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42nd Annual KRCC Telethon raises $286,688
(Local News ~ 03/29/23)
The 42nd Annual Kenny Rogers Children’s Center Telethon was March 25, 2023, at the Miner Convention Center in Miner. The Center also celebrated its 50th anniversary of providing physical, occupational and speech therapy services for free to children throughout Southeast Missouri. The grand total raised through the telethon was $286,688...
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Local police on patrol for neighborhood prowlers
(Column ~ 03/29/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Over the last few weeks, we have taken several reports about thefts occurring late at night from people’s yards and carports. On the week of March 15, a woman said she saw a man on a bicycle in her driveway on St. Virginia Street at around 4 o’clock in the morning. Nothing had been stolen, but the man was looking through things on her patio...
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Heart heroes: New Madrid Elementary students raise $11,000 for American Heart Association
(Local News ~ 03/29/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. —New Madrid County Elementary School students proved they have a lot of heart. Annually students from the school participate in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Through the event students are urged to be active, learn more about heart health and raise money for the AHA...
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New Madrid County voters choose city leaders on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/29/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — In addition to one countywide issue, voters in communities throughout New Madrid County will choose their local leaders in the April 4 general municipal election. On the ballot for all country voters is whether the county should continue a one-half of 1 percent sales tax to improve transportation infrastructure within the county. Should the sales tax pass, the county would continue to reduce the Road and Bridge property tax by 50 percent...
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Six county polling precincts moved to new locations
(Local News ~ 03/29/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Before heading to the polls on April 4, some New Madrid County voters may want to double check where they will cast their ballots. New Madrid County Clerk Amy Brown earlier notified voters she was reducing the number of polling places across New Madrid County from 18 to 12 by combining six polling spots...
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Nancy Swinger
(Obituary ~ 03/29/23)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Nancy Lee Swinger, age 89, passed away March 29, 2023, at her home in Morehouse. She was born Nov. 22, 1933, in LaValle, Missouri, daughter of the late James Thomas Breeden and Mary Elizabeth Little-Breeden. Nancy was a member of Morehouse General Baptist Church and a 50-year member of Order of the Eastern Star and had been a bank teller for Bank of Sikeston...
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Hudson Rettig
(Obituary ~ 03/29/23)
SIKESTON — Hudson Nathan Rettig, 3 days old, joined the angels in Heaven on Monday, March 27, 2023, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on Friday, March 24, 2023, in Cincinnati, to Austin and Ashton Rettig of Sikeston...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/29/23)
No more shopping at my once-favorite super store in Sikeston. They have eight checkout lanes. But they usually only have one or two open lanes which takes you 30 or more minutes to get check out because of the line of people checking out. I’ve had ice cream in my cart which had started to melt by the time I got checked out. I’ve heard rumors they do that, hoping people will use the self checkout registers to save money paying for checkout clerks. At my age, I need a checkout clerk.
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