the House of Representatives, which will be left vacant as current Rep. ...

By Gina Williams Standard Democrat BERTRAND, Mo. — This Easter Sunday, many citizens are reflecting on the purpose of Easter after a 13-day revival in Bertrand called the “Grassroots Bertrand Tent Revival,” which ended during Holy Week. Many people in the area are on fire for God, according to Morehouse resident Caleb Hodgkiss of Life Church in Sikeston who shared the story of how the tent revivals began and evolved...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County voters have many choices to make at the ballot box Tuesday, April 2, including a possible countywide sales tax increase to help fund law enforcement services. The ballot measure would increase sales tax in the county by a half-cent. ...

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?” Psalm 22:1 On Friday March 29, Psalm 22 was read by many congregations during their Good Friday services. Psalm 22 gives us a glimpse into the human experience of suffering, despair, and yet trust in God’s faithfulness. ...

Easter is upon us. Sanctuaries will be decorated with Easter lilies. Some folks will don new clothes as a way to celebrate new life. Lenten fasts will end, and an Easter feast will be looked forward to. And as Americans, we will find some way to incorporate chocolate into this festive day, whether it be chocolate eggs or chocolate bunnies or chocolate cake...

SIKESTON — Gary Lee Divinny, age 64, passed away March 28, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. He was born on Aug. 21, 1959, in Sikeston, son of the late George and Betty Johnson Divinny. Gary enjoyed bowling and had worked in the cutting room of Grove Manufacturing and later Thorngate Ltd. before retiring...

SIKESTON — Shelby Jean Kneezle, age 86, passed away on March 27, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Jan. 22, 1938, in Risco, Missouri, to the late Christine Dockins.

SIKESTON — Sikeston and other communities are preparing for a series of eclipse-themed events in the coming days, giving residents the opportunity to witness the April 8 astronomical phenomenon through a variety of experiences. The City of Sikeston will be in the eclipse’s path of totality for more than three minutes, and as many as 10,000 to 15,000 additional visitors are expected to travel into town for the event, which will coincide with a weekend full of activities and events during the “Total Eclipse of the Park.”. ...