Weekly Record

NEW MADRID, Mo. — In her work as New Madrid County Prosecutor’s Advocate, Patty Moody sees the impact of the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence. She recalls a victim who refused to speak to authorities about the abuse they had received. It was only through the patience of a SEMO-NASV counselor that the victim finally felt safe enough to disclose the assault. That interview helped authorities make their case and send the abuser to jail...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of May 23, officers responded to the area of Mitchell Street and Broughton Drive for a disturbance. Two women had gotten in a fight in the Ramey’s parking lot and one of the women was following the other down the street toward her house. The victim said she stopped her car to call the police and when she did, the suspect ran up to the car with a knife yelling for her to get out...

Students at New Madrid Elementary celebrated as their school days neared the end with a variety of activities on May 22, 2023.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - There will be a few new, yet familiar, faces behind New Madrid County R-1 athletics for the 2023-24 school year. At the May New Madrid County R-1 School Board meeting, head boys basketball coach Lennies McFerren submitted his resignation. McFerren, who most recently took over the Eagle program in 2018, led the Eagles to a state title this year...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central High School teacher Paige Kimball had a simple message for the Class of 2023: Just do right, yourself. Kimball, who was chosen by the graduates as the speaker for the 43rd annual commencement ceremony, explained those four words were a lesson passed down through her family and now, she was sharing it with them...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - It was an opportunity for Missouri’s future business leaders to expand their knowledge and for members of New Madrid County Central High School’s FBLA to show what they have learned. More than 5,000 members of Missouri’s nearly 400 Future Business Leaders of America chapters attended the largest State Leadership Conference in the nation April 17-18. Among those attending were 18 students from New Madrid County Central High School along with two advisers...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Honors and awards for the members of the New Madrid County Central High School Class of 2023 were announced May 15 in a special ceremony. The following students were recognized: Hunter Apodaca - Missouri National Guard Award Kayleigh Austin - Hope Exchange Scholarship, Honor Graduate, College English Award...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the night of May 15, officers received a call about shots fired in the 200 block of Tennessee Street. A woman said the driver of a car fired a shot at her while she was standing in her front yard, and an officer at the scene found a spent shell casing in the street. Another officer found the suspect vehicle on Highway 61 and after initiating a traffic stop placed the driver under arrest...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — To the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance,” the 59 members of the Portageville High School Class of 2023 entered the school’s gymnasium as their high school careers were coming to an end. A packed house of family and friends turned out for the occasion...

Members of the New Madrid County Central High School golf team are, front row from left; Waylon Harris, Will Roberts, BJ Phillips and Trustin Polk; and back row: Peyton Davis, Stone Pixley, Noah Taylor and Caleb Polk. Not pictured is Evie Hunter...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the night of May 15, I attended New Madrid County Central’s awards ceremony to present the New Madrid Police Department Scholarship for the ninth year in a row. In 2015 we began giving the $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior from NMCC, with special emphasis on those who would be seeking a degree in criminal justice or some other public service field...

NEW MADRID, Mo. —For her lifetime of caring for others, Christy Ashley was honored as the New Madrid Beta Sigma Phi’s 2023 Woman of the Year. In introducing Ashley, Beta Sigma Phi treasurer Allison Fowler explained even before Ashley graduated from New Madrid County Central High School in 1983 she realized her love for caregiving while serving as a student nurse and working at a local nursing home. ...