Stories from Thursday, October 12, 2023

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — A Malden, Missouri, man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday, Oct. 11 in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 6:25 a.m. on U.S. 60 and Route E, south of Morehouse as the southbound vehicle driven by Gabriel G. Massey, 19, of Sikeston, Missouri, failed to yield and struck the eastbound vehicle driven by Steven W. Childers II, 23, of Malden...

New Madrid County Central senior Shawna Robinson was named as the Eagles’ 2023 Homecoming Queen. She is shown posing with her fellow Eagle cheerleaders at halftime of the Perryville at New Madrid County Central football game at New Madrid County Central High School...

A ribbon cutting for Sunny’s Bar and Grill, 411 U.S. 61, in New Madrid, Missouri, was conducted Sept. 21, 2023, for the new business.x The menu includes burgers, sandwiches, chicken tenders and wings, shrimp, fish, salads, sides and a kid’s menu. The new business is open daily. Call 573-748-6161 to order or for more information...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Regina Lynn Ellis, 51, child of God, wife of Brad, mother of Kersten and Nicole and friend of all, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Mountain Home. Regina was born in Alton, Illinois, to Jimmy and Anna (Cobb) Pratt on Nov. 8, 1971. She was raised in Sikeston, Missouri...

ORAN, Mo. — John W. Arbuckle, son of the late Oval and Leva Strickland Arbuckle, was born on Nov. 8, 1943, in Charter Oak, Missouri, and departed his life on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at his residence in Oran at the age of 79 years. He was a former World History and Geography teacher at Kelly High School in Benton, Missouri and a member of the Church of Christ in Vanduser, Missouri. ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety sparked excitement by teaching local students vital fire safety during Fire Prevention Week. As part of Fire Prevention Week, which is Oct. 8-14, officers with Sikeston DPS visited elementary schools in Sikeston to discuss fire safety...

SIKESTON — The YMCA of Southeast Missouri and Missouri Delta Medical Center are joining forces for the free event, “Dementia Conversations,” with presenters from the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Missouri Community Programs Director and a Missouri Delta specialist...

A combine caught fire around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in a cotton field off Highways FF and 60 near Sikeston, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Fire crews were dispatched to the scene, where the combine was fully engulfed in flames by the time crews arrived. Sikeston DPS personnel with Morehouse Fire were able to extinguish the fire, Rowe said...

A Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities employee feeds tree limbs through a wood chipper Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in the parking lot of BMU.