After 60 years, company still delivers services to customers
EAST PRAIRIE -- One of the longest-running businesses in East Prairie has to be Budget Laundry and Cleaners Inc. This year, the company celebrates 60 years of service to Mississippi County and the surrounding area. Present owners Patty and Jason Brown bought the business in 2004. And Patty Brown said the help of dedicated staff -- with a combined 125 years in the laundry business -- is what helps Budget Laundry continue to thrive... More > >

Business spirit (09/07/08)
Randy Bohannon, owner of Bo's Barbecue & Grill, is pictured with the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce Business Spirit Award. The restaurant is located at 1609 E. Malone.

Progressive Farm Credit Services: Upcoming construction plans announced (09/07/08)
SIKESTON -- The Progressive Farm Credit Services has announced plans to build a new 10,540 square foot Corporate Office at 1114 N. Main in Sikeston. This new facility will replace their 47 year old office near downtown Sikeston. Progressive Farm Credit Services is a $500 million farmer-owned agricultural lending cooperative that has provided real estate, equipment, operating loans and related insurance products to farmers, rural homeowners, and agribusinesses in the 12 counties of Southeast Missouri since 1917.. ...

Business Briefcase 9/07 (09/07/08)
SIKESTON -- The August issue of St. Louis Magazine features physicians and surgeons in the community that were selected as Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors Inc. Two Washington University physicians were from Sikeston -- Rick Wright and Elizabeth Brunt. Brunt's husband, Mike, was also named on the list...

Open for business (08/31/08)
La Villetta, a steak and pasta house, held its grand opening ribbon cutting Aug. 18. Pictured cutting the ribbon is Mike Marshall, the city of Sikeston's mayor. Also pictured are management and staff of the restaurant and members of the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce, who sampled the menu following the ribbon cutting. ...

Business Briefcase 8/31 (08/31/08)
SIKESTON -- Hairdresser Delores Allred will begin work Sept. 2 at A Touch of Class, located at 938 S. Kingshighway. She formerly worked at Beauty Inn. For appointments, call 471-7002. POPLAR BLUFF -- University of Missouri Extension Telecenter will offer "Estate Planning-What you need to know and a whole lot more" from the University of Missouri's Osher Life Long Learning Institute. ...

State funds to assist CVB marketing effort (08/31/08)
SIKESTON -- Thanks to funds from the Missouri Division of Tourism, the Sikeston-Miner Convention and Visitor's Bureau will have more bang to their buck when it comes to tour ism-marketing activities designed to attract tourists to Scott County. The Missouri Division of Tourism has awarded $19,898.21 to the CVB, Rep. Ellen Brandom recently announced. Scott County will match each dollar of state funding with $1 of local funds...

Groups work to bring national economics expert to Sikeston (08/31/08)
SIKESTON (SMNS)-- Several organizations are bringing a national speaker on economic change to Southeast Missouri. Scheduled for Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Southeast Missouri State University-Sikeston, the seminary "Retooling for Economic Change" will feature Ron Crouch, director of the Kentucky Data Center at the University of Louisville. Crouch will analyze population trends in Southeast Missouri and how they impact the future...

Director completes program (08/24/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Training completed by Head Start Director Cindy Huey will ultimately benefit children and their families from Delta Area Economic Opportunity in Portageville. Huey is one of 40 graduates of the Head Start -- Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program, an intensive two-week program, conducted at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles. The program was developed in 1991 to strengthen the management skills of Head Start administrators...

Business briefcase 8-24 (08/24/08)
SIKESTON -- Melanie Wood, DeAndra Smith and Lanette Baker recently represented Sikeston Area Humane Society and No Throwaways at a one-day workshop presented by Petfinder.com, the on-line database of homeless pets. The workshop was hosted by the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri and sponsored by PETCO...

Freedom Gymnastics: Jumping right in (08/24/08)
SIKESTON -- There are new gymnastics instructors in town, and they say they're pumped up and ready to promote the sport in Sikeston. Phenom Gymnastics is owned by Eric Miller and Kelly Kirby. The two will continue to offer recreational gymnastics, competitive gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, but will also expand its preschool program and added a trampoline and tumbling program...

Phenom Gymnastics: Jumping right in (08/24/08)
SIKESTON -- There are new gymnastics instructors in town, and they say they're pumped up and ready to promote the sport in Sikeston. Phenom Gymnastics is owned by Eric Miller and Kelly Kirby. The two will continue to offer recreational gymnastics, competitive gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, but will also expand its preschool program and added a trampoline and tumbling program...

Business Briefcase 8/24 (08/24/08)
SIKESTON -- Melanie Wood, DeAndra Smith and Lanette Baker recently represented Sikeston Area Humane Society and No Throwaways at a one-day workshop presented by Petfinder.com, the on-line database of homeless pets. The workshop was hosted by the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri and sponsored by PETCO...

Director completes program (08/24/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Training completed by Head Start Director Cindy Huey will ultimately benefit children and their families from Delta Area Economic Opportunity in Portageville. Huey is one of 40 graduates of the Head Start -- Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program, an intensive two-week program, conducted at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles. The program was developed in 1991 to strengthen the management skills of Head Start administrators...

Power Plant employees retire (08/17/08)
NEW MADRID -- Ginger Reese, former administrative services supervisor at Associated Electric Cooperative's New Madrid Power Plant, has retired after 30 years Reese worked at the plant site beginning in 1969 when she worked for contractors building the plant, including the engineering firm Burns & McDonnell. She joined AECI in 1978 and was promoted to the supervisory position in 1980. For the next 28 years, Reese was the go-to person in New Madrid's administrative office...

Upcoming courses, training planned (08/17/08)
PORTAGEVILLE -- University of Missouri Extension's Southern Telecenter has teamed up with Steve Halter to offer a program helping small business owners, office managers and staff members manage time more wisely. The series will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21 and 28 at the University of Missouri Extension Southern Telecenter in Portageville...

TRI?Rally a success; plans under way for 2009 event (08/17/08)
SIKESTON -- The first Trike Riders International Rally, which was held in Sikeston and Miner July 24-26, brought close to 1,000 visitors to the area! The rally, which was sponsored by the Sikeston-Miner Convention & Visitors Bureau, was an opportunity for Trike riders of all ages and representing 32 states to gather and swap stories, ideas, play games, and dine and shop at all of our area restaurants and retail shops...

A warm welcome (08/17/08)
Keith Gregston, president and general manager of Noranda Aluminum Inc., which owns and operates the St. Jude Industrial Park in New Madrid, welcomes Archer Daniels Midland, the park's newest tenant, during an Aug. 8 open house. ADM is a global processing company and officials expect business to be running no later than Nov. 1. The business will grow and develop over the years based on the needs of the community and those who use the faciilty, leaders said...

Business Briefcase 8/17 (08/17/08)
SIKESTON -- Probation and Parole Officer Denise Wheeler has been recognized as the Region V Employee of the Quarter for Department of Corrections, Probation and Parole. Wheeler began employment with Department of Corrections in September 1997 and initially worked at the District #23 Kennett Probation and Parole Office. She transferred to the #14 Sikeston in December 2000 and since then she has worked in the Scott County area...

No strings attached (08/10/08)
SIKESTON -- New technology at Autry Morlan's service center are making check-ups using the front-end machine more accurate and quicker. "We've got the latest, most updated front-end machine," said General Sales and Service Manager Jeff Williams. He noted the service center has used the machine -- out on the market for under two years -- for the past seven or so months. "The system knows what to be looking at and what the specs should be."...