Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2022

The Sikeston R-6 school district will close Friday through Tuesday due to illness to staff. According to a statement from the R-6 district, “Due to the increased number of staff out with illnesses combined with the lack of substitutes, Sikeston R-6 will take AMI days Fri, Jan 14 & Tues., Jan. 18. School is out on Monday for MLK Jr. Day.”...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a Wednesday night shooting that left a local man recovering from his injuries. According to Sikeston DPS Chief Jim McMillen, officers were called to the 400 block of Clayton around 11 p.m. Wednesday in response to shots fired. When officers arrived, they found a 32-year-old man shot in the middle of his back...

SIKESTON — Timothy Wayne Seabaugh Sr., 54, died Jan. 12, 2022, at his home near Sikeston. Arrangements are in complete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.

JACKSON, Mo. — Donna Marie Ketterer, age 63, of Jackson, passed away on Aug. 9, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — David Christopher Hedge, 38, died Jan. 12, 2022, at his home in Charleston. Arrangements are in complete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

More snow is expected in southeast Missouri this weekend but the amount of accumulation is still unknown. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, is reporting a wintry mix of rain and snow is expected to come through the area Friday night and should transition to mainly snow Saturday. The chance of snow continue Saturday night into Sunday...

Oran resident Allen Seabaugh has announced he will run for Scott County Clerk in the Aug. 2 primary. Democrat Rita Milam, who has worked at the clerk’s office for 38 years and served as the Scott County Clerk since January of 1995, recently announced she will retire Dec. 31...

SIKESTON — The final and third portion of Sikeston R-6 School District’s $18.6-million general obligation bonds were approved for sale Tuesday during the school board’s regular monthly meeting. The resolution authorized and directed the school district’s issuance, sale and delivery of the remaining $6.6 million general obligation bonds to the lowest bidder, Robert W. Baird & Co. based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

SIKESTON —In the recognition portion of Tuesday’s Sikeston R-6 Board of Education meeting, the district’s Standout Students, Leaders of the Pack recipients, an Academic All-State athlete and Youth Coding Club students were acknowledged by the Board...