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Driskill riding high as Sikeston rodeo’s 2024 general chairman
(Local News ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — For Clay Driskill — general chairman of the 2024 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo — it’s a year of firsts for the annual event, which is in its 72nd year. New entertainment on Thursday featuring a Christian act, brand new bleachers and seating, moving the arena fences back and adding a new rodeo announcer — all to make for a better patron experience — are among the investments at this year’s rodeo, which began Wednesday, Aug. 7 and ends Saturday, Aug. 10...
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Sikeston Jaycee rodeo gives community economic boost
(Local News ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — While many people enjoy watching the events and entertainment at the 72nd Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, the rodeo’s importance to the community cannot also not be overstated. According to Sikeston Jaycee Noah Curtis, who is the rodeo advertisement chairman, during rodeo week, Sikeston can directly trace back $8 million in economic impact to the regional area...
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Sikeston siblings enter SLU medical program together
(Local News ~ 08/09/24)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Attendees were seeing double at this year’s Saint Louis University School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony. Aarti Sahai and Arjun Sahai, siblings in a triplet set, have shared essential milestones over the years. On Sunday, July 28, they added one more to their repertoire. They were part of the incoming class of first-year medical students at SLU...
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Local schools prepare to head back to class for the new year
(Local News ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — Many students and teachers in the area will return to school later this month, and school districts are preparing now for the new school year. Sikeston R-6 School District’s first day of school for student attendance is Tuesday, Aug. 20, but several back-to-school events will take place before then...
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Rodeo Fun
(Local News ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — The 72nd Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo concludes Saturday, Aug. 10. Rhett Walker performed Thursday night, Aug. 8 at the rodeo. Ludacris was set to perform Friday night with Shane Smith & The Saints closing the rodeo Saturday night.
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 08/09/24)
To the MAGA complainers that the Democrat Party is raising campaign funds for the election: Is this any different than what Trump has done over the last four years? At least they’re not selling fake bibles.
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Letter: Highlighting Native American athletes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/09/24)
Dear Editor: Here are some more Native American facts. Jim Thorpe, May 28, 1888-March 28, 1953: First Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He won two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics; he set records in both decathlon and classic pentathlon. He was of Sac and Fox Nation Tribe. He is considered to be one of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century...
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Floyd Presley Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — Floyd E. Presley Jr., age 71, of Sikeston died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Floyd was born Oct. 21, 1952, at Sikeston, to the late Floyd Everett Presley Sr. and Mary Etta Thomas Presley.
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Mike Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/09/24)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — James Michael “Brother Mike” Johnson, 77, died Aug. 8, 2024, at his home in East Prairie. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie. Burial with full military honors will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri...
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Nancy Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/09/24)
SIKESTON — Nancy Jo Skrabala Jones, 60, died Aug. 8, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Carolyn Grooms
(Obituary ~ 08/09/24)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Carolyn Alyene Grooms, 81, died Aug. 8, 2024, at her home in Portageville. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Monday, Aug. 12 at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Steven Scherer officiating. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery with DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville in charge of arrangements...
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