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Homicide under investigation in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a homicide that occurred Tuesday afternoon on Kendall Street. At 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, a 42-year-old female, who was dead from apparent gunfire, was discovered at a residence on Kendall Street, according to Sikeston DPS Assistant Chief Jim McMillen. It’s believed the shooting occurred just minutes before, he said...
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Raymond Snarski Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
SIKESTON — Raymond E. Snarski Jr, 69, died Jan. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 30, 1949, in Chicago, he was the son of the late Raymond and Betty Davis Snarski. On Sept. 15, 2004, in Wisconsin, he married Letha Buckthorpe, who survives of the home...
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Mark Owens Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Mark Justin Owens Jr., 32, died Jan. 13, 2019, in Potosi. Born June 7, 1986, in Sikeston, son of Mark Owens of Blodgett and the late Sandra Anette Moore Owens, he had worked in construction with his father. On July 26, 2012, at Charleston, he married Kara Batchelor; she survives of the home...
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Betty Forrest
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Betty Sue True Forrest, 85, died Jan. 15, 2019, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 26, 1933, in Charleston, daughter of the late Harry and Erma Cagle Brewer, she had attended Murray Lane Baptist Church while living in Sikeston and Shawnee Hill Baptist Church after moving to Jackson. She had been a nurse at Southeast Hospital, The Lutheran Home and Miner Nursing Center. ...
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Government shutdown causing issues for Southeast Missouri farmers
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The partial federal government shutdown is causing a cash-flow crunch for Southeast Missouri farmers, particularly cotton growers, the president of the Missouri Farm Bureau said Monday. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, Missouri, agreed even as President Donald Trump urged farmers to stick with him...
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Girl Scouts circulate petition in effort to save camps
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Members of the Girls Scouts of the Missouri Heartland have begun a petition effort to remove and replace the council’s board of directors over the closing of two camps. Some troops even are refusing to sell Girl Scout Cookies in protest of the board’s action...
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Rone to lead Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Rep. Don Rone will lead the efforts of his colleagues in the Missouri House of Representatives as they seek ways to support and improve the state’s top industry. Rone was recently selected by House Speaker Elijah Haahr to serve as the chair of the House Agriculture Policy Committee for the 100th General Assembly...
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Month of events planned to celebrate 10th year of YMCA expansion
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
SIKESTON — Ten years ago in February, the expansion to the YMCA of Southeast Missouri opened and in honor of the mark, the YMCA has a month of events planned. “I think sometimes people consider the Y a gym, but it is so much more than that,” said Brandy Johnson, member and program experience director at the YMCA...
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Watkins to speak at Sikeston MLK Jr. celebration
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston Martin Luther King Jr. celebration activities will begin with a musical program at 5 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Green Memorial Church of God In Christ, 113 Clayton Ave., Sikeston. The celebration continues with the motorcade parade lineup beginning at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 21 at the Cornerstone Baptist Church, 127 W. Trotter St., in Sikeston...
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Stoddard County officials look at building morgue
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County officials are working toward a county morgue with former Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis no longer donating space at his funeral home since leaving office. According to Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington, the county is looking at constructing a stand alone building as a morgue near the jail expansion project on land already owned by the county...
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