Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2019

SIKESTON — Eight Sikeston High School freshmen will be vying for the title of Junior Miss Sikeston Thursday night at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Cotton Carnival held at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Lindsay Byrd, daughter of Shawn and Christy Byrd, is a member of varsity cheerleading, concert band, Red Peppers, FCA, ASTRA, FBLA, Spanish Club, Key Club, TAP and works at Bulldog Preschool for A+...

SIKESTON — Ten girls will be vying for the title of Miss Cotton Carnival at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Cotton Carnival held at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Madelyn Elledge, 17, of Sikeston, attends Notre Dame Regional High School. The daughter of Kendall Anderson and Roger Elledge II, her school activities include varsity cheerleading, Blue Crew, FBLA, FCCLA, Fanciscan Leadership Club, Women’s Service Club and Peer Helper...

SIKESTON — Twenty-one Sikeston High School seniors will be vying for the title of Miss Sikeston at 8 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Cotton Carnival held at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Taydrianna Barnett, daughter of Teletia Atkins and Keane Atkins, is a member of the basketball team, volleyball team, track and field team, Red Peppers, A+ Program, FBLA and Link Crew...

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — John Christopher "Chris" Jenkins, 45, died Sept. 20, 2019, at Beaumont Hospital in Trenton, Mich. Born May 27, 1974, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of Johnny Lee Jenkins and the late Kim Darlene Dodd Morgan, he lived in Dexter most of his life and worked as a welder at a steel mill...