Stories from Friday, March 15, 2024

SIKESTON — After serving 15 years as a Sikeston Public Schools Foundation trustee, Amy Blanton recently decided to retire from the board. Blanton has served as a trustee or director of the Foundation since March 2009 when she first joined the R-6 Board of Education. ...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Working together law enforcement officials were safely able to locate a missing toddler. At approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, New Madrid County sheriff deputies were notified of a 3-year-old child missing from a residence in Lilbourn. According to a news release, the child was wearing only a diaper and had walked out of the residence between 12:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m...

Jason Smith needs to shut up and pass the bipartisan border bill. I’m sick of hearing him every week in the paper talk about the border and they do nothing. Thank you.

“7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the eople. 8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who’s bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.” Numbers 21:7-9 ESV...

Last week I attended a trivia night whose proceeds were given to a young woman battling leukemia. Some of the questions were fairly easy, like “What two people were the closest to Harry Potter in the Harry Potter books and films?” (Ron and Hermoine.) Some were difficult, like “In the TV sitcom Friends, what was the name of Mike’s dog?” (Chappy.) Trivia nights are usually opportunities to learn new facts and to contribute to a worthy cause...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Brenda Lou Bonee, 69, died March 11, 2024, at Portageville. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. G.L. Keene officiating. Burial will follow in the Wardell Cemetery...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Diane Marie Moore Green, 62, died peacefully on Monday, March 4, 2024 at Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia.   Visitation will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. A rosary service will begin at 6 p.m...

SIKESTON, Mo. — In 2015, when Bobby Marshall was 55 years old, he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. The disease has altered the way he and his wife, Sandy Marshall, live their lives, and the Poplar Bluff, Missouri, couple shared their story of their journey to diagnosis through a special presentation Thursday, March 14 at the YMCA of Southeast Missouri in Sikeston...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A town hall will be held April 3 in Poplar Bluff by John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. This event offers the opportunity to learn about services available to veterans in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas. Doors will open at 3 p.m. at the Brown-Mabry American Legion Post 153, located at 2320 Kanell Blvd. The event will begin at 4 p.m. and is expected to last about one hour...

Legendary St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright isn’t just a good baseball player, he’s a talented musician as well. Wainwright, now a country music artist, is set to perform with his band Monday, April 8, at Rock ’N’ Roll Drive-In, 272 Drive-In Lane in Chaffee, in celebration of the solar eclipse...

SIKESTON — Scott County Central’s High School FBLA and Beta Club are collaborating to host a trivia night fundraiser to supplement their budget for upcoming state and national conferences. The trivia night will take place April 5 in the Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., but the trivia event will start at 6 p.m. There will also be a silent auction...