Stories from Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SIKESTON — An East Prairie, Missouri, man was arrested and charged for his alleged involvement in the weekend shooting death of a Sikeston man. Dazarrion Easton, 19, of East Prairie is charged with first degree murder; first degree robbery; armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, all of which are felony charges...

SIKESTON — Chrester Charles Sanders died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at age 80 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Dec. 23, 1942, at Parma, Missouri, the son of Benjamin Thomas and Eva Mae Schumpert Sanders. He was one of six siblings and was the last to survive...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - For the seventh year, the New Madrid Police Department is seeking the public’s help to make Christmas special for youngsters in the R-1 School District. Donations are now being sought for the Department’s “Shop with a Cop” program. According to B.J. Phillips, chairman of the “Shop with a Cop” for the Department, officers hope to raise enough funds to provide 15 students with $250 Walmart gift cards...

SIKESTON — The winter season will soon be here, and the Missouri Department of Transportation, or MoDOT, wants to make sure everyone is prepared.  After hiring approximately 100 new maintenance employees this summer, they held their annual winter operations drill last month...

Historic Downtown Sikeston hosted its first holiday open house of the season over the Nov. 10-11 weekend. Downtown stores offered specials and extended hours. Attendees also had the chance to meet Santa Claus and take carriage rides. Sikeston will officially kick off the holiday season with a Christmas tree lighting at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at Legion Park followed by the Dashing through Downtown Christmas Parade of Lights. The Christmas village will also open, and stores will offer specials then, too...