Stories from Tuesday, November 19, 2024

NEW MADRID, Mo. — With an eye on the future for New Madrid County, the New Madrid County Commissioners at their Nov. 14 meeting made some changes to ensure operations continue to run smoothly. Presiding Commissioner Mark Baker began by announcing he is currently being treated for Alzheimer’s Disease...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Less than 1 percent of the U.S. population has served in the military, yet the opportunities that service offers are growing, guest speaker Jerry Whitehead told New Madrid County Central High School students at the Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 11...

LILBOURN, Mo. - At the opening of the New Madrid County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7183’s Fall Awards Banquet on Nov. 12, Retired Air Force Col. James Russell read a statement by the late President Ronald Reagan. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same,” Russell quoted...

My question is when you go to go vote, why is it — and I’m not a Republican or Democrat; I vote on who I feel should be in there — I would like to know why on the ballots, all you see is the Republicans names and no Democrats or Independents and explain to me why you don’t have any choice. I mean some of us like to vote Republicans and some like to vote for Democrats. I vote for who I feel does the job. Please explain to me why on the ballot it has just Republicans on the ballot. Thank you very much.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Linda Faye Gaines Thomas, age 77, of Charleston died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Sept. 19, 1947, at East Prairie, Missouri, to the late Jesse K. Gaines and Nellie Pauline Smith Gaines, she grew up in Wyatt, Missouri, but went on to live in Chicago, Illinois, a number of years before returning to Mississippi County, Missouri, where she made her home in East Prairie. ...

SIKESTON — John Louis Chaney, age 77, passed away Nov. 18, 2024, surrounded by family in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 29, 1946, in Canalou, Missouri, son of the late Jewel Chaney and Louise Kem-Chaney. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard and had been a truck driver for all his life for Malone & Hyde, Atlas, Edwards Transportation and many others before retiring. His CB Handle was "Pullpin.”...

SIKESTON — On Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, James Robert “Bob” Patterson of Sikeston passed away peacefully at the age of 94. Bob was born on Jan. 17, 1930, to MaryBelle Gaddy Patterson and James Floyd Patterson in Caruthersville, Missouri. His grandfather, John D Gaddy, was a major inspiration to Bob encouraging him to pursue a career in engineering and after he married his high school sweetheart, Martha Lou Johnson, in 1949, he attended the University of Missouri, Rolla, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1954. ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Orlandus-Cushawn Eugene Cooper Jr., a resident of Little Rock, passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Eugene was born Monday, July 14, 1986, to O.C. Cooper and Flora Fields Cooper in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...