Stories from Friday, February 23, 2024

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A missing college student from Virginia was spotted at the Poplar Bluff Starbucks on Wednesday afternoon. Johnny Roop, a Virginia Tech student who went missing last week, was briefly tracked to the Starbucks at 1337 N. Westwood Blvd., said Capt. David Sutton of the Poplar Bluff Police Department...

One day last week my sister took care of her granddaughter. After spending the day with her, my sister returned to her home. As she got out of her car, her husband asked her if she would drive back into town and go to a couple of stores to pick up some things he needed. My sister got back in her car to do so...

“... but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been givenv to us.” Romans 5:3-5 ESV...

The governor of Missouri was at the Kansas City Chiefs parade and celebration when the gun fire sprung out. He and his fellow GOP cronies ran like rats to escape the commotion. Maybe they should take a harder look at gun safety and the gun control laws, since they have voted against every and all bills that just might have helped prevent this horrible ordeal.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Daisy Virginia Lewis, age 84, passed away on Feb. 21, 2024, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Jan. 15, 1940, in New Madrid, Missouri, to the late James and Iva Belle Lenning Harp.

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Scotty Wayne Gordon, age 59, passed away on Feb. 22, 2024, at his home in Morehouse. He was born on Oct. 18, 1964, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Riley and Leeoma Wells Gordon.

SIKESTON — Several Sikeston High School juniors had a fun and exciting Friday, Feb. 23 when they toured Sikeston Department of Public Safety and the power plant and carried out a mock city council meeting as part of the annual Youth in Government Day...

SIKESTON — The Lenten season has officially begun, and various businesses, churches and community members will be holding fish meal fundraisers throughout the area. The Sikeston American Legion Post 114, located at 333 S. Kingshighway, is serving its annual Cotton Carnival fish sandwiches during the Lenten season, except on Good Friday, which is March 29...

SIKESTON — The Annual Sikeston Community Clean-Up Campaign will be from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m Saturday, April 27 through Sunday, May 5. This is an opportunity for residents to dispose their items at the The Yard Waste Disposal Site on Compress Road...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Georgia Renee Riggens, 65, died Feb. 22, 2024, at Charleston Manor. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time at noon Saturday, March 2, 2024, at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.