Stories from Thursday, November 9, 2023

SIKESTON — Sikeston’s Veterans Park is now lined with historic period lights posts and banners honoring Veterans from the community. Sponsored by the Sikeston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Sikeston Parks & Recreation and the Veterans Park Committee, the Sikeston Honors Veteran’s Banner Project kicked off in early October with a call for veterans’ applications...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Superintendent Dr. Bradley Kolwyck took to social media Thursday, Nov. 9 to encourage the community to support their students, staff, teachers and administration following a week which included the arrest of two employees for sexual misconduct with a student...

BENTON, Mo. — To honor all veterans, living and deceased, the Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society, since 2018, has decorated a veterans’ tree in the entry way of the Scott County Courthouse in Benton. Last year 168 veterans were represented with photo ornaments. ...

SIKESTON — The 2023 parade marshal for Sikeston’s 79th Annual American Legion Cotton Carnival Parade will return this week as the guest speaker for the annual Sikeston Veterans’ Day Ceremony. Set for 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov 10 at the Sikeston Field House in Sikeston, the ceremony will feature guest speaker Gen. Matthew Bacon with the Missouri National Guard, who served as the parade marshal for Cotton Carnival Parade on Sept. 30...

SIKESTON — The Kenny Rogers Children Center in Sikeston is kicking off the holiday season with a new, small-business project involving the teens it serves. KRCC Executive Director Michelle Fayette said they have been exploring a project to assist their late-teenage patients and are excited for the small business project which has the goal of employing young adults with disabilities...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Janet L. Johnson, 70, of Indianapolis passed away peacefully in her residence Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. She was born Aug. 27, 1953, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to James and Helen (Bell) Allred. Janet is survived by her husband of 32 years, Jimmy Johnson; daughter, Leslie Chapman (Mark) of Evansville; son, Kenneth Ray (Maria) of St. ...