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Jerry McMackin
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
SIKESTON — Jerry McMackin, 77, died Sept. 5, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born March 20, 1943, in Oakland, California,he was the son of the late Henry and Elsie Quigley McMackin. On Jan. 8, 1966, in Sikeston,he married Sandra Wright, who survives of the home...
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Virginia Manning
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Virginia Magdalene Manning, 91, died Sept. 5, 2020, at Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born Aug. 12, 1929, in East Prairie, Missouri, daughter of the late Kilmore J. and Agnes Cooper Matthews, she was a member of Gospel Assembly of East Prairie. She was a foster grandmother for East Prairie Schools at the R.A. Doyle Elementary School...
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EJ Marks
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — EJ Marks, 78, died Sept. 6, 2020. Born May 30, 1942, at Tiptonville, Tennessee, son of the late Clarence and Cleeoria Motley Marks, he moved to East Prairie where he spent most of his life farming the land. He had also worked for the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi County Highway Department a number of years until his retirement...
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Bootheel Regional Planning Commission grant will provide Morley funds to pave some streets
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
MORLEY, Mo. — Residents of Morley will soon be seeing some newly paved streets. Doug Sikes, Morley’s mayor, said a grant for about $200,000 from the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission based in Dexter will allow Morley to pave a portion of the town’s streets. The total project will cost about $300,000...
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Edgar McLemore
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Edgar McLemore, 72, died Sept. 3, 2020. at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 26, 1948, in Luxora, Arkansas, son of the late Harvey and Addie Dees McLemore, he was a farmer. Survivors include: his fiancee, Nancy Kumlien of East Prairie; four sons, Roy McLemore, Clayton Tidwell and Nathan Tidwell of East Prairie and David Huller of Nashville, Tenn.; six daughters, Addie McLemore of Florida, Angie Gomez of Nashville, Bonnie Hux of Nashville, Heather McLemore of East Prairie, Amiee Huckaby of Cape Girardeau and Beverly McLemore of Missouri; two brothers, Edward McLemore of Sikeston and Richard McLemore of Hayti; one sister, Gladys Dobbins of Hayti; and many grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.. ...
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Marshal, special guest named for annual Cotton Carnival parade
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
SIKESTON —The Sikeston American Legion Post 114 has announced the publisher of the “Stars and Stripes” newspaper along with an actor and military consultant in several Hollywood films — both veterans — will participate in this year’s annual Cotton Carnival Parade...
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Smoother surface
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
An employee with R&K Excavation works to prepare the existing drive/parking area for a new layer of concrete Tuesday at the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District Station No. 2 in Morley.
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Rapid test for coronavirus now available in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
Starting today, a local direct primary care provider, membership-based EBO MD, will begin offering rapid COVID-19 testing to the community for $175. “We expect 95% of results will be available within 24 hours after the lab receives the minimally invasive nasal swab,” said EBO MD co-founder Tony Thompson...
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13 killed in holiday accidents; none locally
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Thirteen people died in traffic crashes during the 2020 Labor Day holiday weekend. Last year, there were nine fatalities. The 2020 counting period for the Labor Day holiday ran from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the following enforcement activity during 2020 Labor Day Holiday...
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Stoddard County Emergency Management Director, Kent Polsgrove, calls it a career
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
After nearly 10 years as Stoddard County Emergency Management Director and 33 years in education, Kent Polsgrove has decided to call it a career. Polsgrove spent 20 years at Dexter as assistant principal at the middle school and then assistant superintendent...
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Hard work, dedication lands Richland grad top piano honor
(09/08/20)
When 2019 Richland graduate Kate Wyman left for the University of Missouri in the fall of 2019 she had a piece of unfinished business left at home. The clock was ticking for her to finish that business as well. The business she had left unfinished was the point requirements to earn the Federation of Music 90 Point President’s Cup, the highest award given by the Federation of Music, and it had to be completed by the time she reached the age of 19. ...
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Wallace named to Dean’s List at St. Louis College of Pharmacy
(09/08/20)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Bryce Wallace of Portageville has been named to the St. Louis College of Pharmacy dean’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester...
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Labor Day fire
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
At 1:11 p.m. Monday, the Portageville Fire Department was called to assist the Gideon and Malden Fire Departments at a structure fire on Highway 153 at Gideon. Responding to the scene were Engine 1 with a crew of five and the supply truck with two other department members. The three department worked to extinguish the blaze, however heavy flames reached into the attic space then throughout the entire residence. The home was reported as a total loss. The crews returned to Portageville at 4 p.m...
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Sikeston teacher awarded grant
(09/08/20)
Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center Kindergarten teacher Leann Crook was recently awarded a $500-grant from the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation. Her classroom will receive new Chromebooks with this grant money. The grant’s title was “Kinders Need Chromebooks. ...
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Linda Six
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Linda Lou Six, 72, died Sept. 7, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Nov. 23, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Luella Roth and Harold Roth. Her husband, David Six, preceded her in death...
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Three deaths reported locally while many counties see fewer active cases
(Local News ~ 09/08/20)
Three local deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday but many local counties are showing fewer active cases since Friday. Two deaths were reported by the Mississippi County Health Department Tuesday afternoon, making three deaths in the county since the pandemic began in March. The health department reported 12 additional cases but the number of active cases remained at 43, the same as it was on Friday...
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Larry Beardsley
(Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Rev. Larry Beardsley, 77, died Sept. 7, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born May 11, 1943, in Bell City, Missouri, son of the late Lee and Elmina Shell Beardsley, he was a member of First Pentecostal Church of Morehouse. He pioneered two churches, Apostolic Pentecostal Lighthouse in Murphysboro, Illinois and Apostolic Lighthouse in Phenix City, Alabama. He worked as a barber and minister.
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