Stories from Saturday, December 10, 2022

SIKESTON — Since 1990, Jimmy Groves has worked on every kind of vehicle for the City of Sikeston. But after 32 years, Groves is putting away his tools. “It’s time to go,” Groves said. “The new generation needs to take over. The new generation is a lot more savvy with the computer stuff than I ever was. I don’t really like that computer stuff at all but it’s something you have to work with.”...

Come on people in Sikeston I’ve been living here 40 years. Let’s boycott these gas stations over here that think us citizens in Sikeston are stupid. They think they can charge us 40 cents more a gallon when you go seven miles down the road and get it for $2.91. Come on! Let’s pull together. Let’s show these stations something. Let’s boycott these stations Let’s show them we ain’t being screwed no more. *** Good morning. Today is Tuesday, Dec. 6. The question is why is regular gasoline 30 cents cheaper in Benton, Missouri, than it is on Sikeston on this date?

An East Prairie, Missouri, teenager was killed and another seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash late Friday in Mississippi County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 10 p.m., seven miles south of Wyatt, Missouri, as a 17-year-old male of East Prairie, whose name was not released by officials, was killed after the southbound vehicle he was driving on Missouri Highway 77 ran off the road and ejected him. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — David Lee Rosenthal, 76, died Dec. 8, 2022, at his home in East Prairie. Private family services will be held with McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, in charge of arrangements.

A Marston, Missouri, man died of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in New Madrid County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred at 12:30 p.m., on US 61 at Route H, one mile east of Matthews, Missouri, as the eastbound vehicle driven by Benjamin A. Shaw, 32, of Matthews pulled into the path of the southbound vehicle driven by Wayne L. Prince, 91, of Marston and was struck in the driver’s side...