Stories from Tuesday, May 7, 2024

SIKESTON — Just after 1 p.m. Sunday, May 5 officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a motor-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on East Malone Avenue near Mitchell Street in Sikeston. Officers on scene advised the subject on the motorcycle suffered injuries and was taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston DPS. The motor-vehicle crash was investigated by officers on scene, he said...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Geoffrey Scott Belk, 57, son of James Andrew Belk and Carol Belk of East Prairie, Missouri, passed away on April 12, 2024, at home in Kissimmee. Scott was born on Nov. 10, 1966, to James Belk and the late Lonna Belk. Scott lived in Mississippi County, Missouri, until he graduated from Kelly High School near Benton, Missouri. ...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Jalonda Kay (Bird) Harris was born on July 31, 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri. Born to Dorothy Young and W.H. Gilmer Jr. and raised by Robert and Dorothy Young-Bird, she was a caring wife, mom, memaw and nona. After a courageous battle with cancer, she passed away peacefully in her home with her husband by her side on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the age of 68...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Paul Emmett Moore, age 97, of Matthews passed away Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on Jan. 14, 1927, in Matthews, to the late William Conner Moore Sr. and Sarah Mable Moore...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Middle School students will host a free scavenger hunt for incoming fifth graders as a way for them to see and visit the school before the school year begins in the fall.  “On Thursday, May 9, we will welcome our incoming fifth graders for next school year with their families,” said Sikeston Middle School Principal Susan Long...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly released report. Forty-three youth died — 20 of them under the age of 4 — in 2022 alone from the infamously powerful drug, according to a new state report. ...

SIKESTON – Jersey Mike’s locations nationwide accepted donations throughout March in honor of its “Month of Giving” and 100% of its sales on March 27, its “Day of Giving,” for more than 200 charities. The Sikeston Jersey Mike’s set out to support a local organization that touches hundreds of Sikeston students, Bulldog Pantry. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — James David "Jimmy" Sisk, 68, died May 7, 2024, at his mother’s home in Charleston. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Friday, May 10 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

SIKESTON — Rush Ault and Colt Parker were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for May. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2023-2024 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...

Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its Preschool Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Joanna Meeker, Tucker Miller, Leighton Hardy and Jahmir Bird; and back row: Hope Dixon, Malachi Ball, Maverick Gonzalez, Lucas Nice, Charley Suggs and Tylynn Plaskie...

Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has announced its Kindergarten Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Collin Garner, Sincere Fletcher, Timmy Melton, Mariah Taylor, Amir Smith, Max Karr, Diego Jacobo, Jayd Lathrom and Dearius Cowley; and back row: VaShonna Albritton, Hector Rivera, Watson Green, Liadan Kessler, Brycen Brown, Zariah Herrion, Evanna Hogan, Dakoda Wolff, Hank Trankler, Amir Oliver, Noah Jones and Kynlee Taylor...

MARSHALL, Mo. — Missouri Valley College students have selected Kloee Mills and Alexis Leeper as Student Government president and vice president for the 2024-2025 academic year. Both spent the past year working as student ambassadors in the admissions department. Mills, from Oak Grove, Missouri, is a studying biology. Leeper, from Essex, Missouri, is pre-nursing...

Matt Davis with the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site assists Davis Akins with his stick as they make candles during the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site’s Children’s Day on May 4 in New Madrid. Annie Sisk, left, had already mastered candle dipping, one of several activities featured at the site’s Children’s Day. ...

SIKESTON — Bootheel Counseling Services, as of April 19, has officially changed its name to Bootheel Behavioral Health. According to David Terrell, executive director of Bootheel Behavioral Health, the company’s services have expanded beyond counseling in the past few years, prompting the name change...