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Sikeston woman shot, killed in Oklahoma
(Local News ~ 12/30/19)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A Sikeston woman was shot and killed in an incident in Oklahoma City Friday. According to a report from KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, Montanah Sullivan, 20, was riding in a vehicle with 21-year-old Grace Huff. At some point, investigators allege that Huff discharged a gun in the car, and the bullet hit Sullivan...
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Layla Nelson
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Layla Nicole Nelson, infant daughter of Erika Nicole Holloway and Jamael Marceise Nelson of Charleston, died shortly after birth Dec. 27, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. In addition to her parents, survivors include: her grandparents, Brandi Lawrence Housman and Eric Holloway; and great-grandmother, Patricia Kay Housman Bone...
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Martha Bird
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Martha Jean Meadows Bird, 81, of Hilton Head, S.C., passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Born April 6, 1936, in Steele, Missouri, daughter of the late Douglas and Vada Berry Meadows, she graduated from Risco, Missouri, High School in 1956. On Dec. 20, 1958, in Parma, Missouri, she married Kenneth Dwight Bird, who preceded her in death in 2017.
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Fredda Wethington
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
ENCINTAS, Calif. — Fredda June Wethington, 85, died Dec. 21, 2019, at her home in Encintas. Born May 30, 1934, in Morehosue, Missouri, daughter of the late Harold and Nannie Case, she worked in the banking business her entire life before retiring in August 2001...
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Kenneth Stell
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
VAN BUREN, Ark. — Kenneth Stell, 84, died Dec. 27, 2019. Born Sept. 5, 1935, in Jerusalem, Ark., son of the late Covie and Mattie Stell, he retired from Sanders Supply in Fort Smith. He was also preceded in death by a granddaughter. Survivors inclue: his wife, Jean Stell of the home; two sons, Mike Stell of Van Buren, Ark., and Mark Stell of Phoenix, Ariz.; two stepdaughters, Martha Brandon of Coldwater, Miss., and Debbie Cherry of Dallas; a stepson, Alan Burford of San Diego; and eight grandchildren.. ...
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Erma Bard
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Erma Sue Bard, 85, died Dec. 27, 2019, at her home in East Prairie. Born Oct. 30, 1934, in East Prairie, daughter of the late Robert and Hattie Jeffries Nunn, she was a homemaker and member of Jehovah’s Witness Church in Sikeston...
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Pam Taylor
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Pamela Sue “Pam” Taylor, 65, died Dec. 29, 2019, at her home. Born Nov. 14, 1954, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Marshall and Ruby Taylor Krauss, she was employed by both Brown Shoe Company and Budget Laundry for many years. On May 24, 1974, in East Prairie, she married Thomas “Bud” Taylor, who survives of the home...
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Bertha Skidgel
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
MALDEN, Mo. — Bertha Leona “Boots” Skidgel, 85, died Dec. 24, 2019, in Malden. Born July 8, 1934, in Montana, Ark., daughter of the late William and Eva King Terrill, she was a member of the Church of Christ of Bernie. In 1970, in Clarksville, Ark., she married Charles Skidgel; he preceded her in death in 2009. ...
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Jedeary Wilderness
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
LILBOURN, Mo. — Jedeary Wilderness, 59, died Dec. 25, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Sept. 12, 1960, in Lilbourn, son of Rose Wilderness Partee and the late Lonnie B. Partee, he was a 1979 graduate of Lilbourn High School. He later graduated from the Bailey Tech Institution in St. ...
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Montanah Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 12/30/19)
SIKESTON — Montanah Brooke Sullivan, 20, died Dec. 27, 2019, in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was born Sept. 30, 1999, in Sikeston, daughter of Chris Sullivan and the late Crystal Walker Sullivan. Montanah was a member of First United Methodist Church and a 2018 graduate of Sikeston High School...
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Chaffee facility among 60 in state of Missouri where medical marijuana can be grown
(Local News ~ 12/30/19)
A Chaffee facility will be allowed to grow medical marijuana while other local applications in the four-county region of the Standard Democrat were recently denied by the state of Missouri. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) released a list late last week of the 60 approved applications from more than 500 across the state that wished to cultivate marijuana as part of the state’s medical marijuana program...
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Year in Review: 2019 saw changes in school leadership
(Local News ~ 12/30/19)
Editor’s note: This the second of a two-part of a review of the top local stories in 2019. The first part ran in the Sunday, Dec. 29 edition. In Part 1 of the 2019 Year in Review the focus was on the changing of leadership of local police departments, the sentencing of a former sheriff and the solving of a 13-plus year-old murder. With Part 2, the focus is on schools and churches in the community...
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New Chapter: Thompson retires as children’s librarian at Sikeston Public Library
(Local News ~ 12/30/19)
SIKESTON — For the past 21 years, Ann Thompson has not just read stories aloud to Sikeston’s children; she’s made the pages come alive right before their eyes. The children’s librarian at Sikeston Public Library has donned costumes, brought in live animals and secured grants to bring interactive exhibits to the youth and patrons of Sikeston...
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Burglary investigated
(Local News ~ 12/30/19)
The New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle linked to a burglary at a New Madrid, Mo., business. At 10:45 p.m. Dec. 23, two suspects damaged and entered several vehicles at Brown’s Auto Sales and Service in New Madrid. ...
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