Stories from Thursday, August 3, 2023

SIKESTON — Thunderstorms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain, causing flash flooding throughout the region early Thursday with additional rain possible. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, issued a flash flood warning until 12:30 p.m. ...

BARTLETT, Tenn. — Patrick Thomas “Pat” Gresham Sr., 82, died July 30, 2023, at Saint Francis Bartlett Hospital. A private family ceremony will held at a later date.  

ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS, Ill. — Shirley Ann Manning (Ballentine), 89, of Rosewood Heights passed away on July 17, 2023. Shirley was born on Dec. 19, 1933, to Jemes Hervey and Lillie Mae Ballentine in Steele, Missouri. She graduated from Steele High School in 1951...

SIKESTON — The second annual Mutton Bustin’ and the annual Sikeston Jaycee Rodeo Parade will kick off Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Week this weekend. Following the parade, which starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, the Mutton Bustin’ competition will take place at noon at the Sikeston Depot Museum...

Sterling Pharmacy employees met Wednesday, Aug. 2, to work on their float, which will participate in the annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Parade on Saturday, Aug. 5. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Sikeston Kindergarten Center and will end in Historic Downtown Sikeston, where the Cowboy Up! Arts Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sikeston Depot Museum. The Mutton Bustin’ event will begin at noon in the Sikeston Depot parking lot...

BENTON, Mo. — A Sikeston man exonerated for a murder he did not commit has been sentenced to seven years in prison on a domestic assault charge. David Robinson was sentenced to the prison term Wednesday, Aug. 2, in a Scott County court. He was arrested in 2020 and charged with first-degree domestic assault and tampering with a victim. ...

SIKESTON — Voters in the Scott County Central School District in April approved a no-tax-rate-increase bond issue to upgrade the elementary building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Superintendent Brian Hukel said while the physical work of the bond projects will not begin until next summer, the district has made progress in preparing for the start of those projects next year...

Trinity Stone and Kolbey Stone chase their dog, Buddy, through the mid-calf high floodwaters just off Salcedo Road Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Sikeston. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the Sikeston Power Station, which serves as an official observer for the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, recorded 1.98 inches of rainfall. Precipitation totals were expected to be higher as more rain fell Thursday and is also forecast in the coming days...

Tiffany Morgan, Sikeston R-6 assistant superintendent of secondary education and professional development, speaks to a group of the district’s new teachers Tuesday, Aug. 1 during the first day of orientation at the Sikeston Alternative Education Center. The first day of student attendance is Aug. 22...