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SEMO Regional Port Authority to receive $19.8 million grant
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and U.S. Representative Jason Smith announced on Thursday that the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority based in Scott City will receive a $19.8 million grant through the Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant program...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 12/07/18)
Yes, I’d like to say that the men who pick up our trash in Matthews are wonderful. They pick up rain, shine, sleet or snow, on holidays or whatever. If you’re an elderly person they’ll put your can up under your carport and we really appreciate that. I thought they needed some recognition for the good work they do. Thank you.
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Community Thanksgiving dinner was success
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/07/18)
Dear Editor: Chalk up our 15th successful Community Thanksgiving meal. This year saw our numbers increase only by 11 but that didn’t diminish the fact that we were excited about serving those 748-689 being delivered into the Sikeston community and outlying ares. This year our excitement included the last minute-response to our pleas for more desserts. We were so blessed with an immediate response to those pleas...
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Germane Ulmer Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/07/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Germane Ulmer Sr., 43, died Nov. 25, 2018, in Evansville, Ind. Born June 6, 1975, in Charleston, son of John Hightower and Josephine Ulmer Hightower of Charleston, he was a 1993 graduate of Charleston High School. In addition to his parents, survivors include: his wife, Kathy Sargent Ulmer of Herrin, Ill.; one son, Germane Ulmer Jr. ...
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Louie Griffy
(Obituary ~ 12/07/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Louie M. Griffy, 95 years old, died Dec. 5, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, where he had resided since November 2017. Friends may call at the Richards Funeral Home, 436 Main St., in New Madrid at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Mounds Park Cemetery at New Madrid...
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Clifton Shipman
(Obituary ~ 12/07/18)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Clifton Paul Shipman, 60, died Dec. 6, 2018, at his home in East Prairie. Born April 17, 1958, in Los Angeles, son of the late Alonzo Paul and Wilma Babb Shipman, he had been employed for many years at Noranda Aluminum. Survivors include: two sons, Casey Paul Shipman and Zachary Blake Shipman of East Prairie; and two sisters, Suzette Shipman and Jill Armstrong of East Prairie. ...
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Tony O’Hara
(Obituary ~ 12/07/18)
SIKESTON — Tony O’Hara, 66, died Dec. 6, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born Nov. 24, 1952, in Rumbar, son of the late Anthony O’Hara and Thelma Venable O’Hara, he was a veteran of the United States Army and worked as a truck driver. On March 17, 2000, in Benton, he married Annette Ward, who survives of the home...
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Todd Irwin
(Obituary ~ 12/07/18)
FRANKLIN, Ind. — Todd Irwin, age 46, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Dec. 6, 2018, at his home in Franklin. He was born Sept. 9, 1972, in Oran, Mo., the son of his mother, the late Donna Irwin Gilliland, his stepfather, Hank Gilliland, who survives of Morley, Mo., his maternal grandfather, the late Richard Irwin and his maternal grandmother, Juanita Irwin who survives of Oran...
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Salvation Army on mission to bring holiday joy to New Madrid County
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
By Scott Seal scottseal@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID, Mo. – While most Americans associate the Christmas season with happy gatherings of family and friends, there are many whose holiday spirits are crushed by the harsh realities of simply making ends meet. This holiday season, The Salvation Army in New Madrid County will bring hope to local families who desperately need a helping hand...
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Dexter designer decorates the White House for Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
DEXTER, Mo. — Dexter’s Jordan Michelle Sandusky, an interior designer for a construction company out of California, has had her eye on a particular house that she would like to help decorate. That house is the White House. Sandusky, a 2008 graduate of Dexter High School, has been applying for the White House volunteer Christmas event for the last five or six years. She never heard anything, but this year that all changed. She was one of 125 people chosen out of over 7,000 applicants...
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Attorney to provide status updates on area farmer’s lawsuits at Monday meeting
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
MINER, Mo. — Kennett native Don Downing and a lead plaintiffs’ attorney in two major lawsuits involving local farmers will provide updates to the litigation in a free town hall meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Miner Convention Center, 2610 E. Malone Ave., in Miner...
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State Rep. Rehder interested in job as treasurer
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State Rep. Holly Rehder says she’s interested in becoming Missouri’s next treasurer. The Sikeston Republican told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she let Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s office know she’s interested in the job...
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Parade of Lights
(Local News ~ 12/07/18)
Over 30 floats were on display in Sikeston’s first “Dashing through Downtown Parade of Lights” Friday in Historic Downtown Sikeston.
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