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Local merchants work to brighten the holiday season for their shoppers
(Local News ~ 11/05/20)
SIKESTON — The holiday shopping season is officially underway, and local merchants are working to make the season brighter for their communities. Several retailers have planned holiday open houses starting as early as this weekend and running through Christmas...
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Equipment failure caused fire in Miner
(Local News ~ 11/05/20)
MINER, Mo. — Piles of decommissioned vehicles caught fire due to equipment failure Wednesday in Scott County. At about 3 p.m. Wednesday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s Fire Division responded to a request for mutual aid at Paul’s Recycling in Miner where piles of decommissioned cars caught fire, according to Lt. Derick Wheetley with Sikeston DPS...
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Kelly school board appoints new member
(Local News ~ 11/05/20)
BENTON, Mo. — A board vacancy was filled by the Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Board of Education during a special session early this week. Robby Lemonds was appointed to fill the seat on the board left vacant by Paul Ruff, who recently resigned from the board...
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Dorothy Maxwell
(Obituary ~ 11/05/20)
SIKESTON — Dorothy Lee Maxwell, age 87, of Sikeston passed away on Nov. 4, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 15, 1932, in Sikeston, to the late Marion and Julia Palmer. On May 2, 1954, in Sikeston, she married Clarence Maxwell, who preceded her in death on Aug. 15, 1978...
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Lanore Taylor
(Obituary ~ 11/05/20)
FARMINGTON, Mo. — Lanore M. Taylor, age 92, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Nov. 1, 2020, at Camelot Nursing and Rehab Center in Farmington. She was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Shirley Arkansas, to the late Glover Montrose Fortner and Ruth Ermoine (Brown) Fortner...
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Dorothy Long
(Obituary ~ 11/05/20)
SIKESTON — Dorothy Jewel Long, age 91, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Oct. 31, 2020, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Missouri. She was born May 2, 1929, to David and Maude Fowler Pounds in Pacific, Missouri. On Aug. 14, 1953, she married Vernon Long, who preceded her in death in December of 1982...
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Donald Pearson
(Obituary ~ 11/05/20)
SIKESTON — Donald Wayne “Dee" Pearson, age 39, passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at his home in Sikeston surrounded by his family. Dee was born July 11, 1981, in Indianola, Mississippi, to Donald Wayne Pearson Sr. and the late Resa Anne Haynes-Pearson...
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Trail of stolen jewelry helps nab wanted man
(Local News ~ 11/05/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Williamsville man pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this week to illegally possessing firearms. Marty Lewis Luke, 57, pleaded guilty as charged Monday afternoon to felon in possession of a firearm, a felony, before U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark...
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Barbara Harper
(Obituary ~ 11/05/20)
SIKESTON — Barbara Ann Deason Harper, age 73, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 10, 1947, one of many adopted children of Benjamin and Beatrice Crook Deason and had lived in Sikeston area most of her life. She had been employed at Brown Shoe Company in Charleston, as a cook at the Charleston High School and later at Mexican Villa. She was of Pentecostal belief.
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