It is the principal city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County, and has a total population of 41, 143.

Sikeston also has a rich tradition in other sports.

Sikeston is also home to the first Grecian Steakhouse, a local area chain, and has numerous Mexican and Chinese restaurants.

* Robert Vaughan, author of over 200 books has lived in Sikeston

The restaurant has three locations: the original in Sikeston, Missouri, and two others in Ozark, Missouri and Foley, Alabama.

" The Sikeston Standard-Democrat said, " Democrat Russ Carnahan has brought more mud into a congressional campaign than the days of Bill D.

Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston, Missouri and the junction of I-55 and I-90 / 94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for, while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only long between the same two points.

* During World War II until 1944, the Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport which was previously dedicated on July 3 – 4, 1934, was known as Harvey Parks Airport and included long, barrack-style buildings as a site of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, which was established after General Hap Arnold asked flight training operations to triple their enrollments.

By 1900, Sikeston had a population of 1, 100, and two drainage ditches had been completed.

* The first house in Sikeston is believed to have been located at 318 Baker Lane.

Today Kingshighway, also known as Business U. S. Highway 61 serves Sikeston as a primary north-south street and is lined with businesses and older historic homes.

On February 28, 1862, Pope left Commerce with his army of 12, 000, arriving in Sikeston on March 2, 1862.

* On January 26 – 27, 2009, the city of Sikeston and the surrounding area were hit with a devastating ice storm, the January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm.

Some of the early Sikeston churches and those with their founding dates include the following:

The current Sikeston Power Plant is a 235 megawatt coal-fired steam generating facility with excess capacity sold to other communities.

* Other Sikeston businesses include AgMart Sales, Clayton Fabrication and Metal Works, Collins Music, Construction Trailer Specialists, Days Inn, DeWitt Company, Duckett Truck Center, Ferguson Medical Group, First Midwest Bank, Focus Bank, Garage Door Company of Sikeston, J. C. Penney, J-J-N Enterprises, Lowe's, Meyers Supply Company, Slusher Farm and Home Center, Mitchell Insurance, NewWave Communications, Pyramid Roofing Company, Retco Trailer Manufacturing, Steward Steel, The UPS Store, and Walgreens with multiple locations for Dollar General, Raymond James Financial, State Farm Insurance, and U. S. Bancorp.

US 60 intersects Interstate 55 and Interstate 57 just southeast of Sikeston, and runs concurrently with I-57 from this junction to the east side of Charleston.

She was arrested in Sikeston, Missouri, where she was living with family.

Born in Sikeston, Missouri as one of 11 siblings, Thomas moved around often in her youth with her family, living in various states including Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee.

* Veterans ' Park-A park dedicated to the hundreds of men and women from Sikeston and other communities in Southeast Missouri who have valiantly served their country in times of war, the park features a large, lighted granite monument and American flag display.

* Mimi Allen Smitten ( 1925 – 2005 ), a professional harpist who performed for the president, gave concerts in Europe, and recorded children's music, was a native of Sikeston.

It goes from Sikeston, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94.

Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, Missouri, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago.

In the state of Missouri, Interstate 57 runs northbound from Sikeston to the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois.

The Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of all of Scott County.

Sikeston, the largest city in the county and the fourth settlement to be founded, was settled in 1800 and was laid out in 1860 by John Sikes on the Cairo & Fulton Railroad.

* Sikeston Area Higher Education Center ( SAHEC )-Sikeston-A satellite campus of Southeast Missouri State University.

* Sikeston Career & Technology Center-Sikeston-A technical school based out of the Sikeston R-VI School District.

Parkes, who now resides in Spain, was born in Sikeston in 1944 and grew up in Canalou.

* Scott Crockett, born in Sikeston, attended school in Gideon.

The Morehouse Elementary School is part of the Sikeston school system.

The Morehouse Elementary School was closed by the Sikeston School Board.

On June 20, 1905, The Chaffee Real Estate Company of St. Louis, Missouri purchased of land from a local farmer, John Witt of Sikeston, Missouri, for $ 140, 000.

On the same day, a tornado also struck the nearby city of Sikeston.

As of the 2000 U. S. Census, the city had a population of 16, 651 ; a 2008 estimate showed the population to be 17, 096, an increase of 2. 67 %, and is the third largest city in Missouri's 8th Congressional District after Cape Girardeau and Sikeston.

In February of 2012, a 4. 0-magnitude earthquake struck the area, not far from Sikeston, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois ; the impact was felt across multiple states.

It borders the city of Sikeston to the east.

Although popular family restaurant Lambert's Cafe is generally referred to as being located in Sikeston, the restaurant is actually located just inside the Miner city limits.

Lambert's originated in Sikeston, but moved closer to I-55, which is located on the eastern side of Miner.

It had a bucolic atmosphere that it has lost long since.

These polar concerns ( imitation vs. formalism ) reflect a philosophical and religious situation which has been developing over a long period of time.

A dear, respected friend of mine, who like myself grew up in the South and has spent many years in New England, said to me not long ago: `` I can't forgive New England for rejecting all complicity ''.

New England, as everyone knows, has long been schoolmaster to the Nation.

There has long existed a brotherly affection between us, thus I accepted him as my pupil.

It has been a long time since he has seen any campaign money, and when the proposition is laid down to him as the friends of Mr. Hearst are laying it down these days he is quite likely to get aboard the Hearst bandwagon ''.

The theme of glorious summer coming after a long winter of discontent and repression was, he has told us, congenial to his artistic sense.

Considering then the optimism which has permeated science fiction for so long, what is really remarkable is that during the last twelve years many science-fiction writers have turned about and attacked their own cherished vision of the future, have attacked the Childhood's End kind of faith that science and technology will inevitably better the human condition.

Even the Distilled Spirits Institute has long had a specific prohibition.

reaching agreement on projects of value to the whole community has long been one of Greater Miami's hardest tasks.

The Queen Mary has long been a symbol of speed, luxury, and impeccable British service on the high seas.

Everyone is ambivalent about his profession, if he has practised it long enough, but there were still moments when he loved the stage and all those unseen people out there, who might cheer you or boo you, but that was largely, though not entirely, up to you.

There was an air of blindness in her gray eyes, the startled-horse look that ultimately comes to some women who are born at the end of an ancestral line long since divorced from money-making and which, besides, has kept its estate intact.

one who is thoroughly human, who affects no dignity, and who is endowed with real ability, genuine worth, and sterling honesty -- all dedicated to secure the best interests of the country he has loved and served so long.

I pay my personal tribute to Sam Rayburn, stalwart Texan and great American, not only because today he establishes a record of having served as Speaker of the House of Representatives more than twice as long as Henry Clay, but because of the contributions he has made to the welfare of the people of the Nation during his almost half century of service as a Member of Congress.

Through their professional organization, the Rhode Island Tax Officials Association the question of taxing boats long has been debated and discussed.

Mr. Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now-famous Weider Push-Pull Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way, followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group.

Why it was ever forgotten for even a moment I cannot say because it works perfectly for everyone, no matter whether he has short or long thigh-bone lengths!!

However, because this vulnerability is mutual, it is to the advantage of neither side to destroy the opponent's cities, at least so long as the opponent has nuclear weapons with which to effect reprisal.

The aft cockpit has a Af storage bin over six feet long that doubles as a seat.

Home air conditioning has come a long way from the early days of overcooled theaters and the thermal shock they inflicted.

The necessity of that day has long disappeared.

The reason and the day of `` grandfather clauses '' has long since passed.

How long has it been since you reviewed the objectives of your benefit and service program??