Stories from Saturday, August 13, 2022

OK. I just want to know over here in East Prairie, one station gas just went up another 10 cents. It’s back up to almost $4 a gallon while everybody else in this area is 40 cents cheaper. Where is our town, what is it called, our town council members over here in East Prairie, Missouri? How come they ain’t looking into price gouging and everything that this company is doing to the citizens of East Prairie? Forty cents. Everybody else is going down and they just went up. You can drive eight miles for gas 40 cents cheaper with the same company. Now you tell me that ain’t price gouging. Where are our council ladies and gentlemen? How come they are investigating this price gouging? How come they ain’t reporting them? Ah, I forgot, it’s about the tax dollars that East Prairie needs so we can pay our $70 water bill each month.

SIKESTON — A 70-year family tradition in the Sikeston Jaycees has come full circle for Sikeston native Dwight “De” Bizzell. “My dad (David Bizzell) was a Jaycee and my grandfather (Dwight) Crader was a Jaycee,” Bizzell recalled. So, it’s only fitting Bizzell served as the general chairman of the 70th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, which ran Wednesday through Saturday...

SIKESTON —As many people enjoy watching the events and entertainment of the 70th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo the importance of the Rodeo to the community can’t be understated. During Rodeo week, attendees pack local restaurants, hotels and shops, bringing in an estimated $6 million in revenue as almost 40,000 people each year flock to Sikeston for the rodeo...

SIKESTON – Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen, LLC welcomes Mark D. Blanton as a new associate. Blanton recently concluded a law clerkship with the Honorable Charles T. Canady, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. From 2019 to 2021, he was an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Blanton was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2019...

PORTAGVILLE, Mo. — Steven Paul Mathis, died Aug. 11, 2022, at Wardell, Missouri. Visitation is from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery.