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New sewer treatment plant top discussion in special work session
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
Portageville Mayor Denis McCrate called for a special work session meeting with all of the main players that are involved with the new sewer treatment plant. That meeting took place last Thursday night, June 29 at the Portageville Hall. In attendance were Cindy-Lyn White and Brent Stidham of Bootheel Regional Planning and Zoning, Whitney Watts of USDA Rural Development, Jeff Doss and Scott Knight from Crawford, Murphy and Tilly engineering firm (CMT), and Alderman Vince Berry, Ray S, and Jessie James of the City Council , the City Attorney Terry McVey, Mayor McCrate and City Clerk Jenny Scherer.. ...
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Where in Portageville is the World?
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
Here is the final picture contest to help promote the Summer Reading Program of the New Madrid County Library - Portageville branch. If you can correctly guess where in Portageville is the world is will get a prize. Please bring your guesses to the Portageville library for submission. Come learn more about your world. -Scott Seal, staff...
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First Cotton Bloom
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
The Priggel Girls (Julianna, Anna Jane, Maggie) found three lovely cotton blooms last Thursday, June 29, in their Dads' Americot NG 3406 cotton. Little Anna Jane would also like to report that she could not find any pigweed to chop so it was time to go! Julianna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Priggel, and anna Janew and Maggie are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Priggel, all of Portageville...
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Lilbourn man killed in motorcycle crash
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Lilbourn man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Sunday in Butler County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 3:35 a.m. on Missouri Highway 158 off-ramp to US Highway 67, as Johnny O. Riley, 26, who was operating a motorcycle, failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the left side of the road...
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ABC’s of salvation
(Column ~ 07/06/17)
D.L. Moody tells how he gave an evangelistic address to a large Chicago congregation, and then told them to go home and think carefully about accepting Jesus as Savior. Before the next Sunday came, the great Chicago fire occurred. Many of those people died in the fire, and many others Moody never saw again. After that, whenever he preached the gospel, he always pleaded for an immediate decision. Opportunities are often here just for a day, an hour, a moment, and then are gone forever!...
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Community Day 5K winners
(Community Sports ~ 07/06/17)
Starting off the Portageville Community Day activities on Saturday was a 5K run/walk. The winners are, from left, Luke Darst and Noel Daniel Aguilera taking first and second place in the 15-19 mens division; Reece Wadley, first in the men's 20-29 division; Sherri Jarred, first in the 50 and up division; and Bro. ...
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Land of the Free, Home of the Brave
(Column ~ 07/06/17)
Being an American makes me feel proud, fortunate and humbled all at the same time. Proud that our Founding Father’s vision became a reality. Fortunate because I was lucky enough to be born in this incredible, free nation and humbled by the blessing of serving our country in Congress. ...
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Independence Day Capitol Report
(Column ~ 07/06/17)
Celebrating America’s Independence Happy Independence Day! This Fourth of July, as families and friends enjoy some delicious barbecue and marvel at the awe-inspiring displays in the night sky, that they should also take a few moments to truly appreciate how fortunate they are to live in a nation that is devoted to the cause of freedom. ...
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Rouse is crowned Miss 4th of July
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
A Kennett girl was crown as the 2017 4th of July Queen during Saturday's Portageville Community Day Beauty Pageant. Isabella Rouse won the title by default, as she was the only contestant in her division. She is the daughter of Deanna Brooks of Kennett...
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Sikeston boutique owner reunites vintage wedding dress with St. Louis bride
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
SIKESTON -- A vintage wedding dress was almost turned into satin handkerchiefs had it not been for Jeannie Williams' curiosity to find the bride who wore the 71-year-old gown. It began when Williams' friend, Sue Chessor of Sikeston, recently brought a wedding dress to Williams at her shop in hopes that Williams, who owns Purse-N-Ality in downtown Sikeston, would be able to reuse the material in some way...
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Officials worried about bedbug infestations
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
SIKESTON - Sikeston Housing Authority and Scott County Health Department officials are concerned with bedbug infestations in the area. "Bedbugs have become an expensive nuisance," said Bobby Henry, executive director of the Sikeston Housing Authority...
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Hutcheson bound over on forgery charges
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Suspended Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson will face trial on 15 charges, including charges of forgery, tampering with computer data and misconduct by a notary. The decision was announced Wednesday, over a week after Hutcheson's preliminary hearing on the charges. Hutcheson will be arraigned Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Mississippi County Circuit Court, when he will also be arraigned on a robbery charge from another case...
- Summer reading (Local News ~ 07/06/17)
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Robert Kasting
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
SIKESTON -- Robert Kasting, 79, passed away July 5, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born June 16, 1938, in Morehouse, he was the son of the late George and Cora Stevens Kasting. On Feb. 25, 1961, in Sikeston, he married Shirley Tanner who survives of the home...
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Avery Hutcheson
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- Avery Lynn Hutcheson, 62, formerly of East Prairie, died July 4, 2017, at his home. Born Aug. 14, 1954, in Rapid City, S.D., son of Susie Hutcheson of East Prairie and the late Avery T. Hutcheson, he was a farmer and also a chemical sales representative for over 20 years...
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Gayle Jarrell
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Gayle Clayton Jarrell, 74, died July 5, 2017. Born Oct. 28, 1942, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of the late Talmadge Clayton and Berniece Owen Clayton, she attended school in the Malden and later lived in Phoenix, Ariz., before moving back to Dexter. A lifelong member of the Church of Christ of Malden and Dexter, she had worked as a credit manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co...
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Theresa Williams
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
WILSON CITY, Mo. -- Theresa Williams, 56, died July 3, 2017, at her mother's home. Born Sept. 20, 1960, in Wyatt, to Essie Sloan Greer of Wilson City and the late Hernando Desota Rowe Jr., she was a member of Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wyatt and employed as a caretaker with Semo Alliance for Disability...
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