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Fire station project delivery methods presented to Sikeston City Coucil
(Local News ~ 03/08/23)
SIKESTON —Brett Dille, architect at Dille Pollard Architecture, delivered a presentation to the Sikeston City Council on Monday, March 6 for the construction of a new fire station on East Malone Avenue. The first design Dille shared was a traditional method that entails completion in three different stages in succession. Construction doesn’t start until the design phase is finished and the bid is approved. There is no crossover between design and construction...
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SCTC expansion kicks off
(Local News ~ 03/08/23)
Sikeston R-6 School District held a kickoff for Sikeston Career and Technology Center’s expansion to another space located at 1401 E. Malone Ave., formerly Orscheln, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Sikeston. The event marked the beginning of construction to prepare the building for use by SCTC students and staff...
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Second person now faces charges following theft of clothing from local laudromat
(Column ~ 03/08/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of March 1, officers responded to the old Davis Pharmacy building on Mott Street in reference to property damage. The glass front door of the building had been broken out sometime over the previous two days. Officers searched the building but it didn’t appear that anyone had gone inside...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/08/23)
This is about Josh Hawley, our senator, that made himself look like it was his ideal about insulin in the state of Missouri when he voted no agains the bill and it was passed that the President put forth. And I’m sick and tired of hearing Jason Smith put everybody down in the paper every week. Does he pay for that ad or does that taxpayers pay for that? He needs to put something forth if he’s against all this stuff, what’s he for?
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New Madrid City Council approves second pumper for fire department
(Local News ~ 03/08/23)
The wheels were set in motion by the New Madrid City Council for the purchase of a fire truck. At the Feb. 28 meeting, Police Chief Joey Higgerson, who serves as the community’s director of Public Safety, reported to the City Council about efforts to add another vehicle to supplement the city’s current fire pumper truck. He explained that he and other fire personnel looked nationwide at various options in fire trucks which would meet their requirements...
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New Madrid’s food pantry filling rising needs
(Local News ~ 03/08/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Researchers with the University of Missouri looked at hunger in Southeast Missouri in the summer of 2021. Among their conclusions were: • Within Southeast Missouri Food Bank’s region, 54,553 unduplicated clients are served in an average month...
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Benton pharmacy slated for an early summer opening
(Local News ~ 03/08/23)
Construction is underway to bring the City of Benton, Missouri, its first and only pharmacy by early summer. Family Nurse Practitioner Amber Thorne, primary care provider for the Benton Community Care Center, said when the Missouri Delta Medical Center clinic first opened along State Highway 77 in Benton in early 2016, she wanted an on-site pharmacy then...
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