#Sikeston

[unteriors]

Jackson Street, Sikeston, Missouri.

[gibsalad]

laugh-react for instant death

[1264doghouse]

School band, Sikeston, Missouri, May 1940 from a photograph by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress.

[suspiciousmindsxo]

September 7th, 1955: National Guard Armory, Sikeston, MO

[dispelzine]

Walls / East Malone Avenue, Sikeston, Missouri.

[tomorrowusa]

Billboards supporting women seeking abortions are popping up along I-55 heading north

"People make mistakes," says Queen, a Memphis hairstylist whose clients often confide those mistakes in her. [ ... ] Today, Queen says distance has become the biggest hurdle to getting the procedure in the southern United States. Hundreds of miles and multiple state lines can separate women from providers, which is why she's an enthusiastic proponent of a new abortion-rights billboard campaign along one stretch of rural Interstate 55 running across eastern Arkansas from Memphis, Tenn., to Southern Illinois. "Yes!" she shouts when she sees the first billboard, which reads "GOD'S PLAN INCLUDES ABORTION." [ ... ] The new billboard is one of six paid for by Seattle-based Shout Your Abortion. Its founder Amelia Bonow says this route in particular — leading to the only legal providers within hundreds of miles — needed a counterpoint to the billboards opposing abortion. "I-55 is just covered with these hateful, judgmental, shaming, intentionally traumatizing anti-abortion billboards," says Bonow of why the group focused on this segment of highway. Some anti-abortion rights billboards invoke the Bible. Others, like those placed by Minnesota-based Pro-Life Across America, have pictures of smiling babies and a phone number. [ ... ] "That's what these laws do," contends Bonow. "They don't actually stop people from having abortions, but they make people struggle in order to have abortions." Other Shout Your Abortion billboards say "Abortion is okay," and "Abortion is normal, you are loved." Some former abortion providers now offer what are called "navigational services." Ashley Coffield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, says for some young clients living in poverty it's their first time ever traveling beyond the city limits. "We're handing out gas cards," she says. "We're making hotel arrangements. We're buying plane tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, whatever works best for the individual. We're meeting them where they are."

In the days of slavery Illinois was a North Star of freedom and featured many stops along the Underground Railroad. Since the Dobbs decision it has assumed a somewhat similar role for reproductive freedom.

Interstate 55 runs from New Orleans to Chicago. Illinois is the only state along I-55 which offers reproductive freedom.

Of course it's not necessary to go all the way up to Chicago for healthcare. If you are driving north on I-55, get on I-57 at Sikeston, Missouri and then exit I-57 at Illinois Route 13 westbound to Carbondale. Carbondale is the largest town in the southern tip of Illinois. It has several women's health clinics and a fully staffed hospital. It's also home to Southern Illinois University.

[graceandfamily]

Clipped from Sikeston Daily Standard (1962-06-14)

[guerrerense]

Southbound UP Local Train at Morehouse, MO por Zach Pumphery Por Flickr: On a muggy SEMO Independence Day 2005 we pace UP Train LSI55 04 rolling south on the UP Sikeston Sub. on their way back to Poplar Bluff. The line had recently been upgraded to 25 MPH with new ties, a lot of ballast, and new tie plates were laid out, along with brand new welded rail waiting to be installed in anticipation of running upwards of 20 trains a day between Rockview Jct. near Chaffee and Dexter, essentially making a southbound main line, while the Chester Sub. would be for northbounds, avoiding a double tracking project. However, due to community and political opposition because of an overpass over US Highway 60 that nobody wanted to help UP pay for, this plan was given up on, and the line has since been filed for abandonment north (compass east) of Essex, MO and subsequently ripped up, including the portion of the line pictured here. For a moment back in 2005, it was smooth sailing for a B30-7A of Mo-Pac origin and SP 7956, an EMD GP40-2, smooth sailing at 25 MPH on jointed rail right into a severe thunderstorm. Locomotive: UP 215 7-4-05 Morehouse, MO

[streetaddictz]

An argument on social media turned into a deadly shooting that caused a woman seriously injured and an 18 year-old his life and at a Sikeston park.

[jobkash]

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[yes-iamapirate]

Power Corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[cmesinic]

A State to avoid, especially if you are female and of color.

[checkcharm]

The Best Things to Do in Sikeston Missouri

[boesenbergfamily]

4/8/24

Total Solar Eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri! The weather lucked out and we got to experience a total solar eclipse for 2 1/2 minutes with clear skies. It was such an amazing experience, and we were so happy to have the opportunity to have see it with family!

[suspiciousmindsxo]

Wednesday, September 7, 1955: The National Guard Armory in Sikeston, MO. (Photo by Earl Wade)

[dispelzine]

Signs / East Malone Avenue, Sikeston, Missouri.