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To Him That Overcomes, Part 2 - Overcoming is the Normal Christian Life
(Column ~ 03/29/19)
God's purpose is for Christ to fill all things, beginning with each disciple, and then with the Church as the synthesis of all disciples. Only then will He restore the nations of this world and the whole of Creation. We spend too much time trying to change things outwardly for others before we have truly appreciated what God has done inwardly for us. ...
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An Evening of Excellence: Local residents honored at 69th Annual SRC Awards Banquet
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
SIKESTON — Local citizens were honored by the Sikeston Regional Chamber at the 69th Annual Sikeston Regional Chamber Awards Banquet held Thursday night at the Sikeston Armory. Heading the list of honorees was Steve Sikes, who accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. ...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/29/19)
Donald Trump is my new hero. He want to Hanoi and did not get captured.
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Warren Harber
(Obituary ~ 03/29/19)
SIKESTON — Warren G. Harber, 96, died March 29, 2019, at Delta South Nursing Care in Sikeston. Born July 14, 1922, in Blytheville, Ark., son of the late Benjamin and Melba Davidson Harber, he graduated from Matthews High School and attended Southeast Missouri College in Cape Girardeau. He taught at Fairview Rural School before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II as an infantry officer in Italy...
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Margaret Seiler
(Obituary ~ 03/29/19)
SIKESTON — Margaret Ann Seiler, 97, died March 28, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 4, 1921, in New Hamburg, daughter of the late Charles and Mary Welter Schoen, she was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston, where she had been a member of the Daughters of Isabella...
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Morley aldermanic candidates back ballot issues
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
MORLEY, Mo. — Two Morley, Missouri, aldermen and a challenger support measures to extend a sales tax and include the city in the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District. The candidates are seeking two-year terms, and the two issues are on the April 2 election ballot...
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Candidates for Kelly school board address district issues
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
BENTON, Mo. — Candidates for the Kelly school board have brought up everything from finances to school safety and hiring of teachers in advance of the April 2 election. School board incumbents John Felter and Paul Ruff face three challengers for the two seats on the board...
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Morley voters will decide fire district, sales tax issues
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
MORLEY, Mo. — The city of Morley, Missouri, would be included in the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District if voters approve a measure on the April 2 ballot. Morley voters also will cast ballots on whether to extend the city’s half-cent sales tax for the next five years, ending Dec. 31, 2024...
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Building destroyed
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
Fire personnel kept a fully involved structure fire from becoming even more dangerous late Thursday evening. The Portageville Rural Fire Department reported members responded at 10:08 p.m. Thursday to structure fire on State Highway T in Hayward. The building, which was reportedly vacant, had heavy flames and smoke showing by the time Engines 3 and 4 arrived, according to officials. ...
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Voters in Scott County to decide municipal, school board races
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
BENTON, Mo. — Morley residents will have to decide a sales tax and fire protection boundary issue while other voters will choose school board and city council candidates in the April 2 election. Registered voters in Morley will face the following question when they step up to the polls: “Shall the City of Morley continue to impose a City Sales Tax of one-half of one percent? Said City Sales Tax shall begin Jan. 1, 2020, and expire Dec. 31, 2024.”...
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Sentencing date set for former Mississippi County Sheriff
(Local News ~ 03/29/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — A sentencing date has been set for former Mississippi County Sheriff Corey Hutcheson. Hutcheson will be sentenced April 29 in St. Louis on federal charges of wire fraud and for illegally possessing and transferring the means of identification of others without lawful authority and in connection with the commission of felony forgery...
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Robert Willis
(Obituary ~ 03/29/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Robert E. Willis, 70, died March 29, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. Born July 11, 1948, in New Madrid, son of the late Clara Kelly Willis and Elmer Willis, he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1965 and served four years in Vietnam. He was a retired Iron worker member of St. Louis District Council Local 782 where he was a foreman and superintendent of numerous companies throughout his 40 years work history...
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Lester Carter
(Obituary ~ 03/29/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Lester Allen “Pip” Carter, 68, died March 11, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 29, 1951, son of the late Frank Ware and Irene Carter, he attended Saint Louis Public School System and was a member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church...
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