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Phyllis Still
(Obituary ~ 08/27/21)
SIKESTON — Phyllis Still, age 74, passed away Aug. 26, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Feb. 19, 1947, in California, daughter of the late Horse Lawson and Opal Stewart Lawson. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and had been a bus driver for Sikeston Public Schools before retiring...
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Lena Baldwin
(Obituary ~ 08/27/21)
WARDELL, Mo. — Lena Boatwright Baldwin, 67, died Aug. 24, 2021, at Wardell. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Monday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri.
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Timothy Sherwood
(Obituary ~ 08/27/21)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Timothy Sherwood, 65, died Aug. 27, 2021, at Pemiscot Memorial Health System. Visitation is from noon. until service time at 2 p.m. Monday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri.
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Stoddard County Fair set to return in September
(Local News ~ 08/27/21)
By JOSH AYERS Dexter Statesman The Stoddard County Fair is returning in September after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation in 2020. This year will mark the 94th edition of the fair. The fair will take place Sept. 21 to 25 at the Stoddard County Fairgrounds...
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Cooper McKelvey’s volunteerism touches many in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 08/27/21)
Editor’s Note: The B Magazine Difference Makers series is sponsored by Executive Property Management and your local Edward Jones Financial Advisors. Read more stories at www.semissourian.com/DifferenceMakers. Families in the Sikeston, Missouri, area have a friend and advocate in Cooper McKelvey...
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COVID infusion site now functional in Miner
(Local News ~ 08/27/21)
MINER, Mo. — In an effort to help relieve hospital strain and health care worker fatigue, a temporary infusion site has been set up at Miner Nursing Center to treat patients with COVID-19 but also prevent hospitalizations and even death. “This one (in Miner) will be functional on Friday and will have five infusion stations,” said Paula Nickelson, administrator of the Office of Emergency Coordination for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, who was present Thursday as the Scott County site was set up in an unused wing of Miner Nursing Center.. ...
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Sikeston graduate is new head coach of cheerleading program at SEMO
(Local News ~ 08/27/21)
To say that cheerleading is in Megan Wagner-Anderson’s blood is an understatement. The 2011 Sikeston graduate was part of a Bulldog cheerleading team that competed in Orlando, Florida; cheered for Arkansas State University and was a cheerleading instructor that took her to foreign countries to teach cheerleading. Now the former Sikeston standout is back home as the new head coach of the Southeast Missouri State University cheerleading squad...
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Stoddard County PA appointed special prosecutor in Pemiscot County homicide
(Local News ~ 08/27/21)
The Circuit Court of Pemiscot County appointed Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver as Special P.A. in the prosecution of Elizabeth Bridges for her role in the July 10 homicide of Randy Thomas. Oliver was appointed to the case Thursday because of the Pemiscot County Prosecuting Office “recusing themselves due to a conflict,” according to a statement released Tuesday by Oliver’s office...
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Demetrius Flowers
(Obituary ~ 08/27/21)
SIKESTON — Demetrius Flowers, 55, (affectionally called “Meechie” and “D”), died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. He was born Oct. 14, 1965, in Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Rev. Sharl Flowers-Smith and the late Leroy Flowers Sr. Demetrius was a 1985 graduate of Sikeston High School...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 08/27/21)
Good morning. This is concerning the boys dying on the football field with heat strokes during practice. If they would get a hair cut and get that eight pounds of greasy hair off their head that holds heat in like a wool baseball cap, they’d probably be a lot cooler.
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