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New Madrid man sentenced to 42 years in prison
(Local News ~ 08/09/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - A New Madrid man is headed to prison for the fatal shooting of another. Jeremy Guest, 38, will serve more than 40 years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections in connection with the Feb. 16, 2020, shooting of the late Datrae Hicks. Guest was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action, stealing and unlawful use of a weapon following a two-day jury trial in June...
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Dorothy Fowler
(Obituary ~ 08/09/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Dorothy Glodine Householder Fowler passed away Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. She was born to Robert and Lue Householder on March 15, 1924. She married her childhood sweetheart, Coy Fowler on Oct. 17, 1942. They had four children, 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren...
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Sikeston trash contract renewed with two changes
(Local News ~ 08/09/22)
SIKESTON — Sonny’s Solid Waste will continue to provide solid waste and garbage pickup for Sikeston, however there will be two changes to service. In 2017, the City of Sikeston and Sonny’s entered into a contract for disposal of solid waste and garbage, however that contract was to expire on July 31, but could be renewed for a three-year period...
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Accident leads to fuel spill, temporarily blocked traffic
(Local News ~ 08/09/22)
MARSTON, Mo. - A traffic accident led to a fuel spill and temporarily blocked traffic. At 7:05 a.m. Monday, a northbound tractor-trailer truck driven by Yohannis K. Adera of Dallas, Texas, ran a stop sign striking a westbound vehicle driven by Donald Denson of Corning, Ark., on Route EE, one quarter of a mile east of Marston, according to a report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Biden approves disaster declaration for Missouri flooding
(Local News ~ 08/09/22)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday approved Missouri’s request for a federal disaster declaration in response to severe flooding. The declaration makes St. Louis-area residents eligible for federal help with temporary housing, home repairs and some health expenses...
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Rufus Sumlin Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/09/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rufus Merlin Sumlin Jr., 70, of Kansas City, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed July 29, 2022, at University Health Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born Aug. 2, 1951, in Sikeston, to Ella Yarber Sumlin and the late Rufus Sumlin Sr...
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