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Sikeston educator played role in creating Senate bill
(Local News ~ 05/19/23)
SIKESTON — A Sikeston R-6 educator played an instrumental role in the creation of a Missouri Senate bill that changes provisions relating to background checks. In her weekly legislative column which addressed the Missouri General Assembly’s regular session that ended May 12, Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder said Senate Bill 40 was suggested by Sikeston Career and Technology Center instructor Brent Trankler...
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SRC luncheon: Sikeston Parks and Recreation has lots happening
(Local News ~ 05/19/23)
SIKESTON — A lot is happening with Sikeston Parks and Recreation. That was the message on the afternoon of Thursday, May 18 at the Sikeston Regional Chamber luncheon held at the Clinton Building. Sikeston Parks and Recreation recently received over $770,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to expand Legion Park in Downtown Sikeston...
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Share your faith in subtle ways
(Column ~ 05/19/23)
Recently, I went through the drive thru of a fast-food place for breakfast. I got to the pick-up window, was given my order, and before I drove off the young lady waiting on me said, “Have a blessed day.” What she said filled me with happiness. I was not to have just a good day, but a blessed day. What could be better? And then, a few days later at a restaurant, the server said the same thing, “Have a blessed day.”...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 05/19/23)
I would like to be speak out about the cats running wild on the 600 block of Taylor Street. PAWS has been called and nothing has been done. Something has to be done about these cats running wild. I guess my next choice is to call the Missouri animal cruelty line or PETA.
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Ronnie Lambert
(Obituary ~ 05/19/23)
SIKESTON — Charles Ronald “Ronnie” Lambert, age 79, died Thursday, May 18, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 3, 1944, at Sikeston, to the late Charles Ray Lambert and Nina Eileen Smith Lambert, he was a 1961 graduate of Morehouse schools and had served in the Missouri National Guard.
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Nonprofit equine-assisted therapy center opens a third location in Sikeston area
(Local News ~ 05/19/23)
SIKESTON — A nonprofit equine-assisted therapy center has expanded to the Sikeston area. Hope Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, or Hope Center, aims to improve the quality of life for special needs children and adults by providing equestrian experiences in a warm, safe and caring atmosphere...
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