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Endurance
(Column ~ 09/01/17)
"The testing of our faith produces endurance." (James 1: 3)
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Farming challenges discussed at annual Delta Center Field Day
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
Field Day dedicated to Caleb Davis
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Residents scramble to help those impacted by Harvey
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
SIKESTON -- The urgent needs of Texans displaced from their homes by the fury of Hurricane Harvey have many local churches and organizations scrambling to help. Jeff Loftin, youth minister at the The First Baptist Church, is among those working to aid the beleaguered in Texas, and he is amazed by the outpouring of generosity...
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Sikeston resident charged for stealing from vehicles
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston resident was arrested after he was found to be rummaging through vehicles Wednesday. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jon Broom, DPS officers responded to the 300 block of Virginia at 3:37 a.m. Wednesday on a report of two males going through vehicles. The person who reported the crime said they saw the males get into four or five vehicles on Edmondson and Virginia streets...
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Van Buren man facing charges after firing gun from vehicle
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
SIKESTON -- A Van Buren man faces felony charges after allegedly firing gunshots from a vehicle. John William Tinsley, 38 of Van Buren, formerly of Sikeston, is charged with Class B felony discharging a firearm from a vehicle at a person or habitable structure and Class D felony unlawful possession of a firearm. He is a convicted felon which prohibits him from possessing a firearm...
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Nearly 600 take part in 56th annual Field Day
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The Fisher Delta Research Center hosted the 56th annual Field Day Thursday for nearly 600 participants at Rone Hall who spent an educational day discussing the future of Delta agriculture. Organizers were pleased with the large turnout for the event. Heavy rains on Thursday morning contributed to crowd size as a number of farmers attended who might otherwise have been harvesting corn...
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Charlotte Tilley
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charlotte Tilley, 60, died Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Born Sept. 30, 1956, in Chicago, daughter of the late Charles and Ona Mae Schrodar Edwards, she was retired from Unilever Ice Cream plant in Sikeston. On April 4, 1990, she married Kenneth Eugene Tilley, who preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 2008...
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Charles Grissom
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Charles Arthur Grissom, 65, died Aug. 31, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 7, 1952, at East Prairie, to Frankie Adkisson Grissom of East Prairie and the late Charles "Gunner" Grissom, he attended East Prairie Schools and had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. He was employed with Noranda a number of years and later did commercial trucking and worked for Burke Farms...
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Robert Martin
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Robert E. Martin, 91, died Aug. 30, 2017, at his home in Wappapello. Born Aug. 26, 1926, in St. Louis, son of the late George L. Martin and Neva Brooks Martin Moore, he lived in St. Louis for many years and worked as a dental technician. He moved to Wappapello in 1989...
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William Shaw
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- William Henry "Bill" Shaw, 92, died Aug. 25, 2017. Born March 10, 1925, in Illmo, son of the late William Henry and Rose Missouri Shaw, he graduated from Illmo High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, as part of the 240th Field Artillery Battalion, in World War II and was awarded four bronze stars for campaigns in France, Belgium and Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge. ...
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