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Alexa Pulley to serve as Sikeston Middle School assistant principal
(Local News ~ 04/21/23)
SIKESTON — Sikeston Public Schools recently announced its next assistant principal at Sikeston Middle School. Alexa Pulley will serve as the assistant principal at the middle school starting in the 2023-2024 school year, the district announced April 12...
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Sikeston City Council reorganizes; New member sworn in
(Local News ~ 04/21/23)
SIKESTON — Sikeston City Council had a reorganizational meeting Friday with newly elected council member Ryan Lindsey being sworn in to office. Lindsey takes the place of departing council member Brian Self, who had reached his term limit. Sikeston Mayor Greg Turnbow praised and thanked Self for what he has done for the community...
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Spring soccer
(Local News ~ 04/21/23)
Elijah Green kicks a ball down the field during a soccer game Tuesday, April 17, 2023, at the Sikeston Sports Complex. The YMCA of Southeast Missouri’s youth soccer program is underway for multiple age divisions ranging from preschool through fourth grades playing games every Tuesday and Saturday in Sikeston...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 04/21/23)
Have you noticed how a lot of older guys are growing gray beards that make them look a lot older than they really are? You see 60-year-old guys that look 80. You see married couples where the man looks like the grandpa of his wife. The whole thing looks strange.
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Thanks for supporting PAWS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/21/23)
Dear Editor, Sikeston’s Pet and Animal Welfare Services, or PAWS, would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the “Bark at the Moon: Dueling Pianos” fundraiser April 29 in Sikeston: Great Dane: AAA Insurance, Dr. and Mrs. Noe, First State Bank & Trust Co., Trendsetters School, ESI, Chris’s Auto Body and Sam’s Fine Jewelry; Bulldog: Century 21 Premier Reality, Anderson and Green Insurance Agency, Focus Bank, LBF/Bone Farms, Brittany Fayette, Bell Farms, C Lawrence Reality, Animal Health Clinic, Howling Hyenas, Nathan and Becky Ault; and Pomeranian: Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Karen Bain, A&H Communications and Newton Lawn Care.. ...
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Be the light that draws people to you
(Column ~ 04/21/23)
Last week as I was driving north on Main Street, I passed a car with a rather unique passenger. Hanging its head out of the window was what I think was a Goldendoodle and it was wearing sunglasses! Now, when I was a child, my sister and I dressed our poodle up with a headscarf and sunglasses, but the sunglasses came off quickly as our dog didn’t like wearing them. ...
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Jerry Waters Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/21/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Jerry Alvin Waters Sr., 39, died April 16, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Leeanna Blackwelder
(Obituary ~ 04/21/23)
SIKESTON — Leeanna Charlene Blackwelder passed away in Scott City, Missouri, on April 14, 2023, at the age of 83 after a long battle with dementia and more recent health issues. She is now at peace. She was born Dec. 18, 1939, in Marston, Missouri, to J.E. and Cona Ulmer. She was the first of seven children and lived most of her life in southeast Missouri, the majority of that time in and around Sikeston...
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Sikeston receives $4M in grants within month's time
(Local News ~ 04/21/23)
SIKESTON — In the last month, Sikeston has received almost $4 million in grants for projects across the city. It is just the latest in the grant money Sikeston has received in the last few years as the city is always looking for ways to supplement the city budget...
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Gene Sanders
(Obituary ~ 04/21/23)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Billy Gene Sanders, 88, died April 19, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements.
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