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AMERICAN PICKERS to Film in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/29/18)
AMERICAN PICKERS television stars Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, will once again be filming in Missour. American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on The History Channel. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of the most skilled pickers in the business, as they hunt for America’s most valuable antiques. They are always excited to find sizeable, unique collections or accumulations and learn the interesting stories behind them...
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Missouri Soybean Association's 2018 Yield Contest Now Open
(State News ~ 03/29/18)
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) - The Missouri Soybean Association's yield contest is back for 2018 with several changes in response to grower feedback - including dropping the entry fee. The annual competition recognizes those producers across the state who truly excel in soybean production based on their crop yields. ...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Week Starts Monday, April 2
(State News ~ 03/29/18)
JONESBORO – The latest Pack Pact sexual assault awareness campaign event, Sexual Assault Awareness Week, begins Monday, April 2, and continues through April 6 at Arkansas State University. The Title IX office is coordinating the second annual event and partnering with other campus areas to host speakers, discussions and activities...
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Our Redeemer Lives
(Column ~ 03/29/18)
Once again Easter is upon us. It comes to us each year around this time to a world of problems, crises, and disquieting dilemmas. But in Job 19:25 – 27 we find these eternal words, "For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." This passage contains one of the most sublime expressions in the Old Testament of faith in the living Redeemer. ...
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Missouri's After-School Programs could suffer greatly
(Community News ~ 03/29/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - For the second year in a row, the Trump administration has proposed the elimination of funding support for local after-school and summer learning programs, and it's expected to hit Missourians hard since there is little to no state support to keep the programs going. ...
- Hippity Hop on the Easter Egg Hunt (Local News ~ 03/29/18)
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Use tax on April 3 ballot in New Madrid County
(Local News ~ 03/29/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - New Madrid County voters will decide whether to continue to collect a tax on purchases made out of state when they go to the polls on April 3. A use tax of 1.5 percent, which is the same as the local sales tax rate, will be applied to out-of-state purchases exceeding more than $2,000 annually if the issue is passed by voters. According to the ballot, the tax eliminates a sales tax advantage that non-Missouri vendors would have over New Madrid County vendors...
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State-ranked Portageville routs Bernie 10-0
(High School Sports ~ 03/29/18)
PORTAGEVILLE -- The Bernie Mules failed to capitalize on early scoring opportunities Friday, and state-ranked Portageville cashed in late to win 10-0 at Meatte Park. The Mules, who were playing their first game of the season, left the bases loaded in the first inning and stranded 10 runners overall against the seventh-ranked team in the Class 3 coaches poll...
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Fighting for the Farm
(Column ~ 03/29/18)
As a fourth-generation family farm owner, I know just how important agricultural operations are to Missouri’s economy and our rural communities. Missouri farmers are some of the hardest working people around, and it's a privilege to represent them in the United States Congress. ...
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Carol Ward
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
Carol Ward was born April 8, 1940, in Flint, Michigan, to the late Jesse Hutchison and Edna Myers Hutchison, and departed this life Sunday, March 4, 2018 at McLaren Hospital in Flint, at the age of 77 years, 10 months and 24 days. She was united in marriage to Bill Ward, in Flint, January 15, 1960...
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Karen Fowler
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
Karen A. Fowler, 62, of New Madrid, was born March 2, 1956, in Kankakee, Ill., to Gary Martin and Mary Ray Martin, and departed this life Friday, March 23, 2018 at her residence. She was united in marriage to the love of her life, Joey Fowler, July 12, 1975, in Conran, Mo...
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Terry Brasher
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
Terry Edwin Brasher, of Portageville, was born June 3, 1956, in Hayti, to Jerry Edwin Brasher and Vernice Tucker Brasher, and departed this life Friday, March 23, 2018 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 61 years, 9 months and 20 days...
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Awards are presented at annual New Madrid Chamber banquet
(Local News ~ 03/29/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The New Madrid Chamber of Commerce celebrated lives well lived, generosity and compassion as it honored residents during the annual awards banquet Tuesday evening. Awards were presented to Cyrus and Harriet Porter as the Persons of the Year; Rita Jackson, Educator of the Year; Gloria Houston and Shirley Gray, Volunteers of the Year; and Eric and Leslie Branum, the owners of Fat Frank's, the Business of the Year...
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Filing closes for county, state offices
(Local News ~ 03/29/18)
BENTON, Mo. -- Filing is closed and the races are set for the Aug. 7 primary election of county, legislative and judicial positions. Filing ended Tuesday. Winners of the primary election will move on to the Nov. 6 general election. Filing at the county level, are those seeking to be presiding commissioner, prosecutor, associate circuit judges, county and circuit court clerks, recorder of deeds, treasurer and collector...
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Going on an egg hunt
(Local News ~ 03/29/18)
Several egg hunts are planned at local churches and in communities in preparation for the Easter bunny's arrival this weekend.
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Bobbie Felton
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
CANALOU, Mo. Bobbie Dean Felton, 76, died March 29, 2018, at his home in Canalou.
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Gregory Prindle
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
SIKESTON Gregory D. Prindle, age 60, died March 28, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
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Timothy Vinson
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. Timothy Ray Vinson, 51, died March 22, 2018, at his home in Charleston.
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Norman Capps
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
WASHINGTON, Mo. Norman Capps, 94, died March 28, 2018, at The Arbors at Victorian Place in Washington.
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John Swinney
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
BENTON, Mo. John Allen Swinney, 69 died March 28, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
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Tommy Barnett
(Obituary ~ 03/29/18)
SIKESTON Tommy Dean Barnett, age 61, died March 27, 2018, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark.
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