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City officials await final decision on new steel mill in New Madrid
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - While a special legislative session paved the way for the possibility of bringing a new steel mill to New Madrid, city officials are still waiting for a final decision. New Madrid City Administrator Richard McGill said the individual behind the plant’s location is returning to New Madrid for a second site visit and to meet with others about the mill...
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Restoration
(Column ~ 07/21/17)
"Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me" Psalm 51:12.
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Warriors Baseball signs Missouri's Riley Cain
(High School Sports ~ 07/21/17)
INA, Ill. - It was during his visit to Rend Lake College's Ina campus this morning that Riley Cain of Steele, Mo. made the decision to play for the RLC Warriors Baseball team this fall. Last spring, Cain finished his senior year as shortstop with the South Pemiscot High School Bulldogs, where he hit .548, including five home-runs and 18 RBIs with 32 runs scored. As a pitcher, he also went 5-1 with a 1.92 ERA. In May, Cain was named the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year...
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SMSC Champs
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/17)
The Southeast Missouri Swim Conference held its championships on Saturday, July 15, at the Cape Central Pool. Eleven teams from Farmington down to Kennett participated in the huge event. There were over 400 swimmers competing for medals and trophies. Beau-Hunter Warren was named the top male swimmer in the 11-12 age group with all first place wins!! Max Warren received 3rd placed in the 9-10 age group with all 2nd place finishes!! Beau and Max are members of the Cape County Castaways, who were also named the Small Team SMSC Conference Champs.. ...
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Parengo Coffee holds class for baristas and aspiring baristas
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
SIKESTON - Parengo Coffee hosted a coffee college, the Parengo Master Class, for baristas and aspiring baristas recently. Barista is the Italian word for a person who makes coffee, according to Colby Williams, barista and proprietor of Parengo Coffee in Sikeston...
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Back-to-school fairs are scheduled in several local communities
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
SIKESTON -- Parents and guardians of local school children have plenty of options to stock up on school supplies for the new school year. Several back-to-school fairs are scheduled in the coming weeks. New Madrid County Resource Center will offer a back-to-school fair for children entering kindergarten through 12th grade from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27 at the Center in New Madrid...
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Emergency response
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
An officer with Cape Girardeau Fire Department shows a drone used for emergency response which was on display Thursday outside of Sikeston Department of Public Safety headquarters. The Regional Homeland Security Response Team, which is comprised of SIkeston DPS, Cape Fire and Jackson Fire Department put some of their new equipment on display Thursday, which was also prior to a State Emergency Management Agency briefing held in the afternoon at Sikeston DPS. ...
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Council approves new 5-year contract for trash removal
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
SIKESTON - City negotiations with Sonny's Solid Waste have resulted in a five-year contract for trash removal which the Sikeston City Council approved in its meeting Thursday evening. The new contract will eliminate alley pickup - a change necessitated by the high cost of alley trash pickup and the size of new trash trucks. A detailed story on changes in trash pickup will appear in a future edition...
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Drugs found by officers while serving warrant
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
STEELE, Mo. - Officers serving a warrant found more than just their suspect. On Wednesday officers with the Steele Police and the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant at a residence on McCollum Street in Steele. Upon entry into the home officers made contact with Thomas Chris Jones, 31, who had an active arrest warrant through Pemiscot County charging him with burglary, assault, unlawful use of weapon and unlawful use of a firearm (bond $100,000)...
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Summer work
(Local News ~ 07/21/17)
Brandon Lesch of T&W Masonry of Advance completes tuckpointing -- cleaning out and remortaring the joints -- of an exterior brick wall at Scott County Central Schools. The district is undergoing summer renovations to resolve moisture and mold issues in classrooms...
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Mae Gray
(Obituary ~ 07/21/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Mae Helen Gray, 69, died July 20, 2017, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. She was born July 18, 1948, to the late Homer and Mary Lois Johnson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Gray Sr., in 2004; her son Johnny (J.J.) Gray Jr. in 2013; one brother, Homer Roy Johnson; and one sister, Gracie Faye Cothard...
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