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Severe weather expected tonight
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
PADUCAH, Ky. — Damaging winds and large hail may accompany severe storms forecast for southeast Missouri tonight. According to the National Weather Service, the best chance of thunderstorms, including the possibility of severe storms, will come Tuesday evening into the overnight areas...
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Jewell Sweat
(Obituary ~ 04/28/20)
LILBOURN, Mo. — Jewell Sweat, 87, died April 26, 2020, at Golden Living Center in New Madrid. Born Sept. 28, 1932, in Bethel Springs, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Emma Lou Smith Durbin and William McKinley Durbin. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Sheila Diane Moore, her brothers, Ricky, Monte, Thomas, Elb Durbin and Frank Elmo Durbin; and her sisters, Becky Goodman, Bessie Whitley and Ruth Durbin...
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Lunch and learn: Extension Service offers online education opportunities
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Sheltering at home is also an opportunity to learn something new. The University of Missouri Extension is hosting a 30-minute online lunch and learn series covering topics from nutrition to tai chi to reducing stress. The free classes kicked off Tuesday...
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Homer Reaves Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/28/20)
METROPOLIS, Ill. — Homer Bruce Reaves Jr., 96, died April 24, 2020, at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis. He was born Nov. 13, 1923, in Norfolk, Va., son of the late Homer and Eunice Bryant Reaves. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Claudia and Dwight Stoffel of Paducah, Ky...
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Carol Knight
(Obituary ~ 04/28/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Carol Knight, 78, died April 26, 2020, at her home in Cape Girardeau Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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UPDATED NUMBERS: Scott County currently has 63 cases with 38 of those active
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
SIKESTON — A second person has died in Scott County in relation to the COVID-19 virus. “We are sad to report another death in Scott County. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those affected by COVID-19,” said a post Monday afternoon on the Scott County Health Department’s Facebook page...
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Drive-thru COVID-19 testing conducted in Mississippi County
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mississippi County Health Department plans to test collect samples from 250 of its residents during its two-day drive-thru COVID-19 testing. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provided Mississippi County with COVID-19 test kits to use on Mississippi County residents during scheduled times Tuesday and Wednesday at the Old Galemore Motors building, 1010 E. Marshall St., in Charleston...
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Bobby Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/28/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Bobby Gene Johnson, 75, died April 23, 2020, at his home. Born Aug. 14, 1944, in Dorena, Missouri, son of the late James Lawdell Johnson and Rosie Lee Meachum Johnson, he was of the Christian belief. He was a farmer. On Aug. 26, 1970, he married Mae Jewell Branigan who survives of the home...
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Guidelines for businesses, communities under state’s plan
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
According to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s “Show Me Strong Recovery Plan” citizens are required to maintain six feet of social distancing space in most cases. There are certain situations that require additional procedures to protect businesses, communities, and citizens...
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USDA approves waiver request extending Food Stamp increase
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Department of Social Services has received waiver approval from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to extend Pandemic Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (P-SNAP) benefits through the month of May 2020. This extension of P-SNAP benefits enables Missouri SNAP households to continue to receive the maximum Food Stamp/SNAP benefit amount for their household size. ...
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SEMO professor, students identify remains found on Charleston farm
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
After more than 40 years, an identification has been made in a cold case involving burned, unidentified human remains recovered on a farm near Charleston, Missouri. The case dates to 1979, when the investigators were unable to make an identification of the remains. The unidentified remains were then turned over to anthropologists at Southeast Missouri State University where attempts to identify the remains were also unsuccessful...
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Scott County histories for bicentennial book due
(Local News ~ 04/28/20)
SIKESTON — There’s still time to submit entries for publication in a book commemorating the Scott County bicentennial. Many people are using their increased time at home during the coronavirus pandemic to put together entries for the book, “Scott County, MO Families and Histories Bicentennial Edition,” according to Gail E. Crader, member of the Scott County Bicentennial Committee...
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Mary Young
(Obituary ~ 04/28/20)
NAPLES, Fla. — Mary Nell Young, 86, died April 27, 2020, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples.
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