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Applicant briefings for local nonprofits, governments set for Monday in SikestonSIKESTON — Following the federal disaster declaration for multiple severe weather systems that impacted Missouri May 19-27, the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, or SEMA, will conduct applicant briefings July 29 in Sikeston and July 30 in Poplar Bluff for local governments and nonprofit agencies applying for Public Assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA...
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Cowboy Up! Festival, parade will kick off rodeo weekSIKESTON — The Cowboy Up! Festival and Rodeo Parade is one way for families to kick off the 72nd Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 inside the Sikeston Depot Museum, located at 116 West Malone Ave. in Historic Downtown Sikeston, as well as in the Depot parking lot and Legion Park...
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SUMMER SPLASHBryson Wotipka enjoys a warm afternoon Thursday, July 25, 2024, while jumping off the diving board into the swimming pool at the Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston. Showers and thunderstorms with highs in the lower 80s are forecast this weekend, but swimming weather is expected to return as highs will climb into the 90s starting Tuesday or Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky...
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Bollinger County search related to missing Gina Dawn BrooksLaw enforcement officials recently searched a rural Bollinger County property in connection with the case of a Fredericktown, Missouri, girl who disappeared in 1989. The search relates to the August 1989 disappearance of Gina Dawn Brooks, who went missing in Fredericktown...
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Funeral home director reunites father, son after grave sunk into the groundCHARLESTON, Mo. — When a Wyatt, Missouri, man died in a car crash near Charleston last month, his family wanted to bury his remains with their father. The only problem was the funeral home director had trouble finding the father’s gravesite which had sunk into the ground at a Mississippi County cemetery...
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Federal government approves major disaster declaration in response to severe weatherJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson announced on Monday, July 22 the federal government has approved his request for a major disaster declaration in response to multiple severe weather systems that generated tornadoes, high winds, and flooding across southern Missouri from May 19-27. The declaration makes federal Individual Assistance available to eligible residents in Barry, Butler, Carter, Howell, NewMadrid, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, and Texas counties. ...
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Hayti woman charged with child’s murderDYERSBURG, Tenn. — A 20-year-old Hayti, Missouri, woman was charged Tuesday, July 23 in the 2023 death of a 14-month-old child, according to a Dyersburg Police Department report. Karmella Robinson will be arraigned on the charge in Dyersburg Municipal Court at 9 a.m. Friday morning, said DPD Detective Chuck Barrineau. He was recently reassigned to the case...
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Election Q&A: Caudle challenging Branam for Scott County coronerBENTON, Mo. — Several local races in Scott County are contested in the upcoming Aug. 6 Primary Election. Among those is the race for coroner. On the Republican ballot, voters will choose between incumbent Scott Branam and challenger John Cody Caudle. There are no Democratic candidates...
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TodayChance Showers & T-stormsHigh: 84°F
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TonightChance Showers & T-storms then Patchy FogLow: 71°F
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SaturdayChance Showers & T-stormsHigh: 83°F Low: 71°F
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SundayChance Showers & T-storms then Showers And Thunderstorms LikelyHigh: 82°F Low: 72°F
- Zack Gieg: SEMO O-line will 'be the reason why we win games' (7/25/24)
- Catfish are rolling of late following inconsistent summer (7/25/24)
- Williams has been a "hit" with the Catfish this summer (7/25/24)
- Redhawks QB returns to camp bigger, stronger, faster (7/24/24)
- MSHSAA shakes up state baseball playoffs: Series play coming to Class 5 and 6 (7/23/24)9
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Letter: Excellent letter about Mr. Eugene T. Speller (7/26/24)Dear Editor: We read Mr. Harry Sharp’s letter in your Friday, July 19, 2024, Standard Democrat with great interest. Seldom have we read a more moving and compelling piece of correspondence. Thank...
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Letter: Goodbye to a wonderful friend and great man (7/19/24)Dear Editor: On Sunday, July 14, 2024, I lost a wonderful friend who was also a loving and caring father, a loving, faithful husband, a person you could count on and a great man who cared deeply...
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Concord Minute: Trust in King Jesus (7/19/24)“Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish… The LORD will reign forever, your...
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Letter: Missouri may be holding unclaimed property for you (7/12/24)Dear Editor: During June and July, newspapers across Missouri are publishing tens of thousands of names of people for whom the State Treasurer’s Office is holding unclaimed property totaling more...
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Concord Minute: United in Christ (7/12/24)“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the...
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A Concord Minute: Come on! It’ll be an Adventure (7/5/24)“An [Jesus] called the 12 and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff - no bread, no bag,...
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Connie FoustMOREHOUSE, Mo. — Connie Foust, age 75, passed away July 25, 2024, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Missouri. She was born Aug. 8, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Charles Merl...
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Tony SmithMOREHOUSE, Mo. — Steven Anthony "Tony" Smith, a dedicated firefighter and beloved community member, passed away on July 24, 2024, at his home in Morehouse. Born on April 18, 1962, in Los Angeles,...
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Michael Woods (7/25/24)BERTRAND, Mo. — Michael Dean Woods, 51, formerly of Anniston, Missouri, died July 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time at 2...
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Linda Mae Castleberry (7/25/24)SIKESTON — Linda Mae Castleberry, affectionately known as “Mama Lynn,” was born Dec. 5, 1951, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Alvin Seuell and Lavern Simmons. She was one of 10 children on her mother’s side and one of eight children on her father’s side. Her parents; four brothers, Gene Autry Bradley, Robert Seuell, Alvin Seuell Jr., Donald Jay Seuell; and two sisters, Glendoria Seuell Adams and Ernestine Simmons, preceded her in death...
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Lisa Michelle Reed (7/25/24)LILBOURN, Mo. — Lisa Michelle Reed, age 57, of Lilbourn passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024, surrounded by her family at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Lisa was born in Sikeston, to Sandra Holland and Dennis Townsend, on Sept. 26, 1966. She was lovingly raised in Lilbourn by her mother Sandra Giddens and Jon Giddens...
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Allen Rand (7/25/24)PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Allen Rand, 75, died July 14, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.
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- New recovery community center opens in Sikeston
- Election Q&A: Caudle challenging Branam for Scott County coroner
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