Stories from Saturday, July 8, 2023

CHARLESTON, Mo. —  On Wednesday mornings in Charleston, the A.D. Simpson Park on the 1200 block of South Main has a farmers market with fresh food and goods. “The farmers market started as a way to give people the variety of items that are not regularly available in one location locally,” said Lilian Mckinney, vice president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce and Tourism’s Board of Directors...

SIKESTON — A groundbreaking ceremony for a Sikeston not-for-profit’s new building was held Friday, July 7 in the vicinity of its current location. Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium Inc., or MBRC, currently located at 903 S. Kingshighway, Suite A, will construct a new, stand-alone building next to the former Plaza Tire building in Sikeston...

I noticed that Sikeston is receiving $9.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. I see all the Republicans basking in its glory. It’s nice to spend that money the Democratic party has passed so that communities like Sikeston can progress. I wonder how many of these Republicans would have voted for it, had they had the chance.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, July 6 signed 31 pieces of legislation into law and vetoed one legislative bill, Senate Bill (SB) 189, passed by the Missouri General Assembly. With this action, Parson has signed or vetoed all legislation approved during the 2023 Legislative Session...

SALEM, Ill. — Theresa Ann Faught Canady, age 60, of Benton, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at the Helia Healthcare Center in Salem. Theresa was born Feb. 8, 1963, at Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Lois Harris Faught who survives of Sikeston, Missouri, and the late Donald Wayne “Doc” Faught. ...