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Portageville Community Day is Saturday, JULY 1
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
Two big events will be taking place on Saturday, July 1. Combined together for the third annual Portageville Community Day. Both of the events will be held at the Meatte Memorial Park. The annual Fourth of July pageants are sponsored by the Portageville Chamber of Commerce, and the Community Day is sponsored by the Portageville Jaycees...
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Gathering signatures
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
On Saturday, June 10, there was a state wide Day of Action and several folks signed petitions to stop the implementation of the Right-To-Work bill. The signatures will be taken to Jefferson City before Aug 28th in a effort to put the issue on the 2018 ballot. "We believe that 'we the people' should have a voice on this; We will not set back and let the politicians in Jefferson City impose this unnecessary regulation on us." said Cameron Redd...
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Chamber seeking volunteers
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
The Portageville Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers to participate in the 2017 Portageville Soybean Festival activities. Your local Chamber of Commerce members are excited to get this annual celebration of this community and heritage rolling this coming fall...
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Rice and flour packages receive fire and smoke damage
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
The Portageville fire and police department responded to a cargo trailer last fire Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. A tractor -trailer was heading north on Interstate 55 when he was flagged down on the Portageville northbound ramp about his trailer being on fire. According to authorities, his trailer brakes got too hot and caught fire burning through the left side of the trailer above the tire axle...
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Officials approve mud racing for another year
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
MINER, Mo - Miner will host mud races for another year. The Miner Board of Alderman held its monthly meeting Friday and extended the permit to Jason Owens for mud racing to May of 2018. In other business, Darlene Justice was appointed to serve on the Miner Planning and Zoning Committee...
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Nick White defeats longtime councilman in special election
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - In Tuesday's special election, New Madrid Ward 2 voters returned to the polls and picked Nick White as their city councilmember. White received 131 votes to defeat longtime City Councilman Russell Riggs, who had 103 votes, and John Garner, who received six votes in Tuesday's election...
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Lawson is named executive director of SRC
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
SIKESTON - Marcie Lawson will join the Sikeston Regional Chamber and Sikeston Department of Economic Development. She will begin July 24 as executive director of the Sikeston Regional Chamber. "I cannot tell you how excited we are to bring another dynamic community leader like Marcie on board," said Mackenzie Price Scherer, SRC chairman. "Marcie is Sikeston born and raised and brings years of experience, as well as an enthusiasm to help promote the Sikeston region."...
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Sikeston Little Theatre ends season with slapstick comedy about a play within a play
(Local News ~ 06/21/17)
SIKESTON - The next and final production of Sikeston Little Theatre's 2016-17 season will take the audience backstage - sort of. "Noises Off," with performances set for 7 p.m. June 22, 23 and 24 and at 2 p.m. June 25, is a comedy about a play within a play, explained director Glen Cantrell...
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Cyd Parham
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Cyd Charisse Parham, 48, died June 18, 2017, at her home in Charleston. She was born Oct. 20, 1968, in Harvey, Ill., to Roosevelt Parham Sr. of Harvey, Ill., and the late Barbara Ann Jones Parham. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, R'shaunti Parham, her sister, Alysia Parham, and her brother, Roosevelt Parham Jr...
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Roger Gamble
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Roger Benten Gamble, 73, died June 20, 2016, at his residence in Charleston. Born in Lake City, Ark., to the late "T.B." and Louise Gamble, he had lived most of his life in Charleston and a self-employed farm equipment dealer. He was of the Baptist faith...
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Leverta Whitt
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
SIKESTON - Leverta Whitt, 74, died June 13, 2017, at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. Born June 6, 1943, in Lexington, Miss., to the late Durden and Lenora Marshall Freeman, she was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston. On June 19, 1961, in Lexington, Miss., she married James Whitt, who preceded her in death on June 5, 2011...
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