Stories from Wednesday, May 12, 2021

SIKESTON — Summer school will return after a 13-year absence in the Sikeston R-6 School District. Superintendent Dr. Tony Robinson make the recommendation for the district to offer a summer school program during Tuesday’s regular Board of Education meeting at the high school cafeteria...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Work is moving rapidly to transform the former Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation’s headquarters into an educational center to serve the needs of Southeast Missourians. Remodeling is underway at the building located 99 Skyview Road, just south of the Portageville interchange...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The New Madrid County Library is gearing up for the 2021 Summer Reading Program. “Empowering Youngsters for Early School Success” will be presented in two-hour sessions once monthly at each of the New Madrid County Library’s seven branches during June and July. This year’s theme is “Tails & Tales” with a focus on animals and their habitats. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The pickings are sweet at new business venture in New Madrid County. Eddy Strawberries is a true family business operated by Elizabeth and Daniel Eddy and their children, Adeline, 7, John Davis, 4, and Hollis, 2. Although Elizabeth Eddy laughs and points out, Hollis is their taste-tester, preferring to pop any strawberry he picks into his mouth...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Kenneth Glenn Patton, 84, died May 11, 2021, at his home in Portageville. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jessie Brown, 58, died May 8, 2021, in Grand Rapids. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Hometown, Missouri...

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District announced on Wednesday Chelsie Holifield will be the next head volleyball coach at Sikeston High School. The district began the task of searching for a new volleyball coach after the resignation of current head coach Emily Pullen...

Why don’t Cape and Cape County officials get with Scott County and the city of Sikeston to create a light rail system that travels north and south? This would help local businesses and it would help those who have to commute between the counties and cities. If successful it could expand to other cities and counties.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — June “Lavonne” Cantrell (nee Presley), age 89, of St. Louis passed away on April 29, 2021. She was born in Portageville on June 21, 1931, to George and Bodie O. Presley. She was married to W.M. Cantrell for 34 years. She was the most loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be terribly missed by all that love her...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's gas tax could soon rise for the first time in 25 years after the state's Republican-led Legislature passed a gradual increase that is projected to raise hundreds of millions of new dollars for roads and bridges...

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District announced on Wednesday Josh Hopkins will be the next head baseball coach for Sikeston High School. The district began the task of searching for a new baseball coach after the resignation of current head coach rett Kolons. The district held interviews with students, parents, staff, and administration to help in the selection process...

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District announced on Wednesday Marvin Whitson will be the next head golf coach at Sikeston High School. The district began the task of searching for a new golf coach after the resignation of current head coach Chris Cota...

BENTON, Ill. — Robert Wayne Tisdale Jr, age 60, of Benton passed away at his home on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Robert was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on April 12, 1961, the son of Birdie May “Sue” (Ratliff) and the late Robert Wayne Tisdale Sr. Robert had graduated from Sikeston High School in 1981. He had worked at Benton Wal-Mart for the past 23 years...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — A Sikeston man was killed and a woman arrested after a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by Cadarious Butler, 30, of Sikeston, was southbound on Interstate 55 at the 87.2 mile marker at 1:43 p.m. when his vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Karmilia L. Smith, 20, of Sikeston...