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Norma Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/03/21)
INDIAN MOUND, Tenn. — Norma Jean Jones, age 79, of Indian Mound went to be with the Lord May 30, 2021. She was born Feb. 8, 1942, the daughter of the late Rufus ‘Luke’ and Annie Forrest Ledbetter. She retired as a RN Civil Service from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. She was a faithful servant and a member of Cross Creek Baptist Church, Indian Mound, and worked with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief of Tennessee...
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Roger Taylor
(Obituary ~ 06/03/21)
SIKESTON – Roger Taylor, age 63, passed away June 1, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 11, 1957, in Portageville, son of the late Vesteen Taylor and Mary Juanita Quick Taylor. On June 20, 1980, at Benton, he married Trecia McCann Taylor; she survives of the home...
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Portageville police seeking burglary suspect
(Local News ~ 06/03/21)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The Portageville Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a burglary suspect. The woman is suspected of burglarizing a local farm implement company. Authorities believe she left the scene in a gray Pontiac Grand Prix...
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Merideth named Sikeston R-6 District’s new nurse coordinator
(Local News ~ 06/03/21)
SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District has announced the hiring of Kaleigh Merideth as the next district nurse coordinator. The district began the task of searching for a new nurse coordinator after the retirement announcement of previous coordinator, Nikki Vaught...
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Bicyclists to stop in Sikeston June 14 as part of ride across SE Missouri
(Local News ~ 06/03/21)
SIKESTON — Bicyclists will be flooding into Sikeston on June 14 as part the Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri), a road ride through southeast Missouri. This year marks the sixth year for the Big BAM, but the first time the ride will come through the area. The ride will gather on June 13 and travel through the countryside and small towns with overnight stops in Sikeston (June 14), Cape Girardeau (June 15), Perryville (June 16), Farmington (June 17) and concluding in Ste. Genevieve on June 18...
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June Calendar Girl
(Local News ~ 06/03/21)
Tamyia Johnson, who is the daughter of Tiffany and Myron Hardin and Dion Davis, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for June. Johnson plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University in the fall and pursue a career in physical therapy.
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Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains
(Local News ~ 06/03/21)
O’FALLON, Mo. — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black motorists were still far more likely to be pulled over and arrested, according to a report released Tuesday...
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Float trip is reminder of God sending Jesus to save us
(Column ~ 06/03/21)
Although June 20 is the first “official” day of summer, we all know it really kicks off on Memorial Day weekend. One of my favorite times of the summer as a kid was when we would go to the Cross Country Trail ride in Eminence (shout out to a true cowboy Don B)...
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FBC Grief Share team
(Community News ~ 06/03/21)
The Sikeston First Baptist Church Grief share team is made up of: (front row, from left) Darren Lowe and Dr. Wendell Weathers; (back row) Melanie Sanders, Carolyn Tetley, Melanie McCord and Terri Balken.
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