Stories from Monday, September 23, 2024

SIKESTON — Longtime photographer Jackie Calbert, Sikeston High School basketball standout Trey Jenkins and the state finalist 2018-2019 cheer team are this year's inductees of the Sikeston Public Schools’ Hall of Fame-Honor Wall. Calbert was selected for the Honor Wall while Trey Jenkins and the 2018-2019 cheer team were chosen for the Hall of Fame. ...

SIKESTON — Caroline Blanton and Dakota Thompson were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for September. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the academic honor during the 2024-2025 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...

CHARLESTON, Mo. – The University of Missouri Extension of Mississippi County is hosting an informational course on naloxone administration from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Clara Drinkwater Newman Library, located at 105 East MarshalL Street in Charleston...

ROME, Italy — For the past three years, the Rev. Dave Hulshof has listened as students from the Pontifical North American College have returned from their weekly apostolic ministries. They tell him of sharing a sandwich and conversation with a homeless woman, who wants a book on theology. After bringing her the book, the next time they meet, she questions them about God and human nature...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Shea D Johnson pleaded guilty to all amended charges of multiple sex crimes and obtained the designation of “predatory sexual offender” Wednesday, Sept. 18. According to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer Smith, the original case was filed Aug. 2020 and was scheduled to proceed to a jury trial Sept. 24-27 before Circuit Judge Robert N. Mayer...

SIKESTON — Three Rivers College and Farm Credit Southeast Missouri are partnering to invest a significant amount to benefit Southeast Missouri over 12 years. A highlight will be a new agriculture education classroom built on the Three Rivers Farm in Fairdealing, Missouri. ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Ethan Moore, a Mississippi State University junior agronomy major from Matthews, Missouri, is the recipient of the prestigious Justin R. Hunter Memorial Scholarship for fall 2024. This scholarship, established in memory of Justin Riley Hunter, is awarded to students from New Madrid County, Missouri, who share Hunter’s deep passion for agriculture, the Mississippi River and the outdoors...

U.S. Sen. Stuart Symington crowns the Miss Cotton Carnival Queen during the annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival in downtown Sikeston in 1957. (Photo submitted by Blair Moran)

SIKESTON — One of the American Legion’s five national vice commanders is scheduled to participate in this weekend’s annual Cotton Carnival parade. James Kellogg will serve as the parade marshal and special guest of the 80th Annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival Parade set for 10 a.m. Saturday in Sikeston...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Following the September New Madrid County R-1 School Board meeting, Superintendent Bridgett Masterson addressed the recent spike in school threats. While there were no threats directed specifically at the schools in the R-1 District, Masterson said the District remains proactive in protecting students and staff...

WILLISTON, Tenn. — Patricia Ann Harper Branum, 72, died Sept. 22, 2024, at her home in Williston. Visitation will be from noon until 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. Graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. at the Harper Cemetery near Maynard, Arkansas...

SIKESTON — Gwendolyn Elizabeth Dotson Kellum, 68, resident of Sikeston died Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. She was born Jan. 28, 1956, in Sikeston, to Alvin and Dorothy Elizabeth Lyons Dotson. She graduated from Sikeston High School in 1973 and went on to receive an associate’s degree from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Gwendolyn was an exceptional, hard-working woman. She worked as a ward clerk at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston for many years...

KENNETT, Mo. — A juvenile is in police custody following a threat aimed at the Kennett School District. Kennett Police Dept. Chief Kenny Wilson in a Tuesday evening email reported the juvenile’s identity was known to police within eight hours of the report. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo – The New Madrid County Health Department will host drive-through flu clinics throughout New Madrid County. The clinics are open to residents of New Madrid County only. While the shots are offered at no charge, those getting shots should bring their Medicare, Medicaid or insurance card with them to the clinics...