Stories from Saturday, February 17, 2024

Jason Smith has complained and complained about the immigration situation at the border. However, he has stated he will not support any bill(s) other than a GOP bill to improve the situation. He obviously, as with many other GOP leaders don’t want to improve the border situation. They want the immigration/border problem to stay and be an election issue as they have become so divided, they have very few solutions of their own to gain voter support. The GOP has no leadership, and no vision for the future. Jason Smith is just another one of Trump’s sheep.

SIKESTON — Cindy Dawn Dillender Marchant, 66, died Feb. 3 2024, at Mercy Hospital-Jefferson at Festus, Missouri. Visitation is from 5 p.m. until time for memorial services at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston. Burial will be at a later date...

SIKESTON — The Rev. Marvin Lee Butrum, Baptist minister and resident of Sikeston, entered into his Eternal home, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Marvin was born Dec. 10, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, the oldest of 11 children to the late Marion Lee Butrum and Lola Marie Marchbanks Butrum. ...