Stories from Thursday, September 14, 2023

SIKESTON — The 2023-2024 tuition rate for Sikeston Public Schools will remain the same rate it has been for the past couple years. During their regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Central Office, Sikeston R-6 Board of Education members approved the recommended tuition rate of $8,250 for the current school year...

Lilly Bone, a 2023 Sikeston High School graduate, was recognized by the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, for placing second in the VFW’s national 2023 Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest over the summer. Bone was awarded a $7,500 scholarship for placing second in the national competition. ...

Members of this year’s Leadership Sikeston program listen as Sikeston Career and Technology Center Director Chad King, far right, gives a tour of the graphic arts classroom and printing equipment Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, at SCTC. The Leadership Sikeston members also toured the Sikeston Alternative Center and Three Rivers College and Southeast Missouri State University campuses in Sikeston...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Floyd Paul Duncan Jr., 81, died Sept. 13, 2023, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at the First Oneness Pentecostal Church in Morehouse. Jimmy Vent will officiate...

SIKESTON — For years, the YMCA of Southeast Missouri hosted basketball leagues for local children in first through sixth grades. However, this year, Sikeston Parks and Recreation will be the host for the third-sixth grade co-ed youth basketball program. ...

SIKESTON — The Historic Downtown Sikeston garden group is approaching its one-year mark since its establishment last October, and the club is excited for its latest project, “Healing and Sensory Garden” in Malone Park. Led by Regina Guthrie of Sikeston, the group received a grant from the Bootheel Regional Board of Realtors for which they applied. The funding enabled them to begin their project in Malone Park...

SIKESTON – Sikeston braces for Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation’s second annual Oktoberfest, and it’s time for some German beer and bratwurst. This year’s Oktoberfest is another opportunity for DAEOC to raise funds. On Saturday, Oct. 7, the German festival will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m...