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First baby of the decade in Southeast Missouri born at Missouri Delta Medical Center
(Local News ~ 01/02/20)
SIKESTON — The first baby of the new decade in Southeast Missouri was born at Missouri Delta Medical Center early Wednesday morning. Ze’onna Whitaker was born to Selena Cope and Jawaun Whitaker at 12:34 a.m. Wednesday. Ze’onna was delivered by Dr. Jennifer Nickell, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 20-1/2 inches long...
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Darrell Lorenz
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
FESTUS, Mo. — Darrell D. Lorenz, 68, died Dec. 29, 2019, at his home. Born Nov. 14, 1951, in Perryville, Mo., son of Berniece D. Schlimpert Lorenz of Jackson, Mo., and the late Edgar R. Lorenz, he was was an eighth grade teacher for the Sikeston R-6 School District and later a financial advisor and insurance broker for 40 years. ...
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Norma Stroup
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Norma Gean Stroup, 93, died Jan. 1, 2020, at her home near Bloomfield. Born Nov. 22, 1926, in the Buckhorn Community, daughter of the late Henry and Martha Cates Phillips, she had lived in Bloomfield and Aquilla all of her life and worked at Elder Manufacturing as a seamstress for 46 years. She was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia...
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Lanora Ham
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Lanora Skinner Mitchell Ham, 88, formerly of Wickliffe, Ky., and Charleston, Mo., died Jan. 1, 2020, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Born Jan. 6, 1931, at Charleston, daughter of the late James Doris “J.D.” Skinner and Ella Gertrude Terrell Skinner, she had lived most of her life in Charleston and Ellsinore where she was a member of the Bellevue Baptist Church. She owned and operated a consignment shop in Charleston a number of years...
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Hardy Crawford
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Hardy “Big H” Crawford, 54, formerly of Wilson City, Mo., died Dec. 23, 2019, in St. Louis. Born Oct. 10, 1965, in Wyatt, son of the late William and Earline Crawford, he grew up in Wilson City, where he was one of the original and founding members of the “WCGs” of Wilson City. ...
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Tomazine Moore
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
FLORISSANT, Mo. — Tomazine Moore, 93, died Dec. 30, 2019, at her daughter's home in Florissant. Born June 29, 1926, in Cash, Ark., daughter of the late George and Hattie Harris, she was a longtime member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. She was the head housekeeper at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sikeston for several years. She was a trained meat cutter and worked at the Crenshaw Meat Packing Plant in Charleston for many years. In 2013 she moved to Florissant...
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Monday morning Dexter fire results in fatality
(Local News ~ 01/02/20)
DEXTER, Mo. — An early morning fire on Pine Street in Dexter has claimed the life of one person. According to Dexter Fire Chief Don Seymore the call came in at 6:51 a.m. for a fire in an out building behind a house on the 1400 block of Pine Street. The Dexter Fire Department responded with three trucks and 21 firefighters...
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Puxico man receives 8 years in 2017 death of Sikeston man
(Local News ~ 01/02/20)
BLOOMFIELD — A Puxico man was sentenced to prison earlier this month in connection with a 2017 high-speed crash that left a pedestrian dead. Wesley G. Faries, 42, was sentenced to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer according to New Madrid County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Lawson, who was appointed special prosecutor for the case...
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Patrol reports zero traffic fatalities, boating fatalities and drownings over New Year’s
(Local News ~ 01/02/20)
SIKESTON — No traffic fatalities were reported in Missouri over the New Year’s holiday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Thursday that no one died in a traffic crash during the 30-hour 2020 New Year’s holiday counting period, which ran from 6 p.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday...
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Theft of fuel cards being investigated by the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department
(Local News ~ 01/02/20)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - A theft investigation is under way by the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department. According to a news release, two fleet fuel cards owned by Nutrien Ag Solutions were taken at approximately 6 p.m. Dec. 23. The cards were taken from vehicles parked at the business, located at 1673 US Highway 61 in Portageville...
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Rita Dowdy
(Obituary ~ 01/02/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Rita Diane Dowdy, 63, died Jan. 1, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 22, 1956, in East Prairie, daughter of the late William and Mary Elizabeth Boswell Denton, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief...
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