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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 07/15/22)
I’d just like to comment on the high cost of living in Sikeston. BMU’s electrical rate increases and now their wanting a sewer tax increase, the higher price of gasoline thanks to our president, high price of groceries. How are people supposed to live in Sikeston? I just wanted to comment on those things. It’s getting tougher and tougher for people to live.
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Ribbon cutting held for new Lee Hunter
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
SIKESTON — Hundreds of community members returned on Tuesday to 315 Baker Lane in Sikeston, where 13 months earlier, they said goodbye to the original Lee Hunter Elementary building and broke ground on a new building in the same exact location. Community members gathered Tuesday as the project came full circle with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for the brand-new Lee Hunter Elementary...
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New trial ordered in Missouri peach farm suit
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
A massive lawsuit originally tried in Cape Girardeau that awarded millions in compensatory damages to a Missouri peach farmer and ordered two companies to pay $60 million in punitive damages has been ordered a new trial. Bill and Denise Bader of Campbell, Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Co. ...
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City of Sikeston accepting Boards and Commission applications
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
SIKESTON — Sikeston residents looking to get involved in the community and make a positive difference have an opportunity to do just that. The City of Sikeston is in the process of preparing for their annual boards and commissions appointments. The city currently has 28 positions available on 14 different boards. While some terms are up for reappointment, others have expiring terms...
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Blood donations needed to help prevent summer shortage
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
PADUCAH, Ky. — The American Red Cross and Discovery are partnering for Shark Week and invite people to dive in to help save lives by giving blood or platelets in July. The Red Cross saw a steep drop in blood and platelet donations last month, and donors are asked to make appointments now to prevent a blood shortage this summer...
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Celebration is planned
(Community News ~ 07/15/22)
SIKESTON — Cornerstone Baptist Church, 127 Trotter St., in Sikeston will celebrate 26 years of pastoral service for its pastor, the Rev. L.J. Nabors and First Lady Mayola Nabors, with a service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 17. Kyle Pernell, pastor of Freewill Missionary Baptist Church of Sikeston, will serve as the guest speaker...
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Voice of Praise to perform
(Community News ~ 07/15/22)
Voice of Praise will perform a concert at the First Baptist Church of Sikeston Sunday, July 17, at 6 p.m. Voice of Praise, from Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, has completed over 30 years of concert ministry. Including 11 talented singers, Voice of Praise has presented over 1,000 concerts in churches across America. ...
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What we consume impacts us
(Column ~ 07/15/22)
Growing up I always went to Clover Point for 4-H camp in the summer. It was like most camps with crafts, swimming, outdoor adventures and games. I remember one summer (probably around the fourth grade) they were going to have swim races. I was very excited to show off how fast a swimmer I was. Like most of the great fourth grade athletes of the time, I looked for any advantage to help me in my swimming dominance...
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Johnny Chadd
(Obituary ~ 07/15/22)
SIKESTON — Johnny R. Chadd, age 79, passed away on July 12, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born Oct. 30, 1942, in Sikeston, to the late Bondell Crone and John E. Chadd.
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Betty McDougal
(Obituary ~ 07/15/22)
MISSION, Kan. — Former Sikeston, Missouri, resident Betty June (Christian) McDougal, 89, died peacefully on June 19, 2022, in Mission, Kansas. Born July 17, 1932, in Acorn Ridge, Missouri, Betty was the daughter of the late Warner and Erma Harris Christian. She grew up in Bloomfield with her eight siblings, Harold, Carrol, Allen and Charles Christian, Geneva Lewis, Maxine Underwood, Virginia Milner and Deane Kirby who all preceded her in death...
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Man jailed for Caruthersville murder
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — A Texas man is in custody after a murder in Caruthersville. According to Tony Jones, Caruthersville city marshal, Eddie DeWayne Hunt Jr. of Mesquite, Texas, formerly of Hayti Heights, Missouri, is accused of shooting Wayneasha Carter, 23, of Caruthersville...
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Morehouse one of two Missouri communities to receive DNR grant
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in Clean Water Engineering Report Grants to two communities to evaluate their wastewater systems. Grant recipients include the city of Morehouse, $50,000; and the city of Bowling Green, $50,000...
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Gasoline demand, crude oil prices dip; prices at pump follow
(Local News ~ 07/15/22)
SIKESTON — The price of gas is dropping as gasoline demand lessens and crude oil prices dip. According the AAA Missouri Weekend Gas Watch, the statewide gas price average in Missouri is $4.34 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That price is 13 cents less compared to this day last week and is $1.50 more per gallon compared to this day last year...
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Dorothy Sanderson
(Obituary ~ 07/15/22)
CUNNINGHAM, Ky. — Dorothy Sue (Terry) Sanderson, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in the constant care of her beloved husband of 71 years, Weldon (W.T.). She was born on June 27, 1933, in Cunningham, Kentucky, to William Monroe Terry and Ruth Gupton Terry. Her mother died when she was only 2 years old and her stepmother, Asaleen Terry, and grandmother, Mae Gupton, nurtured her until she married at the young age of 17...
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