Stories from Saturday, February 10, 2007

SIKESTON - In some communities, the unemployment rate for persons with disabilities can run as high as 70 percent, due to the significant obstacles they face. To tackle this daunting phenomenon, Missouri has launched the Disability Program Navigator Initiative, a program designed to improve access to career training and job placement services for persons with disabilities. ...

SIKESTON - Rachel "Ray" Hindman, 63, died Feb. 9, 2007, at his home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 20, 1943, at Brownwood, to the late Raymond and Beatrice Speer Hindman, he had been a warehouse supervisor for Ameren UE in Cape Girardeau and was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston...

Quinn Kaiser receives a hug after being named as the 2007 Sikeston High School Winter Homecoming Queen before Friday night's basketball game between Sikeston and Cape Central.