Stories from Friday, April 30, 2021

On March 31, the last two Americare communities conducted the final of their three COVID-19 vaccine clinics. With these clinics, each community has now administered vaccines to every resident and team member interested. In fact, 91% of residents and 40% of employees have now received the vaccine protection. ...

I think people in this world have gone absolutely crazy. All the shootin’ and killin’ and riotin’ and fightin’. I don’t understand. They need to turn back to God and forget all of this stuff. Thank you.

Southeast Missouri’s congressman said President Joe Biden’s spending proposals are wasteful and tilted toward his political supporters. Eighth District Rep. Jason Smith contended Biden has a “spending problem.” “In his first 100 days, he has proposed or enacted $7.5 trillion” in spending, Smith said in a telephone interview. “This massive flood of spending is going into what is an already-improving economy. He’s basically doing it just to enact his socialist policies.”...

SIKESTON — With COVID-19 and its variants lingering in Southeast Missouri, health officials remind the public the vaccine remains available to residents who want protection against the virus. Missouri Delta Medical Center will conduct a free, Pfizer vaccine clinic by appointment only from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church in Sikeston. The clinic is open to all residents 16 years and older...

Standard Democrat CHARLESTON, Mo. — Approximately 150 Charleston R-1 kindergarten, third and fifth grade students took learning outside on Friday during the 35th annual SOLAR Day. Student Outdoor Learning Activities Retreat, or SOLAR, Day is hosted at the DeLaney/Corse family farm in Charleston, where students get to touch, see, taste, and learn about the outdoors and conservation practices. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Donald Ray “Don” Hartlein, 74, died April 30, 2021, at Sikeston. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, where services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery...

A new book looks at the middle America and its water-related infrastructure including the flooding of 2011 and the events that led to washing away of a small Mississippi County town. “Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America’s Waterways” was written by Tyler J. Kelley, a journalist who has written for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker...