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Sikeston DPS investigating homicide
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON — One man is dead and the SEMO Major Case Squad has been called after a shooting in Sikeston late Monday night. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Captain Austin Henley, at approximately 11:56 p.m. Monday, Sikeston DPS responded to the area of the 800 block of William Street in reference to a shooting. A 24-year-old male, of Sikeston, was found shot at that location and was pronounced dead at the scene...
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Pat Fetsch
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON — Patricia "Pat" Fetsch, age 81, passed away Feb. 18, 2019, at her home in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 26, 1937, in St. Louis, daughter of the late William and Agnes (Grady) Barry. Pat was an active member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella. She had been an office manager for AAA Insurance Company before retiring...
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Richard Scott
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Richard Jefferson Scott, 77, died Feb. 17, 2019, at his home in Jacksonville. Born Oct. 16, 1941, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late Harvey and Dora Aldridge Scott. His wife, Judith West Scott, survives of the home in Jacksonville...
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GlinderAnne Westbrook
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — GlinderAnne Westbrook, 62, formerly of Grenada, Miss., died Feb. 11, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Oct. 17, 1956, in Nuremberg, Germany, daughter of the late Edward McIntyre and Nellie Brown, she was a member of the Israel of God Church in Sikeston...
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Judson Willis Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Judson Marshall Willis Jr., age 93, passed away Feb. 18, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born on March 20, 1925, in Bloomfield, to the late Judson Marshall and Coatney Welker Willis Sr. On April 3, 1947, in Rolla, he married Catherine Tyler Willis, who preceded him in death on April 2, 2002...
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Butch Adams
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Dennis Dalton “Butch” Adams Jr. passed away Feb. 18, 2019, at his home in New Madrid at the age of 70 years. He was born March 24, 1948, in Sikeston, to the late Dennis and Mary Weeks Adams. On June 3, 1981, in Lilbourn, he was married to Carolyn Swain, and she survives of the home...
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Reta Mantel
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Reta Lou Mantel ,73, died Feb. 17, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 14, 1945, in Kinder, daughter of the late Orvil W. and Ettie Gladys Spears Townsend, she was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church in Chaffee...
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Justin Mosby
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
BENTON, Mo. — Justin Gregory Mosby, 43, of Benton, passed away at his home on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. He was born Jan. 3, 1976, in Cape Girardeau, to Greg W. and Lisa A. Wilson Mosby. Justin was a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Alfred Gore
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON — Loren Alfred Gore Jr., 61, formerly of East Prairie, died Feb. 18, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 13, 1958, in St. Louis, son of FredaMae Imogene Lumseden Gore, who survives of East Prairie and the late Loren Alfred Gore, Sr., he was employed by Parker Brothers Farms in Sikeston. He was formerly married to Lori Finney...
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Beer and guns result in charges
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
Two people face charges after a second weekend incident involving firearms resulted in injury. Officers say the second gunshot wound is not related to a Saturday incident in which two suspects are still being sought. Kyle Demetri Bounds, 21, of Dexter, faces one count of discharging a firearm in city limits after officers were called Monday to the trauma room of Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. ...
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Less than inch of snow, quarter-inch of ice impacted area Friday
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON – Less than an inch of snow and quarter-inch of ice that fell Friday didn’t stick around, but residents should brace themselves for more precipitation this week. On Feb. 15 a low pressure system tracked east-northeast from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Carolinas. On the north side of this low, widespread rain changed to sleet, snow, and freezing rain on Friday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky...
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State Reps. Swan, Rehder to square off for Missouri Senate seat
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
State Reps. Kathy Swan and Holly Rehder will battle for a state Senate seat next year. The two Republican lawmakers are seeking to replace state Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, for the 27th District Senate seat. Wallingford is term limited and so are the two House members. Under state law, lawmakers are limited to serving eight years in the House and eight years in the Senate...
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Sikeston man sentenced to 87 months for drug and firearm charges
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Sikeston man was sentenced to spend over seven years in prison for drug and firearm charges. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Terrell M. Taylor, 29, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment on one felony count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, one felony count of possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and one felony count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. ...
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Sikeston Little Theatre brings 1950s to life with production of "Grease"
(Local News ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON — At tryouts, director Dennis Bohannon posed a question to the actors: Who isn’t familiar with the music from “Grease.” No one raised their hands. Bohannon said it didn’t surprise him. The smash Broadway show which later became a hit movie transcends generations, he said...
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Marcus Dixon Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/19/19)
SIKESTON — Marcus Allen Dixon Jr., 24, died Feb. 19, 2019, in Sikeston. Born July 10, 1994, in Sikeston, son of Laurie Mitchell (Demetrius Murray) and Marcus Allen Dixon Sr., he was a 2013 graduate of Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau and was employed by DeWitt Co. in Sikeston...
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