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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 06/19/20)
What’s happened to George Floyd is irreprehensible and atrocious. Those officers are going to get what they deserve. My gripe is the protestors who are out there to loot, kill, break and burn in Mr. Floyd’s name. They are opportunistic thugs and are the reason blacks are viewed with fear or malice. If you believe in something that needs to change, you must protest peacefully in order to get your voice heard. Otherwise you’re just a thug and you’re showing everyone else their opinion of blacks are valid.
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Thelma Chappell
(Obituary ~ 06/19/20)
DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Thelma Mae Carnell Chappell, 86, died June 18, 2020, at her home in Diehlstadt. Born Dec. 22, 1933, at McKuin, Tenn., daughter of the late Virgil and Lavada Laura McCarson Carnell, she had lived in Diehlstadt most of her life where she was a member of the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church...
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Don Fletcher Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/19/20)
LANSING, Mich. — Don Duran Fletcher Sr., 58, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died June 12, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Charleston, Missouri. Born Feb. 12, 1962, in Sikeston, son of the late Joseph Lee and Minnie B. Barnhill Fletcher Sr., he was of the Baptist belief and attended Sikeston Public Schools. He was employed as a laundry attendant at a nursing home in Jonesboro and was an auto mechanic...
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Paul Kemp
(Obituary ~ 06/19/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Paul David Kemp, 47, died June 16, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born Aug. 28, 1971, at Memphis, Tenn., son of Vicky Lynn Kemp Burrow of East Prairie and the late James Reed Yancy, he had lived in East Prairie a number of years...
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State says area could be at higher risk than rest of state for spike in cases
(Local News ~ 06/19/20)
In data released from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Southeast Missouri could be more at risk than the rest of Missouri for spread of COVID-19. The data shows that the Region E, which is made up of 15 counties in Southeast Missouri, is seeing an increase in cases. The week-to-week change in the “reproductive rate” of COVID-19 is the average number of people one person who has the virus is likely to infect in a population without any immunity or interventions...
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Fireworks being sold in Sikeston city limits
(Local News ~ 06/19/20)
SIKESTON — For the first time in recent memory, fireworks are being sold inside the Sikeston city limits. In January, the Sikeston City Council approved the sale of fireworks inside the city limits, hoping to increase tax income for the city. However, despite the news, only one fireworks company took action and received their license from the state and city to sell explosives for the Fourth of July...
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Back in session: Courts reopen with modifications
(Local News ~ 06/19/20)
BENTON, Mo. — As with everything reopening in Missouri and across the nation, there are phases and modifications, and that’s no different when it comes to the local court systems. In-person court resumed June 1 for the 33rd Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Scott and Mississippi Counties...
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For country and Corps: New Madrid resident, R.D. James, directing Army civil works
(Local News ~ 06/19/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — The first two years as assistant secretary of the Army (civil works) took R.D. James to each of the nation’s 43 Corps of Engineer districts. He traveled to Guam and Puerto Rico, walked the halls of the Pentagon and Congress and talked with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office...
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Scott County sheriff addresses drone program, missing funds
(Local News ~ 06/19/20)
BENTON, Mo. — Circulating social media posts regarding the Scott County Sheriff’s Department’s drone prompted the sheriff on Friday to address the program and the previous administration’s possible mishandling of donated funds. “In the past two weeks several officers and myself have been approached about the Drone Program, ZJ1 that was established as a memorial for Zack Johnston,” Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury said in a news release on Friday. ...
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