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Body found in Mississippi River near Portageville
(Local News ~ 06/02/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — An investigation is underway after a body was found in the Mississippi River Thursday near Portageville, Missouri. At about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department received a call that a body was found in the Mississippi River next to a barge near Portageville, according to the sheriff’s department’s social media account...
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Several items recovered in rash of over 50 break-ins in Scott County
(Local News ~ 06/02/22)
BENTON, Mo. – Several items stolen in a recent string of over 50 vehicle break-ins have been recovered, and two suspects have been identified in Scott County. According to Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury, the two suspects, whose names have not been released, were able to help deputies recover several items taking during the break-ins, which occurred over the last three or four weeks around the Benton and Kelso, Missouri, area...
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Julie Kelso
(Obituary ~ 06/02/22)
SIKESTON — Julie Ann Kelso, 56, died June 1, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Single Scott County foster parent gains family in the process
(Local News ~ 06/02/22)
In 2017, when she was just 26 years old, Leah Uhrhan decided to begin the process of becoming a licensed foster parent. “I had four bedrooms to myself. It was just me and my dogs,” Uhrhan said. At the time, she worked at a child care center where some foster children also attended...
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Processing the Texas shooting
(Column ~ 06/02/22)
As I was processing the terrible Texas school shooting, I felt it might be helpful to address the terrible week our nation has experienced with the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. These are simply a few ideas that might assist with the long process of shock and sadness we are feeling...
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Sharon Kimbrell
(Obituary ~ 06/02/22)
FORT WORTH, Texas — Sharon Kay Kimbrell, 74, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022, at the Heart to Heart Center in Fort Worth. She was born June 23, 1947, in Sikeston, to the late Troy David Clinton and Agnes Maria Schwartz...
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Groundbreaking held for Kindergarten Center safe room
(Local News ~ 06/02/22)
SIKESTON — A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education Center’s multipurpose building and safe space was held early Wednesday at the construction site on the school’s campus at 1310 E. Salcedo Road. Sikeston R-6 Superintendent Shannon Holifield, who assumed her new role in the district officially on Wednesday, was on hand for the occasion as were R-6 school board members; kindergarten center principals Jenny Hobeck and Sarah Carbaugh; Dr. ...
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