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New Pastor at Bockerton
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
There is a new pastor behind the pulpit at Bockerton Baptist Church. The Rev. Michael A. Loftin and his wife, Peggy, answered to call of God to come to Bockerton as their pastor. "We are excited about our new life adventure. We began work here on July 3rd and moved into the parsonage in September," said Loftin...
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Brackets released for postseason volleyball tournaments
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/16)
Schedules are set for district volleyball tournaments in the Missouri Bootheel. Gideon will host Class 1, District 1. Top-seeded Gideon receives a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Cooter plays No. 5 seeded Southland Oct. 17 at 4 p.m., No. 2 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. 7 seeded Delta C-7 Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. and No. 3 seeded Clarkton plays No. 6 seeded Holcomb Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. Semifinals are Oc. 17 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. with the championship to follow Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m...
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Survivor story: Penny Wake
(State News ~ 10/14/16)
Penny Wake of Kennett, Missouri, had her first breast cancer surgery in March and her second surgery the following month. "I had a biopsy and they had to make the margins bigger," she says. "Then, they put a 'marker' inside my breast to make the radiation go right to the site."...
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Robert Edward "Bob" McCrate
(Obituary ~ 10/14/16)
Robert Edward "Bob" McCrate was born December 31, 1937 to Joseph E. McCrate and Zelline Hobbs McCrate in Cape Girardeau. Robert graduated from the University of Dayton in 1959 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, and he worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and as a farmer in Southern Illinois for several years. He later worked as Shop Foreman for McCrate Equipment before founding Delta Data System, an accounting and inventory control software firm...
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Fire Prevention Week
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
Fire personnel from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety have been visiting local schools as part of Fire Prevention Week.
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3 charged with burglarizing Scott City bar
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Two Scott City men, driven to the establishment by a female accomplice, are accused of breaking into a Scott City bar about 8 a.m. Wednesday, damaging numerous gambling machines and collecting $40 in change. Scott County sheriff's deputies arrested Joseph Walker, 30, and Tricia Roberts, 29, both of Scott City, on Wednesday afternoon...
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Patton man killed in tractor crash Thursday
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
PATTON, Mo. -- A Patton man died in a tractor crash Thursday in Bollinger County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 4:25 p.m. on private property adjacent to Highway 51, one mile north of Patton, 39-year-old Bradley A. Billinger was operating an Allis-Chalmers tractor when a hay bale overturned and ejected him...
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Complex politics are behind two Missouri tobacco tax issues
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The tobacco industry's support of two tobacco-tax hikes on the November ballot in Missouri has ignited opposition from a coalition of health organizations that typically favor higher cigarette taxes. The American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society and other health groups contend Amendment 3 and Proposition A seek to "deceive Missouri voters and keep cigarettes cheap."...
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3 accused of murdering Kansas man to face trial
(Local News ~ 10/14/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Two men and a woman accused in the murder of a Kansas man will face trial. Following a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon for Larenzle Coleman, 35, of Oakfield, Tenn., and Elsie Hamilton, 40, and Ronnie Robinson, 49, of North Little Rock, Ark., New Madrid County Associate Judge Joshua Underwood ruled there is sufficient evidence for the three to be bound over to Division I for trial. ...
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Poppy Seymour
(Obituary ~ 10/14/16)
"Poppy" Seymour HAMLIN, Texas -- Billy Mac "Poppy" Seymour, 76, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at his home in Hamlin. Born April 22, 1940, in New Madrid, Mo., Billy was the son of the late Chester M. and Lecy (Baldy) Seymour. He served in the United States Navy for six years. ...
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Barbara Tatum
(Obituary ~ 10/14/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Barbara Jean Laughlin Tatum, 76, died Oct.12, 2016, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Feb. 19, 1940, in New Madrid County, to the late Rolla Laughlin and Rachel Pauline Flowers Laughlin, she had lived in East Prairie most of her life where she was a 1958 graduate of East Prairie High School and a member of the First Christian Church...
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Jerry Meyer
(Obituary ~ 10/14/16)
SIKESTON -- Geraldine Ruth "Jerry" Meyer, 87, died Oct. 10, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 17, 1928, at Bunker, to the late Mont and Beulah Mooney Smith. A resident of Sikeston the past three years, she had previously resided most of her life in St. Louis. Upon graduation from Fredericktown High School in 1945, she went to work as secretary for the U.S. Civil Service...
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Brian Burns
(Obituary ~ 10/14/16)
SIKESTON -- Brian Wayne Burns, 50, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Oct. 9, 2016, at Hazard ARH Hospital in Hazard, Ky. He was born May 10, 1966, in Alton, Ill., to the late Gerald Wayne and Charlene (Cooksey) Burns. A graduate of Sikeston Public Schools, he had attended Auto Diesel Mechanics School in Nashville. A member of Diehlstadt Baptist Church and the Bob Ross Painting Club, he was self-employed in the home construction business...
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