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Parade of fun
(Local News ~ 10/03/17)
The annual Cotton Carnival parade was held Saturday morning in Sikeston.
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Council OKs purchase of thermal imaging cameras for Sikeston DPS
(Local News ~ 10/03/17)
SIKESTON - Sikeston Department of Public Safety Captain Rick Rapert addressed the Sikeston City Council with a proposal to purchase five thermal imaging cameras with a video transmitter and recorder for the fire division during Monday's regular council meeting...
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Driver dies after car crashes into Dexter pond
(Local News ~ 10/03/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- A Dexter woman lost her life in an accident Saturday afternoon when her vehicle ran off the east end of Whitman Street and came to rest upside-down in a pond. Karen Sue Hampton, 70, was eastbound on Whitman in her 2012 Toyota Camry at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle left the right side of the roadway, traveled across a yard...
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Sikeston native secures spot on NBC's 'The Voice'
(Local News ~ 10/03/17)
SIKESTON -- During Monday night's episode on Season 13 of NBC's "The Voice," Sikeston native Anna Catherine DeHart Nashville, Tenn., made it through the third round of blind auditions and secured a spot on Team Blake by singing "I Could Use a Love Song."...
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SPS Foundation to hold annual homecoming tailgate Friday
(Local News ~ 10/03/17)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston Public Schools Foundation will have its 11th annual homecoming tailgate starting at 3 p.m. Friday on the tennis court parking lot next to the SPS football field and pavilion. "I am beyond excited about this year's Homecoming Tailgate," said SPS Foundation Executive Director Lauren DeWitt. "We have over 44 sponsors this year, a lot of them being new to the tailgate."...
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Kenneth Dowdy
(Obituary ~ 10/03/17)
MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Kenneth Ray Dowdy, 72, died Sept. 20, 2017, at his home near Matthews. Born Feb. 20, 1945, in Matthews, son of the late Raymond and Mary Lois Moore Dowdy, he was a longtime auctioneer and Real Estate Broker and a member of the Big Prairie Jaycees...
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Mary Tate
(Obituary ~ 10/03/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. - Mary Imogene Tate, 86, died Oct. 1, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 23, 1931, in Double Springs, Ala., to the late George and Mattie (Posey) Jackson, she attended First Church of the Nazarene in Sikeston and was a long time member of Berea Temple Assembly of God in St. Louis. She had worked as a telephone operator for Central Hardware before retiring...
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Charles Gilligan
(Obituary ~ 10/03/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Charles LeRoy Gilligan, 74, died Sept. 29, 2017, at Charleston Manor. Born April 5, 1943, in East Prairie, he was the son of the late Charles Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Sides Gilligan. Survivors include: one brother, Joe Albert Gilligan of Albany, N.Y.; and one sister, Rose Pusiteri...
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John Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/03/17)
PUXICO, Mo. -- John R. Jones, 82, died Oct. 2, 2017, at his home near Puxico. Born May 10, 1935, in Puxico, son of the late Ira and Verna Susan Neighbors Jones, he had lived in the Puxico area all of his life. He had owned and operated a sawmill. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Puxico...
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