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Patrol: Tornado victims were in trailer or camper
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
The five people who were killed when a tornado barreled through their rural Missouri village were inside a mobile home or adjacent camper that were obliterated, authorities said Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the names of the victims. ...
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Sikeston Department of Public Safety responds to assist in Bollinger County tornado aftermath
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
Officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety set up the Sikeston Mobile Command Center Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Bollinger County, Missouri. Sikeston DPS was among the many local law enforcement agencies who joined together to assist Bollinger County early Wednesday in the aftermath of the deadly tornado...
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Glen Allen resident rides out tornado in bathtub
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. — First responders and local residents roamed around a subdivision in Glen Allen in rural Bollinger County on Wednesday afternoon, April 5, with heavy equipment and chain saws clearing debris from roadways and houses. It had been around eight hours since a tornado ripped through the area, killing five people...
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Ask Jesus to stay with you and guide you
(Column ~ 04/07/23)
In the Christian calendar, this past Sunday, April 2 was Palm Sunday and this coming Sunday, April 9 is Easter, the Day of Resurrection. Some people go from the celebration of Jesus’ triumphal entry of Jerusalem directly to the joy of Easter. The week between these two great Sundays is a week figuring out what to wear for Easter, what to eat on Easter and where there are children, setting up an Easter Egg hunt. It is a week of happiness...
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Five killed, homes destroyed by tornado in Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — A deadly tornado ripped through the Glen Allen and Grassy areas of Bollinger County early Wednesday morning, leaving five dead, five injured and more than a dozen homes destroyed. It’s the deadliest tornado in the state since 2011...
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Former Chaffee R-2 assistant principal wins settlement
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — The Chaffee (Missouri)School District will pay a nearly $375,000 settlement to a former administrator to bring an end to two lawsuits she filed against the district. Mary Hall, former Chaffee assistant principal and curriculum coordinator, sued the district in August for emotional distress and lost wages. She filed a second suit in February under a whistleblower statute. Both were related to a 2021 incident involving a student and former teacher at Chaffee...
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MDC: Young hunters took 2,550 turkeys over the youth weekend
(Local News ~ 04/07/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,550 birds over the past youth weekend, April 1 and 2. Top harvest counties were Osage with 71 birds harvested, Miller with 65, and Texas with 64...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 04/07/23)
Yes, I live in Sikeston, Missouri, and I would like to know why Sikeston only puts in high-price restaurants and cafes that middle-class people can’t afford to go and take their kids to eat. They put in very high-price places. Why can’t they put in a Denny’s or something like that that middle-class people can afford?
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Sylvester Ray
(Obituary ~ 04/07/23)
SIKESTON — Sylvester Ray, 73, resident of Sikeston, formerly of Bell City, Missouri, died April 4, 2023, at his home surrounded by family. He was born April 3, 1950, in Bell City, to the late Joe Henry Ray and the late Katie Mae Isom Ray. He attended Bell City Public Schools in Bell City during his teen years. He later relocated to Chicago, Illinois, then to Kansas City, Missouri, where he received his GED...
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