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Update: Sikeston schools lock down lifted after shots fired call
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 schools are on lock down after a report of shots fired at the Sikeston Junior High was made to police at 10:35 a.m. Thursday. Sikeston DPS gave an “all-clear” at just after 11 a.m. as officers are currently doing a precautionary search at the Junior High and High School. All students have been reported safe...
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Stuart Jantz
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Stuart Douglas Jantz, 70, died Dec. 16, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Born Aug. 31, 1949, in Baraboo, Wis., son of Margaret (Kane) Jantz and the late Harry Jantz, he grew up on the family farm in Fairfield, Wis. Following graduation from Baraboo High School in 1967, he attended college at UW-Black River before enlisting in the Army. ...
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Louise Chambers
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Louise Chambers, 90, died Dec. 17, 2019, at her home in Portageville. Born Feb. 14, 1929, in Missouri, daughter of the late Florence Williams Brake and Grady Brake, she was a lifelong resident of the Portageville community, She was a member of Boekerton Baptist Church and First Baptist Portageville. She worked many years in the food pantry and clothes closet at First Baptist...
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Gene Washington
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Lloyd "Gene" Washington, 52, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Nov. 23, 2019, at his home. Born Oct. 3, 1967, in Sikeston, son of Florida B. Washington Reeves of Milwaukee and the late Perry Moore, he attended Sikeston High School and Smith Chapel United Methodist Church in Sikeston...
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Sikeston DPS, community partner to give children Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
SIKESTON — More Sikeston children and their families will have a merrier Christmas this year, thanks to Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s first Shop With a Cop program. On Wednesday, 24 children from Sikeston R-6 School District’s three elementary schools were matched with officers from Sikeston Department of Public Safety and combed the aisles at Walmart in Sikeston to find the perfect gifts for themselves and their families...
- Lilbourn Elementary Play (Local News ~ 12/19/19)
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Dexter woman killed in accident on 60
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Dexter woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. at US Highway 60 at Highway FF when a semi truck driven by Paul A. Gaines, 61 of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was stopped at a stop sign, attempting to make a left turn. The truck failed to yield to a westbound vehicle, driven by Jennifer L. Cox, 46, of Dexter...
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Scare: Report of shots fired at Sikeston Junior High School were false
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
SIKESTON — Parents and students received a scare Thursday morning as a report of shots fired at the Sikeston Junior High School was reported to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Fortunately no shots were fired and no students or staff were injured...
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