Stories from Friday, November 27, 2020

Dear Editors: In these times of increasingly demanding and changing healthcare needs, it is more important than ever that medical service providers are equipped to provide the necessary care to keep our communities healthy. That is why I am pleased to report that Missouri healthcare provider Missouri Care has awarded Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc. (MBRC) a $14,000 grant to develop a telehealth room and to purchase items for the Stork Nest Pantry...

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PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Due to COVID-19 there is a great need for food and A Church for God’s Glory is making an effort to help. The main outreach of the church is food production for the hungry and in June it acquired five acres in Portageville, down the road from the University of Missouri’s Rone Hall Agricultural Research Center off of T Highway to be utilized in aquaponic food production...

As a pastor, Sundays are always exciting and I look forward to preaching the Word of God. Last Sunday morning before heading to church, my wife and I had coffee. Everything was normal until she said these words, “I can’t taste or smell my coffee.” By Monday, we had confirmed through rapid testing, she has that five-letter word... ...

WENTZVILLE, Mo. — Gary Don Smith of Wentzville passed away at SSM St. Joseph Hospital in Lake Saint Louis on Nov. 24, 2020. He was 73 years old. Born Aug. 29, 1947, in Morehouse, Missouri, to Anna LaVerne Moore Smith and the late Don Willis Smith. Gary grew up in the Morehouse area...

A slow opening weekend contributed to fewer deer harvested around the state by hunters during the November portion of Missouri firearms season, however locally, numbers were up slightly. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, deer hunters in Missouri harvested 176,604 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season, which was held between Nov. 14-24. Of the 176,604 deer harvested, 95,654 were antlered bucks, 16,045 were button bucks, and 64,905 were does...

Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center officials have continuously tracked and posted COVID-19 data on social media throughout this ongoing pandemic, but that virus isn’t the only health threat they are watching. With the influenza season still in the beginning stages, they will also be posting data on the flu...

SIKESTON — The familiar bells of the Salvation Army are a staple at local stores during the Christmas season and despite the challenges of COVID-19, the bell ringers will be out once again this year. Beginning Friday, Sikeston Salvation Army bell ringers will be out daily at Food Giant on Main Street, Save-A-Lot and Walmart (on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), according to Steve Sikes with the local Salvation Army...

SIKESTON — While many holiday celebrations are changing or being canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Historic Downtown Sikeston will once again be lit up for Christmas, with a celebration planned. This year, however, the typical one-day event, featuring the tree lighting and Christmas Parade will now be a two-day affair...

SIKESTON — Work to improve performance-based energy services is underway in the Sikeston R-6 School District. Sikeston R-6 Superintendent Dr. Tony Robinson provided an update on the progress and upcoming work for the district’s performance-based energy project during the Board of Education’s regularly November meeting...

Members of Hope International’s crew load a semi-truck with boxes of shoeboxes prepared for Operation Christmas Child at Miner Baptist Church. Throughout the project’s National Collection Week, which was Nov. 16-23, area shoebox donors contributed to the 2020 global goal of reaching 11 million children...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Delbert Ray Parsons, 78, and Wanda Lee Swinney Parsons, 77, of Bertrand, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in a vehicle accident near Sikeston, Missouri. Delbert was born July 15, 1942, at Johnson County, Arkanssas, to the late John Wesley Parsons and Edith Aleen Ewing Parsons. ...