Stories from Thursday, January 31, 2019

The following students at Portageville Middle School have Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll for Second Semester: Perfect Attendance for 2nd  Quarter was: Sixth Grade: Bryleigh Adams,  Veronica Birdwell, Desirae Braden, Spencer Harwell, Dontavius Jordan, Trudy Wren, Isabella Young;...

The following students at Portageville High School have received Honor Roll for Second Semester: 9TH Joshua Adams, Logan Birdwell, Menisha Braden, Artavion Campbell, Hannah Chamberlain, Jalyn Cobb, Makenzie Durden, Jillian Forrester, Kristopher, Gamblin, Kelton Graham, Charles Gray, Thomas...

Stress is often laid upon the work of the Spirit in the life of the believer after conversion. But clearly, the Holy Spirit plays an important part in the conversion of people. There is at least a twofold work of the Spirit in connection with one becoming a Christian...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — James Norman Walker, formerly of Advance, 91, died Jan. 30, 2019, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born April 13, 1927, in Bloomfield, son of the late Henry and Jewell Walker Cagle, he had lived in the Advance area most of his life where he had farmed...

DEXTER, Mo. — “At first, I thought this would be a good way to get people interested in attending our little church,” explains Dave Fowler, pastor of Sadler Chapel United Methodist Church. “After all, if you show up at a country church outside Dexter, Missouri, it’s not by accident,” he laughingly adds...

MALDEN, Mo. — Human remains found two weeks ago near Malden have been identified as those of a man missing since July. On Jan. 16, the Dunklin County Sheriffs’ Office received a phone call that an individual had found what was believed to be human remains. The remains were located near Highway A B outside of Malden...

JEFFERSON CITY – Southeast Missouri – home to the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) – has produced some of the strongest earthquakes ever to rock North America. In 1811-1812, a series of major quakes destroyed several settlements and dramatically affected the landscape, even briefly causing the Mississippi River to run backward. The seismic zone is still active today, averaging more than 200 small earthquakes each year...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sikeston is one of 10 communities targeted by a USDA grant awarded this week to the Missouri Main Street Connection. Missouri Main Street Connection (MMSC) is proud to announce the receipt of a Rural Community Development Initiative grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

New Madrid Elementary School hosted a book fair during its Family Literacy Night on Tuesday. More than 100 people attended the event.