Stories from Friday, December 8, 2023

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant. Federal health officials confirmed Thursday that two cases of invasive infections caused by cronobacter sakazakii have been reported in 2023, both in infants who consumed powdered infant formula made by Abbott Nutrition, the company at the center of the 2022 crisis...

SIKESTON — Local school board races are beginning to take shape as the first day of filing for candidacy was Tuesday, Dec. 5. The filing period for both municipal and school board positions for the April 2, 2024, election ends at 5 p.m. Dec. 26. To be eligible as a school board candidate, individuals must be a U.S. ...

SIKESTON — Many visitors to this week’s SEMO Conference Boys Basketball Tournament hosted by Sikeston High School were able to experience two new metal detectors recently installed at the entrance of the Sikeston Field House. The addition of the new metal detectors have been in the works for a while, according to Sgt. ...

SIKESTON — The Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation, or DAEOC, will unveil a new era of community engagement as its regional community and cultural center, Malone Park Center for the Arts, officially opens Tuesday, Dec. 12. The new Center, located at 132 W. ...

I see where Jason Smith was one of the few who voted to keep George Santos in office, rather than getting rid of the proven unfit Congressman. Jason Smith continues to support the liars, deniers, stealers, cheaters and haters which are destroying our country. Shameful.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Shelly Dee Mathis, 67, died Dec. 6, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Reggie Grant officiating...

BLODGETT, Mo. — Rita Ann Cochran, 63, died Dec. 7, 2023, at her home in Blodgett. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri.

SIKESTON — Ben Anderson, 83, died Dec. 7, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Carolyn Jo Poole Henry, 79, died Dec. 7, 2023, in Ellisville, Missouri. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Martin Lucas will officiate. Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery...