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Young North Pemiscot Mustangs to have challenging seasonS
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/17)
With one returning player for the North Pemiscot Mustangs, it will be interesting to watch this young team develop in Missouri Bootheel basketball. The only returning senior this year is DKaivian Whitaker. This is Heeb's second year as a head basketball coach on the varsity level. Previously, he has three years of Junior High and High School assistant positions, two years at Clarkton and one year at the New Madrid County Central Middle School...
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Paradoxes in the Christian Life – Part 1
(Column ~ 11/24/17)
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24)
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WIC PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE SERVICES
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
The New Madrid Co. Health Department has announced that a contract to continue to provide WIC services for federal fiscal year 2018 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health. Under the terms of the contract the New Madrid Co. Health Department will be able to serve 612 persons eligible for WIC every month. ...
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Farrenburg goes from life of addiction to life of redemption
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
FARRENBURG, Mo. -- Tim Farrenburg has deep roots in the small town that bears his family name. Southeast Missouri was still largely a swamp when Farrenburg's grandfather, William Alexander Farrenburg, constructed a small church in the community of Farrenburg, which is about 15 miles south of Sikeston...
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2017 ornament available
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
This year's ornament depicts the Missouri Delta Community Hospital, which is now known as Missouri Delta Medical Center. Ornaments are $25 each and can be purchased at the Sikeston Depot Museum, Historic Downtown Sikeston office, Missouri Delta Medical Center gift shop, various downtown Sikeston merchants and online at downtownsikeston.org...
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Filing closes for Sikeston city offices; mayoral race will be contested
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
SIKESTON -- Filing closed Tuesday for three open positions on Sikeston's City Council, with one contested race on next year's ballot. Council positions up for appointment next year are mayor and Ward 2 and Ward 3 council members. Only mayor will have a contested race as incumbent Steven H. Burch will be challenged by John Graham...
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Making a difference: Lilbourn native, family give back to local students
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- North Lilbourn native Detral Treadwell was not the first in his family to attend Lincoln University nor was he the first student from the Missouri Bootheel to travel miles with the soldier's dream of a college education. The mid-1970s ushered in a time of oil shortages, Middle East conflict and the fall of Saigon. ...
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2 Doniphan residents killed, 1 New Madrid man injured in crash
(Local News ~ 11/24/17)
JOHNSON TOWNSHIP, Mo. -- Two Doniphan men were killed and a New Madrid man injured in a single-vehicle crash late Thursday in Ripley County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 10:32 p.m. on Route K near K-5, as the northbound vehicle driven by Hayden F. Samons, 20, of New Madrid ran off the road, struck a mailbox and overturned several times, ejecting passengers, Brandon D. Samons, 16, and Derick M. Samons, 22, of Doniphan...
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Lance Goodding
(Obituary ~ 11/24/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- James Lance Goodding, 46, died Nov. 21, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born June 3, 1971, in Columbia, son of James Goodding of Grain Valley and the late Jean Goodding, he was employed by Sanders-Pinnacle Ag as an ag chemical applicator. He was a member of Full Gospel Church in East Prairie...
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Viola Trankler
(Obituary ~ 11/24/17)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Viola Mary Trankler, 95, died Nov. 22, 2017, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 22, 1922, daughter of the late Frank and Anes Wiedefeld Glueck, she was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, St. Ann's Sodality and a past member of the homemaker's club and senior citizens. She worked many years for Florsheim Shoe Co. in Chaffee...
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