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Risco falls to Bernie in regular season finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/12)
RISCO -- In their final game of the regular season, Risco fell to visiting Bernie 8-6 on Thursday. With things tied at 4-4 after four innings, the Mules scored a combined three runs in the fifth and sixth frame to pick up the win. Down 8-5 in the bottom of the seventh, the Tigers closed the gap to two before putting runners on second and third. Unable to bring them home, however, Risco ends the regular season at 12-7...
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Lady Bulldogs rout Fredericktown 7-1
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/12)
SIKESTON -- With districts just around the corner, a phase of the Sikeston soccer team that has seen its troubles this season may be peaking at the right time. The Lady Bulldogs' leading scorer, Madison Chaney, scored four goals while three others added a goal apiece in their 7-1 rout of Fredericktown Thursday at the Sikeston Sports Complex...
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Charles LaValle Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
NEW MADRID -- Charles Edward LaValle Jr., of New Madrid, died May 10, 2012, at the home of his daughter in Cape Girardeau at the age of 75 years. He was born July 19, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Charles Edward and Laura Riley LaValle. He is survived by his wife Ella Broughton LaValle of almost 47 years; four children, Kaki LaValle Beasley (Donny), Matt LaValle (Emily), Ed LaValle (Becky) and Caroline LaValle Holiman (Jay) all of Cape Girardeau; and seven grandchildren, Devin, Peyton, Caroline, Christopher, Chase, Savannah and Everton. ...
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Dorothy Morrison
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
LILBOURN -- Dorothy L. Morrison, 79, died May 9, 2012, at her home in Lilbourn. Born March 30, 1933, in New Madrid, to the late George Washington and Maggie O'Dell Halterman, she was a member of the Big Ridge Church where she was also as Sunday school teacher...
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Dorothy Loyd
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
LILBOURN -- Dorothy M. Loyd, 96, died May 9, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 23, 1915, in Lilbourn, to the late Joseph and Anna Pearl Cole Loyd, she had worked as the head cook for many years at Lilbourn Elementary School...
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Lionell Brown
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Lionell Brown, 58, died May 9, 2012, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Feb. 10, 1954, in East Prairie, to William Raymond and Mildred Lee Priest Brown, he lived most of his life in East Prairie and was employed by Gates Rubber Company in Charleston...
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Patrick Goforth
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
CATRON -- Patrick Goforth, 20, died May 5, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 28, 1992, in Jonesboro, Ark., he was a graduate of New Madrid County Central High School; where he was captain of the football and wrestling teams...
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Bobbie Sevic
(Obituary ~ 05/11/12)
SIKESTON -- Bobbie Jo Sevic, 56, died, May 10, 2012 at her home in rural Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Anna Gargus
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
BENTON -- A Chaffee man is in the Scott County Jail on child endangerment and drug related charges. Kevin D. White, 39, is charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Public offered closer look at historic Mississippian Culture site Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
EAST PRAIRIE -- The latest event at the Towosahgy State Historic Site near East Prairie offers Southeast Missouri residents a chance to learn about the region's true first farmers. Set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippian Culture Day will include activities and storytelling by a Native American actor and teacher. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the event is free and open to the public...
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Officials to mull flood funding
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
CHARLESTON -- Mississippi County commissioners will review some bids and firm qualifications before making decisions on contracts related to flood recovery funding announced this week. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday that Community Development Block Grant funding was on its way to Mississippi County, Bertrand and other local communities to assist in the repair or replacement of roads, bridges and other public infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the spring 2011 floods...
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K9 assists DPS with drug arrest
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
SIKESTON -- An attempt to flee Sikeston Public Safety officers was foiled when the Department's four-footed officer took a bite out of crime. J'Shaun Thatch, 21, is in custody on charges of second degree drug trafficking, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest for a felony, two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer and assault on a police animal. He is being held in the Scott County Jail with bond set at $150,000 cash only...
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Details emerge in church pastor sex abuse case
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
CHARLESTON -- An East Prairie church pastor remains in jail following multiple charges of sodomy and for possessing child pornography. Kenneth N. Allen, 36, pastor of Grace Apostolic Church in East Prairie, is charged with three felony counts of first degree statutory sodomy of deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 14 years old and one felony count of possession of child pornography, according to Missouri Case.net...
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Career day
(Local News ~ 05/11/12)
Seventh and eighth grade students at the Sikeston Junior High School learned about career possibilities from 29 different people including those in welding, nursing, insurance, law, counseling, pharmaceutical sales and the military. Above: Shane Washburn, a member of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, introduces students to the tools of the trade used in fighting fires. ...
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