Stories from Friday, October 27, 2023

Republicans may not be as stupid as I thought. Even they can’t find a leader among their ranks.

Halloween is just around the corner. Did you know that more money is spent on Halloween than any other holiday, with the exception of Christmas? More than Thanksgiving, Valentines’ Day, Easter, Mothers’ Day or Fathers’ Day. We in this country love to decorate our homes with spooky items, and we love buying, giving away, receiving and eating all sorts of candy. ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A memorial Mass for George Albert Voehringer, 88, will be celebrated on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at St. Michael Catholic Church, 3863 Summer Ave., Memphis by Monsignor John McArthur. Visitation at the church is 10-11:30 a.m., with the Mass immediately following...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Raymond E. Dooley, 83, died Oct. 27, 2023, at his home in Charleston. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 at the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston.

SIKESTON — The second graders at Sikeston’s The Christian Academy are developing bookworms. Due to their commitment to reading, the second graders were rewarded with a fun-filled “Nerd Day” party.  On Thursday, Oct. 26, Gennice Gipson, The Christian Academy’s second grade teacher and music teacher, hosted the party for her second grade class. ...

SIKESTON — After 22 years, a Sikeston resident was honored as a Federal Bureau of Investigation first responder to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks during an event at the New York Police Department headquarters in New York City, along with other FBI 9/11 first responders from across the country...

Students at Wing Elementary in Sikeston look through the variety of decorated pumpkins for the school’s no-carve pumpkin decorating contest, which began Oct. 12 and ended Thursday, Oct. 26. From a Starbucks latte and the “Rich Uncle” from the Monopoly game to a pig with piglets and Pennywise the clown — and everything in between — student creativity was on full display at the school. ...

SIKESTON — Mary Louise Nave, age 77, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston. Mary was born Oct. 29, 1945, at Gibbon, Nebraska, to the late Jose Louis Garcia and Lucy Redhawk Garcia. Having lived in Sikeston since 1972, Mary graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with a degree in Social Work. ...