Stories from Friday, August 4, 2023

SIKESTON — The 71st Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo kicks off in a few days, and the Sikeston Jaycees’ retired members have been hard at work on new grounds’ renovations, which included the addition of a new grain bin beer stand. According to Jeff King, a retired Jaycee, the grain bin stand has been in the works for years...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston officially celebrated its 150th Anniversary on Sunday, July 23. The day began with Holy Mass offered by Bishop Edward Rice. Following the Mass, Bishop Rice blessed an area on the parish grounds which will be used to construct a “Rosary Walk” to commemorate the historic moment...

SIKESTON — Thunderstorms dropped about 10 inches of rain in Sikeston within a 25-hour time period, causing flash flooding throughout the city and creating problems for many. The City of Sikeston said Friday, Aug. 4 nearly 10 inches of rain had fallen within a 25-hour period. ...

SIKESTON — A lot has changed since Karen Bailey started working for the City of Sikeston 44 years ago. Now Bailey will see yet another change as she began her retirement on Friday, Aug. 4. Bailey began with the City of Sikeston on June 4, 1979, and in her 44-plus years held several different positions.  ...

I recently went to a no-kill shelter near where I live and adopted a 5-year-old male cat named Boots. On the first day I brought him home, he was in almost constant motion, going from one room to the next and going downstairs and then back upstairs. Every so often he would jump on my lap and head bump me. I would pet him and tell him he was a good boy. However, he wasn’t totally good. He bit me four times that first day...

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — Ronald G. Dye (Ron) was born Oct. 4, 1955, in Pontiac, Michigan, and passed away on Jan 27, 2023, after a brief illness. Spending much of his younger life in Sikeston, Missouri, Ron moved to Oklahoma in 1983. Ron retired from SW Bell/AT&T in 2012 after 31 years...

SIKESTON — Cynthia Gail New, 65, died Aug. 3, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Regarding the cocaine they found at the White House, I’m surprised that the Democrats didn’t blame that on Trump, too. They blame everything else on Trump, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and so on. Everything is Trump’s fault.

SIKESTON — Some area voters will decide tax questions during the Tuesday, Aug. 8 primary election. Voters in the city of Sikeston will decide whether to renew a 1% sales tax. The official ballot language reads: “Shall the City of Sikeston continue a city sales tax of 1% that will expire Sept. 30, 2034? This is a renewal of an existing tax, not a new tax.”...

Dear Editor, I just finished reading the court report for Andrew Cooper and agree they need a new trial, and I want to be on the jury, just to make sure he is found guilty of vehicular homicide and sentenced to 30 years and no chance of parole and four charges if DWI. I feel the prosecution dropped the ball on this because he was guilty of falsifying the test. Cooper was a cop, not a good one, but he knew how to cheat the test...