Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2024

NEW MADRID, Mo. — It was a celebration of what is to come. On May 2, students at New Madrid County Central High School celebrated Senior Decision Day. One by one they came forward to sign a certificate as senior counselor Dallas Allen read their plans following graduation...

Ella LaValle makes a purchase from Janie Cunningham’s stand at the New Madrid Outdoor Market on Saturday, May 4. Cunningham offered plants for sale along with baked goods. Several stands offered buyers sweet treats, hand-crafted items, barbecue and even cotton candy. The next outdoor market will be May 18. For more information about setting up a booth, interested persons can contact the New Madrid Chamber of Commerce...

Yes, I know I can’t name the company’s name, but I’ve been working for this company for nine years and the three guys they let go two weeks ago was working for the company for seven years, they said there wasn’t enough work. Well, three days ago, there came six Mexicans in there. One could speak English; the other five could not speak no English. I’m just telling American people, and it don’t matter what race you are, we better open our eyes because it’s a shame. I lost three friends that I worked hard with. It’s s shame. Greed. Greed. I bet he liked driving that $65,000 truck he just bought.

SIKESTON — Mary Robyn Hale Goodin, age 66, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at her home in Sikeston. Robyn was born March 31,1958, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Robert Richard Hale and Mary Alice Cauble Hale of Sikeston.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Richard D. Griggs, 90, died May 8, 2024, at his home in Charleston. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston with Masonic rites starting at 11 a.m. and the funeral service to follow...