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Sikeston man arrested for stabbing DPS officer (Local News ~ 08/08/23)
SIKESTON A Sikeston man was arrested and charged for stabbing a law enforcement officer. Thomas Alex-Michael Alex Howie, 22, of Sikeston was charged through Scott County Court for the following: first degree assault on a law enforcement officer, third degree assault, armed criminal action, first degree property damage, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest... -
Personnel from three communities battle fire at Magnitude 7 Metals (Local News ~ 08/08/23)
MARSTON, Mo. Fire personnel from three communities joined local plant personnel to battle a blaze at the business. At approximately 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, the Portageville Fire Department was paged to a mutual aid request from Marston to Magnitude 7 Metals in response to a commercial fire. Personnel from the New Madrid Fire Department also responded to the scene where the carbon bake air control was on fire... -
Five injured after vehicle rolls near Matthews (Local News ~ 08/08/23)
MATTHEWS, Mo. Five people walked away with only minor injuries after their car rolled on a rain-soaked roadway. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 on Highway H, a half mile west of Matthews, a car driven by Karron Carter, 39, of Blytheville, Arkansas, struck standing water on the highway. The vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned... -
Mary Parker
(Obituary ~ 08/08/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. Mary Jo Parker, 84, died Aug. 7, 2023. A private graveside service will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of the arrangements
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Jeannette Mather (Obituary ~ 08/08/23)
JARRETTSVILLE, Md. Jeannette Louise Mather, age 58, of Jarrettsville, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Aug. 3, 2023, after a three-year battle with multiple myeloma. Jeannette was born July 22, 1965, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, to the late Robert H. and Mary Meier Mather. She was a 1983 graduate of Sikeston High School... -
Beverly Wright (Obituary ~ 08/08/23)
SIKESTON Beverly Kay Wright, age 80, passed away on Aug. 6, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Dec. 1, 1942, in Goshen, Indiana, to the late Lowell Bud and Evelyn Stucker Huls. On July 1, 1966, in Cairo, Illinois, she married Neil Ray Wright, who preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 2022... -
Lajuana Harrington
(Obituary ~ 08/08/23)
SIKESTON Lajuana Renee Harrington, 72, died Aug. 2, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Services will be conducted at a later date. Driver Funeral Service of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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