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Body found in Scott County identified as Oran woman
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
BENTON, Mo. — The body of a woman found in a ditch early Monday in Scott County has been identified as an Oran, Missouri, woman. The body of 46-year-old Christy Smith (Senciboy-Smith) was located around 10:39 a.m. Monday after Scott County sheriff’s deputies responded to the ditch on County Road 266 between Chaffee and Oran, according to Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury...
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Juvenile arrested for shooting at carnival in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
SIKESTON — A juvenile has been arrested for the Oct. 2 shooting at the annual Sikeston Cotton Carnival. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Chief Jim McMillen, at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 2, Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the report a 17 year old had been shot at the Sikeston Cotton Carnival being held at 1220 N. ...
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Speakout
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
I am reading in Wednesday’s paper about MDC taking over management of the lake in the Complex. Has anybody visited MDC controlled lakes lately? Unless there has been a big change, they’re grown up, they’re nasty, they’re full of snakes. Sikeston might as well plant soybeans in that lake as let MDC take it over.
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The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
If I had a dollar for every time a farmer told me they were fixing their equipment I would be rich. The fact is farmers work hard to get everything ready to farm. I remember the hours my grand-pa spent greasing the equipment, mowing pastures, fixing fences, doing the paper work, and so many other tasks. ...
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Walker new pastor at Bertrand United Methodist Church
(Community News ~ 10/09/20)
BERTRAND, Mo. — The Bertrand United Methodist Church used to be a big part of the Bertrand community and new pastor Paullester Walker wants to make it that way again. Walker took over as pastor of the Bertrand United Methodist Church on June 7. “Becoming a pastor is a calling and the Bertrand congregation lovingly offered me the position,” Walker said. “We want to be a vital and engaging part of the Bertrand community again.”...
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Nationally known communicator to speak at Miner Baptist Church
(Community News ~ 10/09/20)
MINER, Mo. — Ken Freeman, a nationally known communicator, will be speaking at the Miner Baptist Church at a series of events. Freeman will speak at 9 a.m. Oct. 18 and then will speak at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18-22. Freeman is known to have the ability to connect to people of any age group, culture, or background and lives with a passion to bring people to know Christ and to make a deeper, more intimate, commitment to Him...
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Joyce Leonard
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Joyce Leonard, 79, died Oct. 7, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Born Jan. 17, 1941, in Portageville, Missouri, she was a daughter of the late Vonie Kirby Atteberry and Elmer Attberry, On Dec. 14, 1959, in Portageville, she married Dewey Leonard Sr.; he preceded her in death on May 3, 2007...
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Teresa Evans
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
LITTLE ELM, Texas — Teresa Lynn (Patton) Evans was born on June 2, 1959, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Earline (Patton) Beck and Charles Patton. She passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, after a seven-year battle with cancer at age 61. She graduated Irving High School in Irving, Texas, and attended UT Arlington, Texas. ...
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Norvell Linhart
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Norvell Dean Linhart, 84, died Oct. 8, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born Jan. 18, 1936, son of the late Beverly “Son” Linhart and Mary Elizabeth Fowler Linhart, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life and had retired from Noranda Aluminum and Missouri Department of Transportation after many years...
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Sikeston Public Library gets grant to increase bandwith
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson recently announced that 39 Missouri libraries were awarded more than $870,000 through the Missouri State Library to help residents access high speed internet for telehealth and distance learning in response to COVID-19...
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Missouri’s speed limit enforcement campaign runs from Oct. 10-18
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As you venture out this autumn to take in sights of fall foliage in the Show-Me State, or are simply just driving your daily commute, please be mindful of your speed. The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety wants to remind all drivers that a statewide media campaign will be held Oct. ...
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Ribbon Cutting — Morley Roads
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
A ribbon cutting was held Thursday near Morley City Hall in celebration of the newly blacktopped roads made possible through a partnership between the city of Morley and Scott County. A grant for about $200,000 from the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission based in Dexter allowed Morley to pave a portion of the town’s streets. The total project cost about $300,000. Scott County provided the labor and machinery for laying the pavement free of charge...
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SRC Award winners honored
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
SIKESTON — There was no banquet for the 70th Annual Sikeston Regional Chamber Awards due to COVID-19, but a drop-in event held Thursday evening to honor the winners was a success. Mike Marshall, CEO of the Sikeston Regional Chamber, spoke to those in attendance at the event held in the alley behind Sikeston City Hall, and praised the town’s progress...
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Essie Greer
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
WILSON CITY, Mo. — Essie B. Greer, 79, died Oct. 2, 2020, at the Charleston Manor Skilled Nursing Facility in Charleston, Missouri. Born Feb. 26, 1941, in Bird's Point, Missouri, daughter of the late Zingo and Roberta Branch Sloan, she attended Ollie Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wilson City, Missouri where served on the Mother's Board and as an usher...
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Glenn Greene
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Glenn William Greene Sr., age 90, passed away Oct. 9, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Nov. 8, 1929, in Crowder, Missouri, son of the late Gilbert and Vavial Page Greene. On Jan. 20, 1949 in Benton, Missouri, he married Betty Jo Marvel Greene, she preceded him in death...
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Betty Spane
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
SIKESTON — Betty Spane, 81, died Oct. 8, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Feb. 1, 1939, in Painton, Missouri, daughter of the late Lyman and Ethel Spane, she was a member of the Perkins General Baptist Church, Survivors include: two daughters, Tonia (Randy) McGill Green of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Charla (Slade) Robinson of Bosque, New Mexico; one son, Charles McGill of Cape Girardeau; one brother, Ron Spane of Chandler, Arizona; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild...
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Janet Shelly
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Janet Sue Shelly, 62, died Oct. 9, 2020, at her home. Born Oct. 11, 1957, in Hayti, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Mary Birdwell Miller and Harold Miller. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Harold Faye Miller...
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