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New Madrid Co. Commissioners release 2018 budget
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
The New Madrid County Commission met Tuesday, February 6, for the annual budget hearing for 2018. The meeting was held in the office of County Clerk and Budget Officer Clement Cravens. He presented the docket and records of this Commission, information and estimates for the year 2018 as required by County Budget Law (Sections 50.525 to 50.745, RSMo.)...
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Boyd Dental Offices to close Caruthersville location
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
Dr. David M. Boyd would like to announce the sale of his Caruthersville office to the SEMO Health Network. Dr. Boyd will continue to practice dentistry as he has for the past 26 years in his Portageville office with the We Care Team. All patient records will be retained by Dr. Boyd and moved to his Portageville office. Any...
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Leadership Conferences Offered to Missouri High Schools
(State News ~ 02/08/18)
TRACTION - Teens Taking Action to Prevent Traffic Crashes
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Spence Named to UA Dean's List
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
TUSCALOOSA, AL -- Alexis K Spence of Portageville, MO (63873), was named to The University of Alabama's Dean's List for fall 2017. A total of 12,594 students enrolled during the 2017 fall semester at UA were named to the Dean's List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President's List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). ...
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Men's Conference of the Bootheel at Tallapoosa Church
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
The First Southern Baptist Church of Tallapoosa will be hosting its annual Men's Conference of the Bootheel on Saturday, Feb. 24th, at the First Southern Baptist Church Mission Center. The theme for this year will be "Sanctity of the Church". The conference leaders this year are Dr. Calvin Bryant of Kentucky. Full Circle of Risco will be leading the worship service...
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“But We See Jesus"
(Column ~ 02/08/18)
In Hebrews 2:8, 9 we read, "we see not yet... But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour,..." Isn’t there much that we do not yet see? Do we see sorrows gone? Do we see sickness overcome? Do we see Satan bound? Do we see death destroyed? The answer to all of these is, “Not yet.” But in the midst of all that we do not yet see we see Jesus. ...
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Malden boys beat Portageville 65-31 to claim first Bootheel Conference title since 2007
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/18)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Nobody expected this. With its 15-point halftime lead disappearing in the opening minutes of the third quarter, Malden put together a massive and perpetual run to beat Portageville 65-31 and win its first Bootheel Conference Tournament since 2007...
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Portageville beats Malden 60-34 in Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball championship
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/18)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The third time proved to be the charm for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. After dropping the 2016 and 2017 conference tournament championships to the Malden Green Wave Portageville turned the tables Friday night...
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Leadership Conferences Offered Free to Missouri High Schools
(Column ~ 02/08/18)
The Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Safety and Traffic Division is offering a great and very affordable opportunity to all Missouri high schools. Students can attend a traffic safety leadership training conference in July called TRACTION - Teens taking action to prevent traffic crashes. Traffic crashes remain one of the leading causes of death and serious injury for Missouri teens, making it very important that our youth join the mission to help save lives. ...
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New Madrid County officials tighten spending as another year of deficit spending forecast
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- With the prospect of another year of digging into reserve funding, New Madrid County commissioners have drawn up a leaner budget for 2018. Prior to signing the 2018 budget in Tuesday's meeting, County Clerk Clement Cravens and Commissioners Don Day and Bobby Aycock summed up the spending for 2017 and what is ahead for 2018...
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Citizen's tip leads to drug arrest
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
SIKESTON -- A tip from an alert citizen led to the arrest of a Sikeston man on drug charges. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Sergeant Jon Broom, officers responded to South Prairie and Kay Street at 1:39 a.m. Saturday after a citizen reported a suspicious person and vehicle parked in their neighborhood...
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A Head Start: New classrooms will benefit local program
(Local News ~ 02/08/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- DAEOC Head Start is under going a growth spurt. In 2017, new Head Start facilities opened in Senath and Hayti. Also an Early Head Start began last year in Kennett while Sikeston added an Early Head Start facility in June 2017 at 123 Arthur St. near Northwest and Wakefield...
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Kerry Tidwell
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
MORLEY, Mo. Norman "Kerry" Tidwell, 63, died Feb. 7, 2018, at his home.
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Carolyn Schrieber
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
SIKESTON Carolyn Jean Schrieber, 61, died Jan. 7, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
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Ilar Baldridge
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
TROY, Tenn. Ilar Davis Baldridge, 85, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Feb. 6, 2018.
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Ralph Triplett
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
SIKESTON Ralph Triplett, 70, died Feb. 6, 2018, at Campbell Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell.
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Lucille Summerfield
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. Lucille Summerfield, 92, died Feb. 7, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
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Ellen Bradley
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Ellen Mae Bradley, 59, died Feb. 6, 2018, at her home in Portageville.
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Charlie Danels
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
SIKESTON Visitation for Charles Allen "Charlie" Danels, 36, who died Jan. 31, 2018, will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Pentecostal Church in Morehouse.
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Ermine Simpson
(Obituary ~ 02/08/18)
LILBOURN, Mo. Icie "Ermine" Keith Simpson, 93, died Feb. 8, 2018, at her home in Lilbourn.
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