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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 01/03/20)
I get so sick of hearing those old nursing homes all over the place say how good they are, how good they take care of your family members. None of them don’t care about your family member, all they want is the money. You need to drop in every once in a while and check on your family member. Drop in unexpectedly and you’ll find out how well they take care of them.
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Mary Sue Hicks
(Obituary ~ 01/03/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Mary Sue Hicks, 75, died Dec. 31, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 3, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Robert Wells and Faye Gilmore Clark. On Nov. 15, 1991, she married Cecil Hicks, who survives of the home...
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Larry Pluhar
(Obituary ~ 01/03/20)
BENTON, Mo. — Larry James Pluhar, 72, passed away Dec. 20, 2019, another victim of Vietnam (Agent Orange). Born Aug. 26, 1947, in Jordan, Montana, he was a gentle, kind and soft-spoken man. He loved to go fishing, camping and hunting and was always willing to teach and help others with all things mechanical...
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Dexter Schools; Stoddard County Gospel Mission help feed families
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
On Thursday, Dec. 19 a truck from Williams Moving Company pulled up in front of the Stoddard County Gospel Mission. This truck did not contain the usual cargo one would expect to find in a moving truck. Instead of furniture, boxes of clothes, etc. this truck contained over 20,000 cans of food collected by the students at Dexter Schools during their annual canned food drive. The truck also contained countless boxes of dry goods the students collected as well...
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December was warm and dry
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
SIKESTON — December finished warmer than normal, thanks to the record warmth observed the last week of the month. Temperatures for December averaged around 5 to 6 degrees above normal, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky.This was due to the record warmth observed from Dec. 23-29...
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2019 was one of the wettest years on record
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
SIKESTON — Now that 2019 is officially in the books, the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., looked back on the year’s climate. Temperatures finished above normal by around 1 degree across the region of southeast Missouri, western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The annual climate summary is based on data collected by the Weather Service in Paducah at its three main observation locations: Paducah, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Evansville, Ind...
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Municipal races develop as filing deadline nears
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
MINER, Mo. — With three weeks remaining before filing closes for the April 7 municipal election, a few races have developed, however, many offices remain without candidates. Candidates must file by 5 p.m. Jan. 21. Miner will have at least three candidates seeking election as mayor. Incumbent Bill James has filed along with Frank Tatum and Don Foster...
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Police still searching for missing Caruthersville woman
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
Law enforcement officers are continuing to ask for the public’s help searching for a missing Caruthersville woman. According to a Facebook post by the Caruthersville Police Department, Michele Bell still has not been located and they are encouraging the public to keep looking for her...
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Coming soon
(Local News ~ 01/03/20)
Rains Thursday and Friday slowed construction on the new Rally’s Drive-In in Sikeston that will be located next to Rhodes on N. Main. While a specific date hasn’t been set yet, the new drive-in will open early this year.
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Dean Stump-Main
(Obituary ~ 01/03/20)
DEXTER, Mo. — Dean Thomas Stump-Main, 31, died Dec. 30, 2019, in Dexter. Born July 19, 1988, in Barrien Springs, Mich., he was the son of James Daniel Stump Lucille of New Madrid and Jeanette Gambill Gribble of New Madrid. He was preceded in death by one brother, Andrew Dykes, his grandmother, grandfather and great-grandparents...
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Looking forward to a new Lee Hunter by looking back
(Community News ~ 01/03/20)
SIKESTON — During the last day of class before recent Christmas Break, a group of Lee Hunter Elementary alumni revisited the school they attended more than 60 years ago. They reminisced on walking to their neighborhood school and how excited they were to have a new Lee Hunter which opened in 1954...
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