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NMCC band teacher accused of inappropriately touching female students
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A New Madrid County Central band director is facing charges after being accused with inappropriately touching female students. Ryan Blocker, 34, of Lilbourn, Mo., is charged with five counts of felony sexual contact with a student and sexual contact with a student by a teacher...
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Charleston High School gets $10,000 grant to create fully-functioning 3D printing lab
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Charleston High School has been named a $10,000 grant recipient for the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education program, sponsored by the Mosanto Fund. On Friday night, during the Bluejays football game against Kelly, the school was presented the check during a ceremony at halftime. The school district plans to use the grant to create a fully-functioning 3D printing lab...
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Cherokee Ridge Girl Scouts camp to close, decision upsets leaders
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Cherokee Ridge Girl Scouts camp in Southeast Missouri will close permanently Dec. 16 and the property will be sold. The board of directors of the Missouri Heartland Girl Scouts council made that decision Friday. Cherokee Ridge has been a popular destination for area Girl Scouts since it opened in 1966...
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Contract OK’d for road work on Main and Malone next summer
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
SIKESTON — Sikeston residents will see road work on Main and Malone next summer after a contract between Sikeston and the Missouri Department of Transportation/Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission was agreed upon at Monday’s city council meeting...
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Robert Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 09/25/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Robert Edward Leadbetter, 58, died Sept. 20, 2018, at the Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. Born May 10, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, son of Helen Marie Scholz of Whitewater and the late Raymond Gerald Leadbetter, he was a retired truck driver for Klug transport in Farmington and of the Christian belief...
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Leona Ring
(Obituary ~ 09/25/18)
BERNIE, Mo. — Leona Lucille Ring, 89, died Sept. 24, 2018, at Winchester Place in Bernie. Born Jan. 4, 1929, in Gideon, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence M. and Lue Page Tackett. On July 12, 1945, in Malden, she married Amon E. Ring Sr., who preceded her in death on April 3, 1990...
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Donna Gilliland
(Obituary ~ 09/25/18)
MORLEY, Mo. — Donna Jean Gilliland, 71, died Sept. 24, 2018, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born on Feb. 22, 1947, in Perkins, daughter of Juanita Elfrank Irwin of Perkins and the late Richard Irwin, she was a retired LPN for Chaffee General Hospital and member of Morley Baptist Church...
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Jessie McArtor
(Obituary ~ 09/25/18)
DeSOTO, Mo. — Jessie Mae McArtor, 80, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 4, 2018, at Hillcrest Nursing Center in DeSoto. Born March 14, 1938, in Adamsville, Tenn., daughter of the late Gertrude Wyatt Crawford and Joe Surratt, she had worked as a waitress...
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Lionel Crenshaw
(Obituary ~ 09/25/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Lionel G. Crenshaw, 71, died Sept. 22, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 18, 1947, in Wyatt, son of the late Allen Jackson and Polly Crenshaw Meeks, he was of the Baptist belief and employed by Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. ...
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Motorists and farmers are encouraged to stay alert during harvest time
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
SIKESTON — Fall has arrived and so has the time for harvesting crops. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers to expect heavier farm machinery traffic — especially on rural highways. “Please obey all traffic laws and remain vigilant. Most importantly, everyone is encouraged to share the road. Farmers and motorists alike should be safe, courteous drivers,” the Patrol said...
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Scott County deputy alleges discrimination in lawsuit
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
BENTON, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri sheriff’s deputy alleges in a lawsuit that she faced sexual discrimination when she was removed from her job as jail administrator and replaced by an inexperienced male deputy. The Southeast Missourian reports that Scott County Deputy Tina Kolwyck filed the lawsuit last week against the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, county government and Sheriff Wes Drury...
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SEMO president apologizes for beer bong decision
(Local News ~ 09/25/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Carlos Vargas-Aburto, Southeast Missouri State University president, has apologized for a Sept. 15 incident where he accepted a drink from a beer bong at a tailgate party ahead of Southeast’s football game at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale...
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