Editorial

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of May 11, an officer saw a woman driving a truck near Scott Street and Highway 61. Recognizing the driver, he knew her driver’s license was revoked and stopped the truck when the woman pulled out of a gas station...

Stop sending graduation announcements This is graduation time for high schools and I have a question. At what generation do the announcements for graduation seniors stop coming? After you have responded to the first nephew or niece, which you never hear from, only at such times. ...

The very day Biden and the Democrats took office, the prices went up. Gasoline went up the very next day. Quit blaming it all on Putin. Blame it on Biden and the Democrats.

I was just wondering why there haven’t been any mail deliveries on Baker Lane this week? I contacted the post office and they said that somebody from the city told them not to deliver because of the street work. The UPS, Fed Ex, Sonny’s Solid Waste and the newspaper have all been making deliveries and pickups. Just wonder who the individual was at the city who had the authority to tell the post...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On May 16, the New Madrid Police Department Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 was awarded to Delaney Cooksey of Matthews. Delaney, the daughter of Jim and Heather Cooksey of Matthews, ended her four years at New Madrid County Central with a 3.7 GPA. ...

Hello America. Hello southeast Missouri. What a beautiful day. The court system sure has everybody in the United States all riled up. You know what folks, this Roe v. Wade, I’m pro choice. Why don’t these people be for both sides? These women on both sides. It’s not a religious thing. Why don’t you take care of both sides instead of your ego and whatever that’s involved with this decision. But...

I just got back in town off the truck. I seen the newspaper about when I called Speakout about spying on the ambulance. I was not spying on the ambulance. I was sitting there waiting on my sister to come out of the ER and I heard them talking. I do not think that was spying on ambulance. If anything, I thought you should put the title as “Talk too loud, loudmouths.”

Have you ever stood in your yard and heard a car rolling their motors six or seven blocks away? I have. Also in the morning, outside my window, at 5:30 to 7 a.m., three-foot away, I get the same opportunity. What’s wrong with the enforcement of the sound ordinance?

NEW MADRID, Mo. - At around 8:30 p.m. April 30, officers learned of an incident that had just occurred at a truck stop in Matthews where a deputy was injured in an altercation with a truck driver. A New Madrid officer who was parked near the south overpass saw a tractor-trailer traveling south on Interstate 55 that matched the suspect vehicle’s description. The officer activated his lights and...

I’m curious. I see in the paper where Cape Girardeau is trying to get a new interchange off of I-55 and I’m wondering when MoDOT is going to stop working at Cape and start working on our I-57 we’re supposed to get through here.

Dear Editor: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As a volunteer and advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, this month I am asking everyone to join us and demand #MoreForMentalHealth. I am doing more by calling on my legislators at the federal and state levels to support legislation that will fund the implementation of 988 and the suicide and mental health crisis system...

I am sick and tired of this terrible inflation. Something needs to be done. And then, something needs to be done about people in the media and other higher political offices that view everything through the prism of racial injustice. I am not prejudice but it makes me want to be that way.

I have known Christians that seemed to be so committed, but everywhere they went was drama and challenges. Although they boasted of Jesus Christ and their call to embrace his path, it seems like they had a bigger goal to tick off everyone and be as offensive as they can. Today, we turn to Proverbs 16 which gives insight into what it looks like to live for God in this difficult world...

This is a summary of Jason Smith’s voting record. Representative Smith opposes taxing businesses, consumer protection, funding education, environmental protection, financial sector regulation, gun control, public health, foreign and humanitarian aid, humane immigration policy, labor rights and wages, LGBT rights, avoiding default, poverty amelioration, racial equality, increasing revenues, taxing...

Just want to give a shout out to our new mayor that sees that a bathroom in Downtown Sikeston would be better in the park than being on the center of Front Street.

The new improvements for Legion Park look really nice. It’ll be great to have that expansion downtown. It will draw much more activity from the community and I think it’s going to be great for our downtown local businesses. But while working with the website, I noticed we went with an architect out of St. Louis as we have gone out of the area for our school buildings. This is a lot of money could...

Have you ever had someone to refer to their life by saying, “I’m stuck?” If you are that person that thinks they are stuck, let’s look at a plan modified from the mind of Life Coach Larry Glabe. He is my friend that developed this to help people figure out how to get somewhere...

I’m over here at an emergency room and I’m sitting over here in my vehicle and an ambulance pulled up from Mississippi County. One person went in with the nurses taking in the patient but the other person stayed out there. The other person came back out and they were sitting there talking, degrading the person they took in there. You don’t want to be a paramedic or do this kind of work, get out...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On April 23, an officer took a report from a local restaurant about a woman attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 dollar bill. The cashier noted that the bill felt different than a real one, and when he used a counterfeit pen he confirmed that the bill was fake...

The new improvements for Legion Park look really nice. It’ll be great to have that expansion downtown. It will draw much more activity from the community and I think it’s going to be great for our downtown local businesses. But while working with the website, I noticed we went with an architect out of St. Louis as we have gone out of the area for our school buildings. This is a lot of money could...

Food Giant has a poor ad policy. After purchasing Town and County supermarket in Bloomfield, prices have soared above competitors prices and items featured in ads are not available. That’s right, featured but don’t contain inventoried item.

I am one person who believes you must be open and real when dealing with mental health. Too many individuals and churches are not open about the reality of depression, suicide (don’t do it), and other mental health challenges. I am not a medical professional and encourage you to go to whoever is your doctor or medical provider for medical questions...

I’m looking for someone that is reasonable that will remodel a bathroom in a mobile home. If interested, will you leave your name and number in Speakout?

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of April 10, officers responded to the area of Pinnell and St. Christopher streets for suspicious activity. A citizen saw a white male try to open the back doors of two houses, then he walked north through some yards near Beverly Drive. A short time later an officer found the man walking between two houses carrying an open beer...

I think our recent school board election shows that the tax-paying citizens of East Prairie are not happy with the current board. The voting public sees no need for assistant superintendent and assistant principals. No tax measure will pass as long as our school dollars are being mis-utilized.