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Missy Coleman
(Obituary ~ 01/17/19)
DELTA, Mo. — Melissa “Missy” Coleman, 52, died Jan. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 27, 1966, in Delta, daughter of the late Oliver Snider and Kathy Marie Menz Crader, she was a certified nursing assistant with Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee...
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Bobbie Russell
(Obituary ~ 01/17/19)
PUXICO, Mo. — Bobbie Joe Russel, 82, died Jan. 10, 2019, at his home in Puxico. Born Feb. 24, 1936, in Kalamazoo, Mich., son of the late Lonon Leo and Georgia Irene Maze Russell, he had lived in St. Louis before moving near Puxico in 1990. He had worked as a production manager in manufacturing...
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Mildred Palmer
(Obituary ~ 01/17/19)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Mildred Palmer, 95, died Jan. 15, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 28, 1923, in Bloomfield, daughter of the late Schuler and Elsie Lelar Bolen Walker, she had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She had attended the Mount Pisgah General Baptist Church in Aquilla...
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Nita Bagwell
(Obituary ~ 01/17/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Nita Fay Bagwell, 76, formerly of Chaffee, died Jan. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Born July 6, 1942, in Swain, Ark., daughter of the late James Corelis and Mildred Beatrice Baxter Lankford, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal belief. ...
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Lynn Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 01/17/19)
SIKESTON — Lynn Allen Bradshaw, 43, died Jan. 14, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 7, 1975, in Charleston, son of the late Bill and Pam Dalton Bradshaw, he was employed at Dye Seed Company in Morehouse. He is survived by one son, Lynn Allen Bradshaw Jr. of Sikeston...
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School board races set for April election
(Local News ~ 01/17/19)
SIKESTON — School board races for the April 2 election are set as filing for candidacy ended early this week. In the Sikeston R-6 School District, three-year terms held by longtime board members Scott Crumpecker and Rebecca Steward will end in April. Filing for those positions were Steward and Matthew Drake, according to Sikeston R-6 Board of Education Secretary Bryan Nickell...
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Separate fires destroy homes in Portageville
(Local News ~ 01/17/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The Portageville Fire Department has been busy of late, fighting two early morning house fires on Wednesday and Thursday. At 3:40 a.m. Thursday, the fire department as paged to the corner of Meatte and 7th Street for a fully engulfed structure on fire. Ladder 1 and City Pumper 1 both responded to the scene and found a single story home with heavy flames and smoke showing...
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Ticket sales begin for museum fundraiser
(Local News ~ 01/17/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Four lucky individuals attending the New Madrid Historical Museum’s ninth annual drawdown will win one of two $1,000 prizes; $3,000 in prize money or a trip; or the grand prize of $5,000. However, the real winner is the museum, which benefits from the annual fundraiser...
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