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Recent earthquakes spark concerns amongst Bootheel residents
(Local News ~ 01/11/20)
The recent activity along the New Madrid Fault Line has warranted concern for many local residents who wonder ‘What will we do’ should (The Big One) ever strike? The New Madrid Seismic Zone, sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes in the southern and midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid...
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Dexter students opt for Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center over SCTC
(Local News ~ 01/11/20)
Dexter R-XI students will now join eight other school districts — and Westwood Baptist Academy — sending students to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center. The State Board of Education approved the switch from the Sikeston R-VI Career and Technology Center on Thursday morning as part of the consent agenda...
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David Jenkins: ‘Night to Shine’ event makes Sikeston proud
(Column ~ 01/11/20)
Most of us remember our high school proms. We remember the spectacle of formal dresses, the uncomfortable tuxedos (whose idea was the cummerbund, anyway?), the dancing and the overall fun of the night. However, some with special needs never got to experience prom. Now there is an event so they can have that experience called “Night to Shine,” and Sikeston has been fortunate enough to be a part of this for the last three years...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 01/11/20)
Mr. Editor, could you please find out for me how much, if there are statistics somewhere, how much an ordinary American spends every year keeping his vehicle going and in operation. I’m sure it varies from the class your in, the financial economic class you’re in, and what part of the country you live in. Because here in the middle of the country we have virtually no public transportation to relieve a person’s burden of their individual transport responsibilities. So I think it would be helpful for people to know.
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