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Melissa Ann Holland
(Obituary ~ 07/10/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Melissa Ann Holland, 63, died July 9, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 19, 1955, in Dexter, Mo. to the late Jackie and Lola Burton Jenkins Sr., she was a member of the New Life Ministries Church in New Madrid...
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Merl Ray
(Obituary ~ 07/10/18)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Merl Ray, 80, a resident of East Prairie, died July 9, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 2, 1938, in Dorena, Mo., to the late Ed and Tress Sutton Ray, he had been a farmer, working in both Mississippi County, Mo. as well as Kentucky. He was a member of St. James General Baptist Church in East Prairie and a veteran of the United States Army. ...
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Hershel Wheelis
(Obituary ~ 07/10/18)
SIKESTON - Hershel Wheelis, 80, died July, 10 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 22, 1937, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late, Clyde and Esther Bishop Wheelis, he was a over-the-road truck driver. Survivors include: one son Larry Wheelis of Portland Tenn.; one daughter, Janet Pells of Leesburg Fla.; two brothers, Jack Wheelis of Augusta Ga., and Dale Wheelis of Albany La., three sisters Katherine Stewart and Sandra Davidson both of Sikeston, and Donna Hale of Advance, Mo.; along with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.. ...
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Charles Eddy
(Obituary ~ 07/10/18)
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — Charles Eddy, 72, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, died July 9, 2018, at his residence. Born Dec. 6, 1945, in Sikeston to the late Charles Louis and Shirley Maxine (Hartlein) Eddy, he was a 1963 graduate of New Madrid High School. ...
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Buying fresh
(Local News ~ 07/10/18)
Pat Kinnaman of Kinnaman Farms selects locally grown sweet corn to be purchased by Teresa Clark at the Sikeston Farmers Market held Saturday in downtown Sikeston. The Sikeston Farmers Market is held in Legion Park in Downtown Sikeston on Saturdays through October, from 7:30 a.m. to sellout...
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Improper food stamp payments quietly continue to increase
(Editorial ~ 07/10/18)
Did you hear that the Department of Agriculture spent $4 billion in improper food stamp payments last year? Now granted, it’s just a measly $4 billion overpayment in a $63 billion budget for food stamps. That’s just a little over six percent of the total food stamp budget in incorrect payments of your tax dollars...
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Speakout (7/11/18)
(Opinion ~ 07/10/18)
Yes, I’m calling about a house or what used to be a house on 6th Street. This house was burned almost six years ago and the owner started tearing it down about a year ago and has almost all of it down. He will not work on it anymore and there is still stuff scattered all over the place, part of the brick is still there, it’s just an eyesore. ...
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Stoddard County corrections officer fired after arrest
(Local News ~ 07/10/18)
BLOOMFIELD — Roy Jones, a Stoddard County corrections officer, was arrested Saturday evening in Bollinger County on allegations of incest and rape in the second degree, according to the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Department. Jones is due in court Wednesday for arraignment. According to the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Department, Jones has a $25,000 cash/surety bond on each alleged charge. He has been furloughed due to medical reasons, according to Casenet...
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Voters to choose from crowded field for Scott County presiding commissioner
(Local News ~ 07/10/18)
BENTON, Mo. — Scott County Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger hears the criticism from the other candidates for his seat on both sides of the political spectrum. But Burger believes he has done a good job as presiding commissioner and is running on his record...
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