Stories from Sunday, September 25, 2022

SIKESTON — Young and old will once again head to the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds as the 78th Annual American Legion Cotton Carnival is just around the corner. The Cotton Carnival will run from Sept. 27 through Oct. 1, with the annual Cotton Carnival parade to be held Oct. 1...

According a statement released by the school Tuesday, Southeast Missouri State University officials now say they will not raze the Himmelberger House at 603 N. Henderson St. in Cape Girardeau but will instead try to sell it. In May, SEMO said it would demolish the more than century-old building because it had fallen into disrepair and the assumed cost to bring the home back to code was more than the university was prepared to invest...

There is a Japanese philosophy — wabi-sabi — that sees the world as impermanent, imperfect and incomplete. Neal Joiner, an art student at Southeast Missouri State University, said he used this philosophy to inspire his creation of a series of small ceramic pots now on display at Catapult Creative House at 612 Broadway in Cape Girardeau...

The Ripley County Commission learned Sept. 14 that work on the new detention center, which was delayed by rain, is now moving forward. Plumbing was expected to be completed on Wednesday, said Braidy Heisserer of Sides Construction, as he gave an update...

An exhibit of artwork from area Artist Jimmie Lee Marler is now on display at the main branch of the Dunklin County Library in Kennett. Marler has been drawing for people since the seventh grade. The list of those he has created art for include several presidents...

As expected, the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates by 75 basis points, or 0.75%, Wednesday, the Fed's third consecutive rate move this year aimed at wrestling stubborn inflation under control. Not since 2008, the waning days of George W. Bush's second term, has the U.S. seen interest rates this high, and three local banking leaders, at the invitation of the Southeast Missourian, have weighed in with their opinions...

First Presbyterian Church, 412 Third Street, Fisk, will recognize its 125th anniversary on Sunday. "(We) celebrate 125 years that this congregation has been pushing forward, serving our community, and witnessing for our Lord," according to congregation members...