Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2024

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. — A woman is dead and a suspect is in custody for a shooting Monday evening. At approximately 5:43 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a woman with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, deputies found a 45-year-old female lying inside her apartment; the woman was deceased...

Frigid temperatures and snowfall Sunday, Jan. 14 into Monday, Jan. 15 forced school closures. The cold temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend.

SIKESTON, Mo. —A special celebration recognizing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and encouraging citizens to “Keep Moving Forward” was held Monday, Jan. 15 in Sikeston. Sikeston’s MLK Day Committee hosted its 38th annual commemoration concert at Green Memorial Church of God in Christ, where a prayer and the hymn, ”God Bless America,” were performed by the congregation to open the program...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Sally Marilyn Davis Neel, age 86, passed away Jan. 12, 2024, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehab in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born July 27, 1937, in Morrilton, Arkansas, daughter of the late Anual Garland Davis and Willie Edra Manes Davis. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Harry Joseph "Bo" Bell, 75, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away on Jan. 13, 2024. He was born on Feb. 25, 1948, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late Harry Melvin Bell and Virginia Young Bell. Harry Joseph was a man of simple pleasures and a strong work ethic. He found great joy in the outdoors, especially in hunting and immersing himself in nature's beauty...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Through the lens of the late Paul Handy Moore, a Charleston native, a dinner and story event on Jan. 25 will reflect on World War I from Moore’s journals. Moore was one of a number of local young men who went to war to make the world safe for democracy, according to Mike Mueller, owner of Day 3 Seeds in Charleston which is presenting the event...

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A man who was caught with drugs and guns in Sikeston, Missouri, and admitted distributing drugs was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 16 to 12 years in prison. Christopher A. Calicott, 43, pleaded guilty in April to three felony counts: possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime. Calicott appeared before U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk in Cape Girardeau...

Light Up Sikeston with the Hope of Jesus presented on Jan. 10, 2024, a check for $2,784.95 to Aspire Women’s Center in Sikeston. Donations were collected from the community who visited their year’s Christmas displays at the Sikeston First North Ingram Road campus in Sikeston from Nov. ...