Stories from Tuesday, April 9, 2024

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The discovery of a body in Charleston is under investigation in Mississippi County. The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office received a report on Saturday, April 6 of a possible dead individual in the water off of County Road 203, Sheriff Britton Ferrell confirmed Tuesday, April 9. Upon deputies’ arrival, they discovered a deceased white male in the water...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The temperature dropped, the street lights came on and day became night. Then the crowd along New Madrid’s levee front broke into applause as the moon crossed into the path of the sun creating a total eclipse Monday afternoon. New Madrid drew visitors not just from across the country but around the world for the opportunity to view the eclipse over the Mississippi River...

SIKESTON — Even before the moon began to cover the sun on Monday, April 8 in Sikeston, John and Christie Maras of Jacksonville, Tennessee, were preparing to witness their second total solar eclipse in less than seven years. The couple arrived late Sunday at the Hampton Inn in Sikeston where they set up lawn chairs Monday on the parking lot’s edge and had snacks and drinks ready while they waited for the total solar eclipse to reach totality starting at 1:58 p.m...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — For almost 50 years, the members of the New Madrid Beta Sigma Phi have sought to honor a local woman who lives a life focused on the community. This year’s 2024 Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the year fits that description to a “T” everyone agreed...

SIKESTON — An estimated 5,000 people gathered Monday, April 8 at the Sikeston Recreation Complex to view the Total Solar Eclipse. People from various states and countries traveled to Sikeston to witness the eclipse during the Sikeston Convention and Visitors Bureau’s “Total Eclipse of the Park.” They gathered at the complex for picnics, telescope viewings, food trucks, fishing, mini golf and other activities...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A felony suspect led police on a foot chase through the woods along the Mississippi River on Monday. According to a news release from the New Madrid Police Department, officers attempted to take Thomas L. Jackson, 47, of New Madrid into custody Monday afternoon at a house on Mill Street. Jackson refused the officers’ command and fled the house on foot...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Christopher Dylan Vinson, 28, died April 6, 2024, in rural Mississippi County, Missouri. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.