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Police searching for missing New Madrid man
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Police are searching for a New Madrid, Missouri, man who was last seen Nov. 19. According to the New Madrid Police Department, Gerald Dale Haynes Jr. was last seen on Nov. 19 near the intersection of Kingshighway and Mott Street in New Madrid. Haynes was driving a white 2011 Chevrolet Silverado long wheel base, two-door, two-wheel-drive pickup. The truck has black fender flares and has the Missouri license plate: 4SA-J21...
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George Burton
(Obituary ~ 11/24/20)
ORAN, Mo. – George Truett Burton, age 75, passed away Nov. 23, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Dec. 5, 1944, in Knoxville, Arkansas, son of the late Delmar Lee and Lucy Marie Towe Burton. He was a member of Hooe Missionary Baptist Church and had been owner/operator of Burton Plumbing and Heating before retiring...
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Local counties at highest risk category under new Missouri public health warning
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Local counties are experiencing some of the highest risks of COVID-19 in the state, according to a new public health warning issued by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson last week. The new warning establishes three categories for counties that are based on positivity rate along with the number of cases per 100,000 residents...
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New BCS support group is aimed to help teachers
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
SIKESTON — During the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers have been faced with challenges they’ve never encountered before, adding stress to an already stressful job. A new support group from Bootheel Counseling Services hopes to help teachers manage their stress...
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Mac’s Mission is thankful for ‘unicorn puppy’
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
As he waddles around his domain, Narwhal can see the good he is doing. Perhaps the most famous beagle-dachshund mix in the world, the “unicorn puppy” with a tail growing out of his forehead has helped expand Mac’s Mission in two big ways, according to co-founder Rochelle Steffen. Narwhal’s online fame has not only generated tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the animal rescue but has also sparked interest in special-needs animal adoptions...
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Howard Benson
(Obituary ~ 11/24/20)
SIKESTON — Howard Kelley Benson, age 99, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born April 28, 1921, at Hickman, Kentucky, to the late James Cosby Benson and Nancy Beulah Kelley Benson. He grew up on the No. 7 Island in rural Mississippi ...
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Family affair
(Community News ~ 11/24/20)
The Parker family farm, located just south of Sikeston, finished their cotton harvest last week. Chad Parker farms the land with five other family members, his grandfather, dad, great-uncle, uncle and cousin. Four generations of Parker farmers were present for the final harvest on Nov. 20. Standing in the field is Chad Parker’s son, Colt Parker...
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