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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 11/05/21)
I’m looking for a nurse, nurses aide, anyone that does private duty care in home. If anyone out there does that, please leave your number in Speakout and I will give you a call. Have a good day and God bless you.
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Elbert Ruff
(Obituary ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — Elbert D. Ruff, age 82, passed away on Nov. 4, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on April 1, 1939, in Jerusalem, Arkansas, to the late Paul and Cleo Beavers Ruff. On Dec. 19, 1970, in Sikeston, he married Jerry Heuring Ruff who survives of the home in Morley, Missouri...
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Community resource fair will be Wednesday in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — A one-day, one-stop community resource fair designed to provide resources and support for area individuals, families and community members will be held in Sikeston on Wednesday. The Missouri Job Center Fall For Success Community Resource Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Clinton Building, 501 Campanella Drive, in Sikeston...
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Farmers wrapping up fall harvest
(Local News ~ 11/05/21)
Missouri is finally feeling the fall temperatures as farmers hurry to wrap up their harvests. According to the USDA at their last report on Sunday, the state’s corn harvested for grain was 86% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 82%. Soybeans dropping leaves was 96% in Missouri compared to the 5-year average of 98% while soybeans harvested was 59% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 61%...
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Marine relishes brotherhood, forever nature of the Corps
(Local News ~ 11/05/21)
Marine Corps basic training focuses the mind, and that structure doesn’t change even when the scenery does. Allen Dirickson, a Sikeston, Missouri, native and Southeast Missouri State University student, knows this. “I was kind of lost before I joined. ...
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Harris to serve as Veterans’ Day ceremony honored guest, speaker
(Local News ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — A lifelong Sikeston resident will serve as this year’s honored guest and speaker during the annual Veterans’ Day ceremony Thursday in Sikeston. Michael K. Harris Sr., a member of the Sikeston Veterans Park Committee, will address the crowd during the annual Sikeston community celebration, which begins at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 in the Sikeston Field House. Local veterans from both the VFW and American Legion will also participate...
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SEMO Food Bank providing holiday mobile food distributions in November, December
(Local News ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON – Southeast Missouri Food Bank will hold special holiday mobile food distributions in each of its 16 counties in November and December. These distributions will feature food families can use to make a traditional holiday meal with a menu including hams, scalloped or mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, stuffing, fruit and pie. Menus may vary based on available inventory...
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Purina celebrates completion of $250 million factory expansion in southeast
(Business ~ 11/05/21)
Purina leaders gathered in southeast Missouri to celebrate the completion of a $250 million expansion at the company’s Bloomfield, Missouri, cat litter factory. The project adds two new buildings to the 1.1 million-square-foot campus in southeast Missouri and expands capacity and production capabilities for Purina’s high-performing Tidy Cats litter products, the number one cat litter brand in the United States based on sales. ...
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Leible joins First Midwest Bank in Sikeston
(Business ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON – John W. Leible recently joined First Midwest Bank as vice president and commercial loan officer, announced Joseph T. McLane, First Midwest Bank President/CEO. Leible will serve the residents of Sikeston and the surrounding communities as a commercial and consumer loan officer. He comes to the bank with nearly 10 years of expertise in financial services. ...
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Kaminsky new leasing specialist at Focus Bank
(Business ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — Chayse Kaminsky has been added as a new leasing specialist at Focus Bank. Kaminsky began his career with Focus Bank in August of 2020. Working as a personal banker, he quickly became familiar with Focus Bank products and services and put his customer service skills in action...
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Ty Grimes
(Obituary ~ 11/05/21)
BENTON, Mo. — Ty Oliver Grimes, son of Brandon Scott Grimes and Alexa Dawn Garner Grimes of Benton, died Nov. 3, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.
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Kenneth Lape
(Obituary ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — Kenneth Bryan Lape, age 64, passed away on Nov. 5, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on Oct. 13, 1957, in Flint, Michigan, to the late DK Lape and Cozette Knight Lape, who survives of Sikeston. He worked in agricultural sales, was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Sikeston and a member of the Sikeston Jaycees.
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J.O. McGee
(Obituary ~ 11/05/21)
SIKESTON — J.O. “Johnny” McGee, age 92, passed away on Nov. 4, 2021, at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on Nov. 10, 1928, in Florence, Alabama, to the late William McGee Jr. and Sallie Burgess McGee.
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