Taking note

Brian Menz, vice chairman of the Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority Commission, talks with Sikeston Department of Public Safety Director Drew Juden, Eighth District Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Lloyd Smith, Emerson's chief of staff, about the LCRA Tuesday afternoon. Juden and Menz discussed problems the LCRA and City of Sikeston are facing with dilapidated houses and how Emerson could help the situation.