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Changes urged to Corps’ local flood response plan
(Local News ~ 04/17/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — There was a flood of ideas on how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should spend its funding and the projects in need of completion as speakers addressed the Mississippi River Commission. At Monday’s public hearing at New Madrid, members of the MRC and the Corps also took the opportunity to note the recent federal appointment of longtime MRC member and New Madrid resident R.D. ...
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Jake Graham
(Obituary ~ 04/17/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Carroll David “Jake” Graham, 77, died April 17, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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J.L. Greenlee
(Obituary ~ 04/17/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — J.L. Greenlee, age 89, passed away on April 16, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 11, 1929, in Kewanee, to the late Roy and Leona Dismuke Greenlee, he was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church in Sikeston for the past 15 years...
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Albert Layton
(Obituary ~ 04/17/18)
SIKESTON — Albert W. Layton, 75, died April 13, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 28, 1942, in Morehouse, son of the late Raymond E. Layton and Doris Wilson DeJournett. Survivors include: two sons and on daughter-in-law, Michael N. ...
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Trinity Williams
(Obituary ~ 04/17/18)
SIKESTON — Trinity LeRose Williams, 18 months old, died April 13, 2018, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis after struggling with complications due to alobar holoprosencephaly and hydrocephalus.
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Gary Loomis
(Obituary ~ 04/17/18)
EAST ALTON, Ill. — Gary Wayne Loomis, 68, formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died April 14, 2018, at the Rosewood Care Center in Alton. Born Aug. 26, 1949, in East Prairie, son of the late Willie Loomis and Bertha Burns Loomis Garland, he was employed by Olin Coin in East Alton. He was a veteran of the United States Navy...
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Local stores warned about selling product containing THC
(Local News ~ 04/17/18)
Illegal product containing the main mind-altering ingredient found in marijuana confirmed at one location in Sikeston
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Sikeston council holds reorganizational meeting on Monday
(Local News ~ 04/17/18)
SIKESTON — Steven Burch was sworn in for his second term as mayor during the Sikeston City Council meeting held Monday morning. Burch, who defeated John Graham in the April 3 election, was sworn in along with Ward 2 Council representative Gerald Settles and Ward 3 Council representative Karen Evans. Both Settles and Evans were unopposed in the April 3 election...
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Community cleanup begins Saturday; curbside pickup program begins May 14
(Local News ~ 04/17/18)
SIKESTON — Throughout the year, Sikeston residents are offered two opportunities to dispose of bulky wastes and discards not routinely collected during weekly solid waste (trash) pickup. The curbside program is operated in May and October and this spring, curbside dates will be May 14 and 17 for those with Monday and Thursday trash days and May 22 and 25 for those with Tuesday and Friday trash days...
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