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Portageville High School Senior Beta Club Host “Stuff the Bus”
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
Portageville High School Beta Club collected school supplies to “Stuff the Bus” at Portageville Dollar General on Friday, August 4, 2017, and at Portageville Fred’s and Sikeston Wal-Mart on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Many carts full of school supplies were collected over the two days. Monetary donations collected at the three stores were used to purchase additional school supplies at the stores...
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Hall of Fame coach Lennies McFerren the subject of doc to be screened in Miner
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/17)
Family vacations to southeast Missouri were always the high point of summer for Tia Hodges. Getting away from the hustle and bustle of St. Louis and into the shops and family gatherings that Sikeston provided was like an escape to a simpler, harmonious time...
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2017 Great Meals on Wheels: Food Truck Race includes Southeast Missouri native
(Community News ~ 08/18/17)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Take three people, mix them together in one tiny mobile kitchen, then turn up the heat from the competition and it is a recipe for another season of “The Great Food Truck Race.” When the show premieres Aug. 20 on the Food Network, this season will have a bit of Southeast Missouri flavor. Nick Hunter, who grew up in New Madrid, Mo., is one-third of the team, Braised in the South...
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The Time to Act is Now
(Column ~ 08/18/17)
When I spend time with folks across southeast and south central Missouri, whether it’s at my public roundtables, multiple small business stops or frequent listening posts, I consistently hear from families whose healthcare premiums and co-payments have doubled, individuals who only have one, or in some cases no health insurance choices, and business owners who are spending more and more of their hard-earned resources trying to comply with costly Obamacare regulations than actually using those resources to provide benefits and coverage for their employees.. ...
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Ashcroft Announces “Rooted in Agriculture” Photo Contest
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
Jefferson City, Mo. — On Monday, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced the 2017-2018 Missouri Official Manual Photo Contest theme — “Rooted in Agriculture.” First published in 1889, the Official Manual (or the “Blue Book”) provides the people of Missouri with historical, statistical and political information about their state and its government. ...
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Football season kicks off season at Portageville
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/17)
Last Friday night, August 11, Portageville High School sponsored a four team jamboree. Two teams played on one half of the field and two on the other half. Both teams had the opportunity to play 12 offensive and 12 defensive plays. This provided local sports fas an opportunity to see what the Bulldogs will look like, and provided the Bulldogs a glimpse of who they will be playing later on in the season...
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Volleyball jamboree sees area team game ready
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/17)
The Portageville High School hosted a volleyball Jamboree Monday night, Aug. 14. The participating school included New Madrid County Central, Kennett and Portageville. Both junior varsity and varsity teams played. Below are the results of the six sets. One freshman game was played as well. Kennett High School did not play in the jayvee or freshman sets...
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Missouri Rice Field Day to Offer Growers Updates on Markets, Crop Management, Global Testing
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
Rice — including market acceptance, varieties for this region, and research and production in southeast Missouri — will be the focus at the Missouri Rice Research and Merchandising Council’s Annual Rice Field Day Aug. 24 at the Missouri Rice Research Farm in Glennonville, Missouri...
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National Rice Month Scholarship Contest Now Open
(Outdoors ~ 08/18/17)
Produce a Video and Earn Scholarship Money
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University of Missouri Extension - Grain Marketing Commentary
(Column ~ 08/18/17)
University of Missouri Extension Meetings in Southeast Missouri Missouri Rice Field Day - August 24, 2017, Rice Research Farm Hwy J, west of Malden Fisher Delta Research Center Field Day - August 31, 2017, Rone Hall, Portageville Corn Meeting - December 13, 2017 at the Miner Convention Center, Miner, MO Soybean Meeting - January 17, 2018 at the Miner Convention Center, Miner, MO...
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Stuck in an Impossible Situation Part 5
(Column ~ 08/18/17)
God had a message for his people in Babylonian captivity. He wanted them to know that he was faithful. In Jeremiah 24:6-7 God told Jeremiah “For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. ...
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways Hosts Solar Eclipse Viewing Event
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
EMINENCE, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a solar eclipse viewing event at Alley Spring on August 21 beginning at 11:30 a.m. and ending at 2:45 p.m. A partial solar eclipse will be visible during the entire event, with the peak eclipse occurring at approximately 1:00 p.m. Park Rangers will be on hand to discuss the eclipse. ...
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
This is real life.
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Delta Regional Authority graduates 7 Missouri leaders ready to improve their local communities
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
LAKE BARKLEY, Ky. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today celebrates 49 new graduates of the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) who will collaborate with DRA’s leadership team to continue helping create jobs, build communities, and improve lives across the Mississippi River Delta region and the Black Belt of Alabama...
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Application Deadline Approaches for LPN-to-RN Programs at Three Rivers
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
The application deadline is approaching for Three Rivers College’s daytime LPN-RN Bridge program in Poplar Bluff and its LPN-RN Bridge program at Three Rivers – Sikeston. The application deadline for these programs is Friday, September 1. “We want potential applicants for these programs to be aware of the opportunities in their area and what’s required to take advantage of them,” said Dr. ...
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Missouri Peach Fair kicks off this week
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
The Missouri Peach Fair will begin this Friday, August 18 when the Miss Missouri Peach Fair Pageant is held at the Campbell Community Building. This pageant will be conducted for young women ages 16-19. The pageant selects Miss Missouri Peach Fair who will preside over the remainder of the week-long annual community fair...
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Gameday
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
Sikeston will kick off the 2017 high school football season Friday night against rival Charleston. Game time is 7 p.m.
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Scott County man arrested after murder-for-hire investigation
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
Samuel W. Lix, 24, of Chaffee is charged with felony first-degree conspiracy to commit murder and felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Sgt. Shawn Griggs with the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control.
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Judy Huff
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
Jackson, Mo. -- Carolyn Sue "Judy" Huff, 75, formerly of Sikeston, died Aug.18, 2017, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Born Jan. 21, 1942, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Jim and Alma Kenser Robey, she worked for Tyson Food in Dexter before retiring...
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Jerry Edwards
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
RISCO, Mo. -- Jerry Arlon Edwards, 74, died Aug. 17, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 23, 1943, in New Madrid, son of the late Lester Edwards and Clora Lomax Edwards, he was a water and sewer commissioner and street commissioner, trustee and member of Pleasant View General Baptist Church in Risco...
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Emily Gee
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Emily Carol Gee, 59, died Aug. 17, 2017, at her home in Portageville. Born Dec. 26, 1957, in Hayti, daughter of Letha Pigg Eftink of Portageville and the late Andrew John Eftink, she was a member of the St. Eustachius Catholic Church along with the Ladies of Sodality. ...
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Joan Sain
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
SIKESTON -- Joan Sain, 73, died Aug. 17, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born July 22, 1944, in St. Louis, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Norma Kelkamp. On June 17, 1962, in Sikeston, she married Verlon "Smiley" Sain, who preceded her in death on April 13, 1994...
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