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New Madrid’s 2021 budget focuses on infrastructureNEW MADRID, Mo. - After what New Madrid City Administrator Richard McGill described as “hours and hours and hours of discussion,” the New Madrid Board of Aldermen approved the 2021 budget just as 2020 came to an end. For the coming year, the city of New Madrid budget forecasts general revenues of $2,112,300 and expenditures of $2,107,150. It expects to end 2021 in the black with $5,150...
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2020 VISION: Year brings both challenges and successesNEW MADRID, Mo. - New Madrid City Administrator Richard McGill is used to challenges. When he began work with the city six years ago, within the first month the county’s largest employer, Noranda Aluminum, announced its closure. In 2019, the county experienced a 500-year flood event... -
New Madrid News BriefsCOVID Update New Madrid County Health Department’s COVID-19 Update as of Jan. 17 Confirmed cases: 1,947 Out of Quarantine: 1,907 Deaths: 40 Active: 40 By gender: Female 1,138; Male: 809 Race: African American, 341; Caucasian, 1,567; multi-race, 14; other, 25...
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Parker, Pullen named Students of the MonthSIKESTON — Natalie Parker and Makenzie Pullen were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for January. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2020-2021 school year... -
Standard Democrat to keep New Madrid’s Weekly Record aliveNEW MADRID, Mo. — Subscribers of The Weekly Record in New Madrid received some tough news in the Friday, Jan. 1 edition of their hometown newspaper. The headline read: “You Are Reading Our Final Issue.” Owners Linda and Ed Thomason announced they were retiring from the newspaper business. Owning and conducting day-to-day operations of a small-town newspaper can be overwhelming at times...
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Becky KelsoMATTHEWS, Mo. — Rebecca “Becky” Ruth Kelso, age 75, of Matthews passed away on Jan. 19, 2021, at Country Place Assisted Living in Kelso, Missouri. She was born Aug. 31, 1945, in Sikeston, to the late... -
Anita KeyDENVER, Colo. — Anita L. (Cobb) Parker Key, age 92, passed away on Dec. 30, 2020, at Orchard Park Healthcare Center, in Denver. Born on Oct. 29, 1928, to the late Pauline S. and Tom N. Cobb of East... -
David Hay (1/19/21)SIKESTON — David L. Hay, age 83, passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Nov. 23, 1937, in Paragould, Arkansas, son of the late Alfred and...
