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Kenedy, Towery lead NMCC Class of 2024 (Local News ~ 05/22/24)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - At the New Madrid County Central High School’s 2024 Senior Awards Ceremony on May 13, NMCC principal Justin Poley praised the students for their dedication, perseverance and passion. The evening wasn’t just about the honors the students were receiving, it was also about the journey each of the graduates had taken to get there, he said... -
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(Opinion ~ 05/22/24)
I am so sad and disappointed. My daughter made a trip back home to Missouri. She and her Mexican-heritage boyfriend went to Wal-Mart to be met by a grown man making racial slurs to his face. During graduation, the same thing happened again from a different individual and yet another, adult male, kicked him in the back during the entire graduation ceremony. This young man is wellbred, well-groomed, very kind, Christian and has more respect about him than the three grown men, from my hometown, showed to a young visitor. Needless to say, I am so ashamed because I wanted him to see where we came from and the pride in our hometown. It’s so sad he had to experience such unpleasant rudeness and bullying from ignorant adults who don’t need to be let out of the house alone. I hope he understands they are, by far, not the true examples of folks from Sikeston.
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NMCC graduates urged to make good choices (Local News ~ 05/22/24)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Renae Eddy’s message to the New Madrid County Central High School graduating Class of 2024 was the same one she expressed to them as they left her class each Friday – to make good choices Eddy, who teaches science at NMCC, was chosen by the seniors as the speaker for their commencement...
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