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The day grandma got violent
(Column ~ 09/16/22)
My grandma was the typical famer’s wife in the sense of keeping a perfect house, being a great cook and being an incredible person in general. Although she seldom got angry, there was one day where I saw her get violent and it would be at a summer fishing trip to the pond...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 09/16/22)
This may be a crazy question but I’m going to ask it anyway. Since they’ve got all that floodwater and they got all those fires burning in California and everywhere else. Why can’t they take some of that water to help put the fires out? Put the water to use. Just wondering.
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Marc Stevener, Edie Bartlett inducted to the Honors Board
(Local News ~ 09/16/22)
SIKESTON — There are two new inductees to the Honors Board at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. For their support and dedication to youth sports, the Sikeston Park Board selected Marc Stevener and Edie Bartlett for the Honors Board in 2022. Stevener and Bartlett will be the 49th and 50th volunteers to be recognized on the board since 1986, when the Park Board began recognizing outstanding men and women who have made significant contributions to youth programs in Sikeston...
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Issue impacting some AMI water meters resolved
(Local News ~ 09/16/22)
SIKESTON — After an issue with new AMI water meters that lasted for over a year, the issue will be soon be resolved. In 2020, Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities installed new AMI meters that are able to report and pinpoint the exact location of outages more quickly, meaning faster outage response, identify potential water leaks, allowing them to be repaired more quickly and potentially avoiding excessive bills and improve billing accuracy, eliminating misreads or inaccurate readings...
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Grant will fund new Morehouse community center
(Local News ~ 09/16/22)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — A Community Development Block Grant will fund a safe place for Morehouse residents to gather. The Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded the city of Morehouse a grant for $594,540 to construct a new community center where citizens can gather while following COVID-19 protocols...
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Sikeston R-6 will add third school resource officer; amends contract for providing supplemental police services with city of Sikeston
(Local News ~ 09/16/22)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston R-6 School District will have another full-time school resource officer on duty. During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, the Sikeston R-6 Board of Eduction approved an amendment to its contract for providing supplemental police services with the city of Sikeston. With the amendment, a fund contribution increase was approved to assist Sikeston Department of Public Safety with adding a third, full-time school resource officer, or SRO, to the district...
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Pitman-Mansker
(Wedding ~ 09/16/22)
MINER, Mo. — Jennifer Dawn Pitman and Allen Christopher Mansker were married Sept. 3, 2022, in a private ceremony in the Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In attendance were David and Christy Russell along with their son, Adam Russell. The bride is a graduate of Eldon High School in Eldon, Missouri, and the groom is a graduate of Chaffee High School in Chaffee, Missouri...
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