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Two Southeast Missouri Hospitals Participate in Federal Program Aimed at Improving Rural Health Care
(Community News ~ 12/22/17)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Health and Human Services, released the following statement today after the Iron County Hospital in Hayti, Mo., and Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital in Pilot Knob, Mo., were selected to participate in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) program. ...
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Portageville Police Department News Release
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/22/17)
According to Chief Ronnie Adams, on December 16th, 2017 at approximately 9:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to 401 East 8th Street in reference to a person with a firearm. Upon officers arrival they met with the victims. The victims told officers a black male had kicked open the front door and struck a female in the head with a handgun. The victims told police the suspect had fled the area with three children in the vehicle with him. A description was given of the suspect and his vehicle...
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Southeast Missouri Volunteer Firefighters, First Responders Could Benefit from Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
(State News ~ 12/22/17)
WASHINGTON – Continuing her longstanding support for Missouri firefighters and first responders, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is backing legislation to strengthen education benefits for volunteer firefighters and first responders at up to 100 or more fire departments in Missouri...
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Auditor Galloway releases audit of Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems
(Community News ~ 12/22/17)
Poor financial condition requires constant monitoring to ensure hospital remains operational
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What Is Postmillenialism? Millennial Views, Part 2
(Column ~ 12/22/17)
Postmillennialism is the view or system of eschatology (doctrine of the last things) teaching that the current age is the millennium, which is not necessarily a thousand years. Postmillennialists believe that the kingdom of Jesus Christ will gradually be extended though the preaching of the gospel; the eventual conversion of a majority of people (not necessarily all people); and the progressive growth of righteousness, prosperity, and development in every sphere of life as this growing majority of Christians struggle to subdue the world for Christ. ...
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Grain Marketing Commentary
(Column ~ 12/22/17)
University of Missouri Extension Meetings in Southeast Missouri Soybean Meeting - January 17, 2018 at the Miner Convention Center, Miner, MO Cotton Meeting – February 6, 2018 at the Fisher Delta Research Center, Portageville Rice Meeting – February 8, 2018 at the Malden Community Center...
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Obstruction at Every Turn
(Column ~ 12/22/17)
Not showing up to meetings about tax cuts, refusing to meet with the President to discuss our nation’s budget, storming out of Committee Hearings, and trying to block President Trump's nominations - at every turn, obstructionists who disagree with our President’s vision for freedom and economic growth are trying to impede progress and take him down. It seems like the only action these time-wasters ever want to take is complete inaction. ...
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Local 10-year-old girl highlighted in national magazine
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
SIKESTON -- A funny experience with her dog has led to a local 10-year-old being highlighted in a national magazine. A submission by Liza Rae Dockins, of Sikeston, was published in the December issue of Highlights. Highlights is a national children's magazine that started in 1946. The magazine is geared toward elementary school students and contains stories and puzzles...
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Hey, Santa
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
Rhett Pyland isn't sure what to think of Santa Claus recently after meeting the jolly old man at the Sikeston Depot. Children are making their last requests of Santa Claus and shoppers are heading to stores in droves with today marking the beginning of the last weekend before Christmas...
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Joyce Hainz
(Obituary ~ 12/22/17)
SIKESTON -- Joyce Carolyn Hainz, 80, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born Oct. 18, 1937, in St. Louis, to the late Ernest and Elsie (Glassman) Hainz, she was of the Lutheran faith. She was married to Lou Blackburn, he preceded her in death...
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Rose Beardsley
(Obituary ~ 12/22/17)
SIKESTON -- Rose Beardsley, 79, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born June 24, 1938 in St. Louis, daughter of the late Lester and Celeste Glossmeyer Alt, she was of the Baptist belief. On Nov. 4, 1977, she married Lloyd Beardsley; he preceded her in death in 1981...
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James Brewer
(Obituary ~ 12/22/17)
SIKESTON -- James Brewer, 54, died Dec. 22, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Sep. 27, 1963, in Sikeston, son of James Howard Brewer of Williamsville and the late Luthel Dees Brewer. On Dec. 29, 1984, in Sikeston, he married Becky Blacksher, who survives of the home...
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