Stories from Wednesday, June 21, 2023

SIKESTON – The Sikeston community will celebrate receiving over $9 million in American Plan Rescue Act, or ARPA, funds at a ceremony June 29. The public is invited to the ceremony, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Legion Park, 118 E. Front St. The celebration is part of the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Helping Missourians Prosper ARPA Tour.  ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A farmers market has sprouted in New Madrid. On its opening day, June 10, sellers began setting up their tents in the grassy lot at the corner of Main and Mill streets as the sun was just peeking over the horizon in preparation for the 7 a.m. opening...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — East Prairie and the neighboring communities are preparing for this weekend’s 48th Annual Sweet Corn Festival and the 21st Annual Tour de Corn. Emily Dahlbeck, a member of the Tour de Corn committee, said Mike Bryant, a local cyclist and farmer, came up with the idea years ago of organizing a charity bicycle ride in East Prairie...

SIKESTON — Participants in New Madrid’s 10th annual Ride the Fault Line bicycle tour, which is June 17-23, are seen camping outside the YMCA of Southeast Missouri Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Sikeston. The seven-day bike tour route includes portions of Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee...

I see that new construction is going on at the old Southside gas station at the corner location across the street from Lowe’s on South Main Street. Does anyone know who is the builder and what’s being built?

SIKESTON — Operation Healthy Delta 2023 has once again been successful in bringing medical care to the community and has finished its no-cost healthcare service to Southeast Missouri residents. The United States Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp., or DAEOC, presented Operation Healthy Delta Innovative Readiness Training, or IRT. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — City officials described it as “neighbor helping neighbor.” Work is underway to design a system for the city of New Madrid to provide Lilbourn residents with water. The hookup was requested by Lilbourn city officials after recurring problems with their water system...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Six seniors were honored at New Madrid County Central High School baseball team’s final home game. Senior members also celebrated their final home game with a pitch from their mothers.

CORDOVA, Tenn. — Joseph Walter Richardson III, 82, passed away on June 16, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. Joe was born on April 27, 1941, to Mary Modest Patterson Richardson and Joseph Walter Richardson Jr. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. After Joe graduated from Portageville High School in 1959, he went on to study at Christian Brothers University...

SIKESTON — Virginia Dare Lair, 61, died June 21, 2023. A private service will be held at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON — Mable Leora Holmes, age 91, passed away June 18, 2023, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born July 31, 1931, in Tennessee, daughter of the late James David and Carrie Carlyle Western. Mable had worked as a cook for Shoney's before retiring. She loved her grandchildren, who were her world, and she enjoyed cooking and playing Rummy and Bingo...