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Area internet provider receives state funding to boost rural internet
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
A local internet provider was among those awarded a state grant to furnish or upgrade internet access to rural areas of Southeast Missouri. In January, Governor Mike Parson announced that the Department of Economic Development awarded a total of $261 million through the ARPA Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program to 60 recipients for projects that will expand and improve internet access statewide. ...
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Love will help guard us from the tempter’s snare
(Column ~ 02/10/23)
Last week as I looked out of my windows at home, the world looked like a winter wonderland. All of the ground was covered in white. It looked beautiful. But as we know, looks can be deceiving. Had I ventured outdoors, I would have fallen and possibly injured myself. On the news there were reports of traffic accidents. The winter white, that shield of sleet, had the power to cause injury and even death...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 02/10/23)
As I was driving around in town Saturday, I see Sikeston got their new, portable radar detector set up on Main Street this week. Please, after you get done playing with it on Main Street, could you please bring it over here on North Ingram and set it up for all the speeders we got over here and maybe it will slow them down? Hopefully, it takes pictures of cars going by, breaking the law. Thank you...
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Evangeline DePriest
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Evangeline DePriest, age 89, of Charleston died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Oct. 24, 1933, at Wyatt, Missouri, to the late James Wilson DePriest and Claudia M. Turner DePriest-Schreck, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed with Courtesy Ford for over 45 years...
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Robert Jarvis
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
SIKESTON — Robert Jarvis, age 70, passed away on Feb. 8, 2023, at his home in Kentucky, surrounded by family. Robert was born Sept. 1, 1952, in Sikeston, to Earl Jarvis and Mozelle Jarvis. He was preceded in death by Earl Jarvis (Father), Mozelle Jarvis (Mother); two sisters, Linda and Diane...
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