Stories from Friday, November 13, 2020

The maple trees were turning crimson and golden the day New McKendree Church minister, Rev. William Stewart, drove down the neglected lane to Old McKendree Chapel. Newly appointed in 1925 to his new church, he felt it important to seek out his new congregation’s mother church. As he stated, “I left my car on the road and gingerly picked my way through briarly underbrush, low hanging trees and fences. Then I saw it...”...

Local county health departments have been busy as the number of positive COVID-19 cases continues to climb. On Thursday, the Scott County Health Department reported 94 positive cases, the highest one-day number of cases reported. There are 641 active cases in Scott County, the most at any point since the pandemic began, while 1,414 have recovered. Thirty-three deaths have been reported...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Several area local teachers were selected as 2020 McDonald’s Teach it Forward Outstanding Educators from a pool of more than 880 nominations. Sikeston’s Brent Trankler, was one of the honorees as was Kelly Elementary teacher Saundra Hasenkamp. The Dexter School District had two honorees: Rilee Jones, a teacher at Dexter High School and Felicia Powers, a teacher at Southwest Elementary...

KEWANEE, Mo. — Lloyd “Hoppy” Jackson, 77, of Kewanee, passed away Nov. 11, 2020, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 4, 1943, at Barnes Ridge, Missouri, to the late Otis Jackson and Virginia Mills Jackson. On Sept.16, 1964, he was married to Glenda Sue Riley, who survives of the home. He was a member of the Kewanee Missionary Baptist Church in Kewanee...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Mary Ellen Roach, daughter of the late Freeman Fetters and Ellen Holden Fetters, was born on Sept. 25, 1944, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on Nov.12, 2020 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 76 years...

SIKESTON – Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc. (MBRC) was awarded $14,000 from Missouri Care Inc., an Anthem company, to develop a telehealth room and purchase items for the Stork Nest Pantry. The telehealth room will support case management, behavioral health, virtual meetings, health education and provider meetings with clients. The room will be designed to support soundproof and audio technology...

Debbie Leisure, of the Sikeston First Assembly, puts a bag of food into the back of a car at the Sikeston First Assembly of God on Thursday as part of the Helping Hands Food Program. The free food program for kids is available ever Thursday from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Sikeston First Assembly of God and New Madrid Baptist Church. The meals are for kids ages 3-18 and includes seven snacks, seven suppers and one gallon of milk per child...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston area if full of beautiful views, historic sites, great restaurants and agriculture makes the area unique. A new brochure highlights these spots and maps routes that will help those looking for day trips. The Sikeston CVB, the tourism division of the Chamber, published the “Sikeston Road Trips in Southeast Missouri” brochure that is available at the Sikeston Regional Chamber office. ...

SIKESTON – Scooter’s Coffee, best known for its convenient drive-thru specialty coffee and baked-from-scratch pastries, added a new drive-thru location at 422 North Main Street in Sikeston. To celebrate, the drive-thru coffee location held a grand opening on Nov. 5 with those customers who paid or scanned for loyalty on the Scooter’s Coffee mobile app earning 50 bonus smiles!...

Three Rivers College has added a new Associate of Applied Science degree program in Behavioral Health Support that will give students the skills needed for an in-demand career in the behavioral and mental health fields.   This accelerated 18-month program provides graduates with a pathway to an entry-level position as a support professional in the areas of addiction, disabilities, education, mental health, and psychiatric care.  ...

Stoddard County World War II Veteran Jack Matthews now has his name immortalized at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield. A road on the north side of the cemetery grounds now bares his name, as does a plaque at the door of the administration building...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston-based company is expanding its operations here. Kevin Presley Enterprises will soon relocate to a new facility at 830 Roth St. in Sikeston, according to Tom Kelsey, commercial broker with Lorimont Commercial Real Estate in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who handled the recent real estate transaction...

We are trying to stop the COVID-19 and I’d like to know why it is that people is throwing their mess out in the street, in people’s yards. That’s not helping. Please throw your mess in the trash cans and that way we can help stop the virus.