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Missouri Press Association Hosts Fifth Annual It Can Wait Editorial Contest; Open to Middle School and High School Students
(State News ~ 10/04/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the fifth year in a row, the Missouri Press Association (MPA), local Missouri newspapers and AT&T are joining together to host an It Can Wait editorial contest to raise awareness about the dangers of smartphone-related driving distractions. The contest begins on September 25 and is open to middle school and high school students from across Missouri...
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Art contest winner
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
The NMC Drug Free Communities Coalition, part of the New Madrid County Family Resource Center submitted her artwork along with 3 others in this year’s contest. The purpose of this contest is to empower and engage students to prevent substance abuse among their peers by spreading the message that “your actions matter”. ...
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Portageville FFA attends Area Leadership Conference
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
On September 27, fourteen members of the Portageville FFA chapter attended the 2017 FFA Leadership Conference held at Holcomb High School. The conference is an annual event held for 1st year FFA members and chapter FFA officers. The first year FFA members, greenhands, are given their first experience with the FFA outside of their local chapter. ...
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Local trooper promoted
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
Captain Jeffrey N. Vitale, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, is pleased to announce the following promotions effective October 1, 2017. Trooper Dylan L. DeJournett has been promoted to corporal and designated the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 8, New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. DeJournett was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 2011. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 8. He is married to Amanda (Edgar)...
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Project Graduation Womanless Beauty Contest
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
As part of a fund-raising effort to raise money for Project Graduation, senior high school seniors participated in a Womanless Beauty Contest. The contestants walked about Main Street collecting money and the one with the most had the honor to become Queen. The top money collector was Bailey Cook (Annita Mann), second place was Hunter Gates (Holly Berry Gates), and in third is Caleb Pullum (Peaches). -Scott Seal photo...
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Breast Cancer Survivor - Why Me, Lord?
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
“Why Me?” was the first thought that came to Margaret Clayton when she heard the dreadful news. “I was only 46 year old. I wanted to live, I wanted to watch my daughters grow up, get married and see grandchildren. I wanted to grow old with my husband. All these things swirled around in my mind. I prayed, please God, make this go away!! We notified our families and friends to let them know to please pray for me and my family,” she said...
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MDC reminder: Don’t feed bears
(Outdoors ~ 10/04/17)
MDC reminds people to “Be Bear Aware” by not feeding bears and providing potential sources of food.
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Five volleyball Seniors recognized
(High School Sports ~ 10/04/17)
The Portageville Lady Bulldog Volleyball team would like to honor their five graduating seniors and their families for their dedication to Bulldog Volleyball.
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Portageville Bulldogs defeat East Prairie for third consecutive win
(High School Sports ~ 10/04/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo – After an 0-4 start to the season, the Portageville Bulldogs have been on a tear of late. Thanks to a passing game that’s found its mojo the Bulldogs extended their winning streak to three Friday night, holding off a second half East Prairie comeback for a 50-38 homecoming victory...
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Heartlander Abroad: Greenville, MS
(Column ~ 10/04/17)
A wanderlust is an individual with a passion to travel, a desire to see, taste, touch, smell, and hear as much of this little planet as possible in a lifetime. Many folks, especially from rural small-town America like myself, view traveling as a luxury, and consider the lifestyle of a semi-nomadic adventurer to be a fantasy. ...
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Melvin Shoults
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
Melvin Ardell Shoults, 90, of Portageville, was born December 18, 1926, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., to Harley Shoults and Nellie Cox Shoults, and departed this life Friday, September 29, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. He was united in marriage to Juanita Haug February 8, 1947 in Ste. Genevieve. She survives of the home...
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Lottery numbers (Tuesday, Oct. 3)
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ These Missouri lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Mega Millions 12-18-19-25-67, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier: 5 (twelve, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-five, sixty-seven; Mega Ball: seven; Megaplier: five) Estimated jackpot: $25 million...
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Hayti animal shelter reaching out for help
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
HAYTI, Mo. -- CHS-PAWS, a no-kill animal shelter in Hayti is reaching out to the public for help and support. "We have taken in over 18 animals that needed care in the last week, and our Helping Hands program has had many requests," Karol Wilcox, Humane Society president said in a release. "Our area has been hard it by more lay offs and there seems to be an unusual uptake in puppy and kitten season along with abandoned animals."...
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MDMC part of $2.4 million DRA investment to aid region's development
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
SIKESTON -- The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) recently announced $2.4 million in new investments to strengthen Missouri's infrastructure, workforce and economy, with enhancing health care at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston named as one of the six economic development projects...
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Laurali Jernigan
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Laurali Maylene Jernigan, three months old, died Oct. 2, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. She was born July 12, 2017, at Sikeston, the daughter of Gregory Seth and Cheryl Lynn Gordon Jernigan. In addition to her parents, survivors include two brothers and two sisters, Gregory Cole Jernigan, Billy Jean Jernigan II, Aliza Kay Squires and Alyssa Noel Jernigan; grandparents, Carolyn Joyce Grisso, Sheila Kay Gaskins, Cecil Hammontree and Tommy Brewer; great grandparents, Pat and Robert Tilley and Harvey Gaskins, uncles and aunts, Lenny Gene Jernigan, Lance Elliott Simmerman, Blake Lee Vinson, Harry Gordon IV, Hannah Elizabeth Gordon and Amber Marie Gordon; numerous great aunts, great uncles and cousins.. ...
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Ben Harber
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- Ben M. Harber, 87, formerly of East St. Louis, Ill., died Sept. 26, 2017, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. Born Nov. 24, 1929, in Matthews Mo. to the late Bennie and Melba Davidson Harber, he was a United States Navy veteran and served in the Korean War. He worked at Gaylord Container in St. Louis, Mo., for 42 years as a factory production line worker...
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Harriet Ann Simmons
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
DeQUINCY, La. -- Harriet Ann Simmons, 74, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Oct. 2, 2017. Born March 26, 1943, daughter of the late Grover and Pearl Lindsey, she graduated from Sikeston High School in 1961. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Auston Simmons...
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Hazel Simmerman
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Hazel Euretta Simmerman, 90, died Oct. 3, 2017, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Feb. 23, 1927, in Tennessee, to Laudy Forrest Chandler and Azalee Hall Chandler, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and attended the St. James General Baptist Church in East Prairie...
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