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Scott County with 13 more coronavirus cases Wednesday
(Local News ~ 08/06/20)
The Scott County Health Department reported 13 additional positive cases of COVID-19 late Wednesday afternoon along two more recoveries. To date, Scott County has had 361 positive cases since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. There are currently 74 active cases with 13 deaths related to the virus reported...
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Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday weekend starts Friday
(Local News ~ 08/06/20)
SIKESTON — The annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday weekend kicks off Friday. Missouri’s Tax-Free Weekend begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. Certain back-to-school purchases, such as clothing, school supplies, computers and other items defined by the statute, are exempt from sales tax for this time period only...
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Norman Steward
(Obituary ~ 08/06/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Norma Steward, died July 30, 2020, at the New Madrid Nursing Center in New Madrid. Born Aug. 9, 1932, in Newport, Ark., to the late Lee and Mamie Coleman Steward, he was employed and Laclede Steele of Alton, Ill., until his retirement...
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Rodeo general chairman reflects on year like no other
(Local News ~ 08/06/20)
SIKESTON — As co-chairman of the 2019 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, Travis Deere spent more than a year learning the ropes and readying to be the general chairman of this year’s event — but nothing could have prepared him for what 2020 had in store for the Jaycees — and everyone, really...
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More contestants taking part in this year’s rodeo due to coronavirus
(Local News ~ 08/06/20)
SIKESTON — Rodeo week in Sikeston is a busy one. This year, though, it is a little different. As everyone continues to live in a strange time, the show is still going on, as the 68th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo kicked off Wednesday night. With more top competition congregating to the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds than ever before, Rodeo general chairman Travis Deere said that he is happy to have such a great and talented turnout...
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Sikeston author releases second devotional
(Community News ~ 08/06/20)
SIKESTON — A daily desire to seek and choose “gratitude” and share that with others through the written word led Sikeston resident Bettie Birch to write her second volume of devotionals, giving readers short “snippets” to give the reader a “glimpse of happy” for the day...
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Gary Arnold
(Obituary ~ 08/06/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Gary M. Arnold, 81, died Aug. 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 2, 1939, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to William Henry Arnold and Beatrice Taylor Sutton, he was a 1965 graduate of Sikeston, Missouri, High School. He was owner of Gary M. Arnold Construction and previous owner of Imperial Interiors. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church...
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Patricia Happe
(Obituary ~ 08/06/20)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — Patricia Ann McElroy Happe, 79, died Aug. 4, 2020. Born Dec. 18, 1940, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Ralph McElroy and Ila Mae (Gestring) Williams, she was a 1958 graduate of Sikeston High School and obtained a master’s degree in business education at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ...
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