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Sam King and Terry Williams were honored as Agricultural Leaders of the Year at the Sikeston Regional Chamber’s annual Farmer’s Banquet held Thursday night at the Sikeston Jaycee’s Sponsor’s Building.

A Night to Shine, a prom night for individuals with special needs 14 and up, was held Friday at the Miner Convention Center. The event, hosted by Sikeston First Assembly, featured food, a red carpet entrance, professional photography, hair and makeup for the girls, shoe shines for the guys, limo rides and all who attend were crowned as a king or queen.

The New Madrid Christmas Parade was held Dec. 14.

The Portageville School District sent members of the Junior Beta Club to the state convention on December 4-5. The convention was held at University Plaza Hotel and Springfield Expo Center. Approximately 43 Portageville Junior High students participated with many bringing home awards. Many of these students will be eligible to attend the National Convention held next summer. On Monday, the school recognized the students for their accomplishments.

T’was a cold winter’s night on Portageville’s Main Street Friday night as folks came to watch the annual Christmas Parade. To help fight off the cold, many sought out local merchants that were participating in the annual Coca Crawl. One had to partake of the coca to determine who had the best tasting Hot Coca. The event was sponsored by the Portageville Chamber of Commerce.

(Portageville, Mo.) - The winners of the annual Halloween Costume Parade have been released. There several spooks, ghosts and goblins that parades through downtown Portageville on October 31 going from business to business trick or treating. The parade concluded at the First State Bank and Trust parking lot where the costumes were judged in different age categories.

Nearly 70 pumpkins have been transformed into various characters for the annual Great Pumpkin Decorating Contest at the Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center. Voting ends at 4 p.m. Oct. 31.

Even though the Sikeston football team didn’t compete on-the-field Saturday morning, other teams did. The Sikeston Jaycees held the Little League Football End of Season Games at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. Four teams participated in the event on Saturday morning. Made up of fifth and sixth-graders, the Chiefs and Packers played the first game, and the Bears and Rams played the second.

Portageville High School held its annual 2019 Football Homecoming Coronation on Friday, October 11. The ceremonies were held right before the homecoming game against East Prairie. Members of the boys' football team, the girls' volleyball team, and the cheerleading squad participated in the coronation.

On Thursday, the City of Portageville celebrated its 72nd Annual National Soybean Festival in a grand way with its Grand Parade.

The 2019 Fields of Faith event took place Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium.

Winners of the 2019 Annual Soybean Festival Kiddie Parade are shown below. The parade was held Tuesday night, October 8.

Portageville, Mo. - On Saturday, September 28, the Portageville Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held its annual Soybean Photo and Pageant for children ages 0-5. The event was held in the Portageville Elementary School gymnasium.

The New Madrid Fall Festival was held Oct. 5 in New Madrid, Mo.

Portageville, Mo. - The annual soybean queen pageant kicked off the 72nd Annual Soybean Festival Sunday afternoon. Due to inclement weather, the event was moved Main Street to the Portageville Community Building.

Several Portageville athletes from the football team, cheer team and band were honored prior to the Caruthersville football game.

(Risco, Mo.) - Over 50 cars were entered into the Sixth Annual Cotton Pickin BBQ Car Show and Cruise. For anyone cruising through Risco, last Saturday could not help be see all of the action just off Hwy. 62 at the Cotton Pickin BBQ Restaurant.

The Portageville Lady Bulldogs could not get past the Gideon Lady Bulldogs in their first quarter final game Saturday. Portageville lost in two sets, 14-25 and 12-25.

Cape Central defeated Sikeston 33-0 on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium.

The 75th Annual Cotton Carnival got underway Tuesday night at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds.

Matthews Community Day was held Saturday.

Fourth grade classes in the Sikeston Public School District and private schools — about 300 students and their teachers — visited the Depot Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to learn about local history through a live, interactive presentation.

"We made a nice big step in a good direction tonight, but we have to do better. We play at Malden next week and they are 0-2, believe me they will be ready to play us next week," said Head coach Mark Jackson. Game 2 action at Vic Reaves Athletic field in Portageville

Cape Central defeated Sikeston Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at the Sikeston Field House.

Sikeston defeated Vashon 24-18 Friday , Aug. 30, 2019, at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium.