Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2024

SIKESTON — Former FBI agent Marty Williams of Sikeston climbed the stairs at Montgomery Bank in Sikeston Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a way to honor first responders and all who lost their lives...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A jury found a Charleston man guilty of a felony resisting arrest charge following a one-day trial in Mississippi County. On Friday, Sept. 6, Sterling La’Marr McCain was convicted by a jury of his peers of felony resisting arrest, according to a news release from Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Claire E. Poley.

SIKESTON — The deadline to apply for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is approaching, and here’s what local residents need to know. According to Barb Sturner, FEMA external affairs specialist, FEMA is providing disaster assistance to individuals and households in 10 Missouri counties as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding May 19-27. ...

SIKESTON — Southeast Missouri Food Bank hosted a Hunger Action resource fair and mobile food pantry Monday, Sept. 9 at its headquarters in Sikeston as part of its Hunger Action Month activities. “We want to bring all of these services together for a one-day event to make them more accessible,” said Camille Peters, chief impact officer of the food bank. ...

SIKESTON — Madam Mosrean Collins, 101, died at 10:40 p.m. Sept. 9, 2024, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born July 27, 1923, in New Madrid County, Missouri, daughter of the late John Jordan and Alberta Jordan, she was a longtime member of Mount Pisgah Free Will Baptist Church in New Madrid, Missouri...

Mercy’s hospital organization announced Monday, Sept. 9 it will end its Missouri contracts with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in 2025 if terms are not reached soon. Mercy stated it provided written notice to Anthem to end its contract. The news was delivered publicly after the hospital organization announced that “months of negotiation” have proven fruitless...

Sikeston Jaycee Clay Driskill who served as the 2024 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo General Chairman, gives a presentation about the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, at the Missouri Governor’s Conference on Economic Development in St. ...