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R-6's Scott Ezell elected to Mo. school safety board
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Sikeston R-6 School District safety coordinator has been elected a board member of the Missouri School Safety Association. Scott Ezell was elected to Region E, which represents the following counties: Iron, Madison, Wayne, Butler, Ripley, Bollinger, Stoddard, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and Dunklin...
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Snow not expected on Christmas but wintry mix could come before new year
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
SIKESTON -- A white Christmas may not be in the cards this year, but light snow or a wintry mix may arrive just before the new year. Showers and thunderstorms moved through the area Friday. Residents can expect to see temperatures in the upper 30s and lows in the 20s in the coming days, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah...
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Morehouse man charged with child molestation
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A Morehouse man is accused of child molestation. Charlie McCain, 26, will be arraigned Jan. 9 in Division I of New Madrid County Circuit Court on charges of statutory sodomy or attempted sodomy, deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 12 and with child molestation. The charges follow an investigation by Morehouse police...
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'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...'
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Editor's note: For the past 35 years or so we have shared the following story with readers every Christmas. The words of Francis P. Church will ring true today as they did more than 100 years ago when first written. In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon became worried when her friends told her there was no Santa Claus. Her father advised her to write to the New York Sun to find out the truth, and the reply by Francis P. Church became a classic:...
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Doris Bush
(Obituary ~ 12/23/17)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Doris Lee Bush, 78, died Dec. 22, 2017, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 5, 1939, in Advance, the daughter of the late David and Bessie Cooper Bollinger, she retired from Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston where she had worked in the dietary department. She attended Calvary Cornerstone Church in Advance...
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