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Schedule released for NMCC's 22nd Riverbend Classic
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/16)
The 22nd Riverbend Classic basketball shootout is slated for its annual post-Thanksgiving kickoff and now the schedule for the two-day event has been released. Four local teams are set to take on teams from Illinois, Tennessee and Arkansas on Nov. 25-26 at New Madrid County Central High School...
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At a glance: How New Madrid County voted
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
NEW MADRID COUNTY at a glace President Clinton 1, 922 (26.18 percent) Trump 5,270 (71.36 percent) U.S. Senate Kander 2,844 (39.19 percent) Blunt 4,157 (57.28 percent) Governor Koster 2,754 (37.78 percent) Greitens 4,392 (60.25 percent) Lt. Governor...
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Scott County elects new sheriff
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
Wes Drury unseated Scott County sheriff Rick Walter 9,509 to 7,686. Incumbent Dennis Ziegenhorn defeated challenger John Graham 4,508 to 3,434.
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MoDOT prepares for winter with statewide drill Nov. 9
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
SIKESTON -- Snow is not in the local forecast yet, but the Missouri Department of Transportation wants to be ready when winter weather is here. To prepare, MoDOT will test its readiness for the upcoming winter season with a statewide drill Nov. 9. The drill tests MoDOT's winter battle plan to ensure its readiness to get travelers back on Missouri roadways as quickly as possible after winter storms...
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Exercise your right to vote
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
SIKESTON - Polls will be open today until 7 p.m. for Southeast Missouri residents to cast their ballots. Issues on the ballot include not only the presidential race but also state and local issues as well.
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Hutcheson is new sheriff in Mississippi County
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
Corey Hutcheson ousted incumbent sheriff Keith Moore 2,691 to 2,433. Mitch Pullen won the first district commissioner's race over Jeffrey Hall 1,577 to 588. Lisa Finley Norton won the assessor's race over Dwight C. White 3,360 to 1,642.
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Norman Roberts
(Obituary ~ 11/08/16)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Norman Cleo Roberts, 89, died Nov. 6, 2016, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 1, 1927, in Knobel Ark., the son of the late Otto Henry and Rhoda Samantha Flannigan Roberts, he lived in Essex for many years, moving to Dexter in 1993. He served in the U.S. Army and was a farmer and a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia, serving as a deacon for many years...
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John Cooper
(Obituary ~ 11/08/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- John Thomas Cooper, 71, died Nov. 2, 2016, at the Charleston Manor Skilled Nursing Facility. Born Nov. 1, 1945, in Greenwood, Miss., to the late John and Alice B. Mason Cooper, he farmed, detailed cars and mowed lawns. Survivors include: two sons, Michael Cooper of St. Louis and Savion Dowell of Charleston; three daughters, Felicia Bostic of Sikeston, Stephanie Cooper of Charleston and Vanita Cooper of Atlanta; and 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...
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Robert Allen
(Obituary ~ 11/08/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Robert J. "Pimple" Allen, 62, died Nov. 5, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 11, 1954, in East Prairie, to the late Jack and Reviue Banks Allen, he was a retired steelworker. He worked as a foreman for over 30 years at US Steel Gary Works in Gary, Ind. He was a member of St. Matthews Full Gospel Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston where he served as a deacon...
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Marshall Asbridge
(Obituary ~ 11/08/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Marshall Paul Asbridge, 82, died Nov. 7, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 11, 1934, in Dyersburg, Tenn., to the late Pete and Beatrice Blackwell Asbridge, he was a retired tanker truck driver with Cooper Oil Company in Cape Girardeau. He was of the Baptist belief and a member of the Chaffee American Legion 389...
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Clyde Watson
(Obituary ~ 11/08/16)
SIKESTON -- Clyde B. Watson, 79, died Nov. 8, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston...
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