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Dixie Theater Show
(Local News ~ 02/09/18)
The Dixie Arts Council presents "Love in the Key of Hello & Goodbye" on Saturday, February 17, 7:00 pm at the Dixie Theater on Main Street in New Madrid, Mo. Local talented kids and adults will be performing love and breakup songs live on stage. Concessions will be offered and tickets can be purchased at the door the night of the performance for $4 for adults and $2 for children under 12...
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Southeast Invites Prospective Students to Attend Show Me Day Feb. 17 and 19
(State News ~ 02/09/18)
Prospective students and their parents are invited to attend Show Me Day on Saturday, Feb. 17, and Monday, Feb. 19, on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, with a Diversity and Inclusion Showcase planned during the Feb. 19 event. “Show Me Day is an opportunity for individuals interested in Southeast to visit our campus and see the wide variety of academic programs and services we offer,” said Lenell Hahn, director of Admissions...
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Southeast Missouri Farmers, Agriculture Producers Should Have Voice in NAFTA Negotiations
(State News ~ 02/09/18)
WASHINGTON – As negotiations continue behind closed doors around the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is fighting to provide Southeast Missouri farmers, ranchers, and producers a voice in the renegotiation of the nation’s largest trade agreement...
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Invincible - Studies in I King 18, Part 1
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Read 1 Kings 18:22–40
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Summer ball meeting
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/18)
As the new Summer Ball Season approaches, it is time to start discussing registrations, expectations, issues, and areas that may or may not need to be addressed. There will be a meeting on February 26th, at 6:30, at Called Up for all that want to contribute/volunteer their time to help make this year's season a success, just as last year...
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The Strong State of Our Union
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Last Tuesday night I was honored to join many of you in witnessing President Trump’s very first State of the Union address to Congress. Leading up to the speech there were many things I thought the President could say, what he should say, and ultimately what he would say. ...
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Most of Missouri is still being impacted by drought
(Local News ~ 02/09/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Most of Missouri remains in a drought, according to a map released Feb. 8 by the National Drought Mitigation Center. The drought affects livestock farmers facing dwindling hay reserves. Row crop farmers are eyeing the situation with caution as planting season nears...
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1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting at home in Poplar Bluff
(Local News ~ 02/09/18)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Authorities say paranoia from alleged methamphetamine use caused a Sikeston, Mo., man to fire multiple shots late Thursday night inside the Poplar Bluff home of a relative, killing her and injuring two others. Janice Nicole Thomas, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:26 a.m. Friday by Butler County Coroner Andy Moore...
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Lilbourn students unite to show kindness
(Local News ~ 02/09/18)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Students at Lilbourn Elementary School are showing some glorious kindness this Valentine's Day. The students, all members of the school's new Glorious Kindness Club, spent an afternoon recently creating valentines to send to veterans. They glued decorations and colored pictures then added special messages inside each card. Older students leaned across the tables helping younger children with spelling...
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Janet Wilburn
(Obituary ~ 02/09/18)
SIKESTON Janet Wilburn was ushered into Heaven on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2018.
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Mary Hale
(Obituary ~ 02/09/18)
SIKESTON Mary Alice Cauble Hale, age 85, passed away peacefully with her daughters at her side on Feb. 8, 2018, at Delta South Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston.
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James Bozeman
(Obituary ~ 02/09/18)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. James Edward "Bubba" Bozeman, 75, died Feb. 9, 2018, at his home in East Prairie.
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Osborn Barr releases leadership changes
(Business ~ 02/09/18)
Osborn Barr, a marketing communications agency with offices in St. Louis, Kansas City and Nashville, announces several senior-level leadership changes.
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PAT child of the month
(02/09/18)
Korbyn Parks, who is pictured with his mother Sarah Parks, was named the Sikeston R-6 Parents as Teachers child of the month for January.
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SCTC students compete in TOPS
(02/09/18)
On Feb. 2 the Sikeston Career and Technology Center competed in the annual "Tomorrow's Outstanding Professionals Skills Challenge" (TOPS) at Northeastern Arkansas College in Blytheville, Ark. This contest was represented by 14 schools and technology centers in two different states.
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Preschool pups
(02/09/18)
Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education Center named its preschool pups of the month for January. Picture are front row, from left: Marak Hess, Elijaha Valesquez, Jada Armstrong and Chris Faulkner; and back row: Charlotte Payne, Adrian Dixon, Addisyn Perkins, John Ross Williams and Ender Mercer. Also pictured are Assistant Principal Sarah Carbaugh and Principal Jenny Hobeck. Not pictured is Jamie Tatum.
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Kindergarten Pups
(02/09/18)
Sikeston Kindergarten Center named its Kindergarten Pups of the month for January. Pictured are front row, from left: Paris Jones, Cam'Ron Watkins, Piper Buchanan, Phoenyx Cox, Jeremiah Mullins, Layla Cobbins, Serrinity Martinez, A'Laiyah Henderson and Brooklyn Smith; second row: James Tatum, Luis Rofkahr, Xander Throop, Mya Darnall, Austin Payne, Genesis Cain, Jaiden Cannon, Jayvaion Harris and Jermaine Burton; and back row: Zakhylah Spence, Cash Davidson, Mauricio Escoto-Boites, Austin Breeden, JoCee Culbertson, Jamaya Guest, Kamiyah Herrion, Laylah Reed, Everett Holley and Cooper Bryan. Not pictured are Asliyah Dixon and Matthew Halbert.
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Scott Central Homecoming royalty
(02/09/18)
Scott County Central High School had its homecoming Jan. 26. Homecoming King and Queen were juniors Garry Wilkerson and Hannah Bode.
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Reflections: 4th of July
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Harl "DoRight" Johnson remembered his best 4th of July ever.
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Reflections: Justice served
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
James R. "Flat-top" Howard had seen a lot of things by the time he and Sheriff Cowboy Ramsey operated the Cabana Court Motel on Highway 61 in New Madrid in the 1960s
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Reflections: Tuf-Nut
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
The Shainberg Store operated for many years at the corner of Main and Mill Streets in New Madrid. Wagley Furniture now occupies the building.
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Reflections: Higgerson's food grater
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Andrew Higgerson made things. Andrew's family lived in the isolated river bottoms along the Mississippi River 12 miles east of New Madrid.
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Reflections: A cut above the rest
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
In the less populated areas--the rural byways like New Madrid--the beauticians and barbers fill those shoes. Their shops of business are a wonderful place for information, rumors, stories and general mish-mash about nearly everything.
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Reflections: Pork-n-guns
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
A recent visitor to our town's Main Street recalled his participation as a boy in the 4-H Fat Barrow Show held for many years each spring in New Madrid.
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Reflections: Hap's
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
With the arrival of the London Olympics and the recent Golden Jubilee Celebration of Queen Elizabeth we are all reminded of our British heritage and its traditions.
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Reflections: Sledgehammer
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Alvin "Bo" DuBois grew up in Risco during the Great Depression in a family that numbered 12 children. He and his twin brother were near the youngest of the large brood, which also included an older brother who had been born without a left arm.
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Reflections: Ice fishing
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Bill Ice served as county surveyor for 27 years in New Madrid County.
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Reflections: The Kiwi Connection
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
When the American Queen docked at New Madrid in September I met a couple on tour from New Zealand. They were in the United States to see some of the country that saved New Zealand from the Japanese during WWII, and here they were in New Madrid.
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Reflections: Transporter
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Our connection to the Mississippi River in New Madrid is not what it used to be. Until the arrival of the railroad in the 1890s and then the automobile and improved roads after the turn of the century, all commerce and travel was on the great river.
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Reflections: A long, strange trip
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Eddye Phillips was widowed when she was 40. Her husband, Murray Phillips Jr., died during the great flu pandemic in 1919. At the time they had five children, ages 2 to 17, four boys and, the youngest, a girl.
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Reflections: Job hunting, what a drag
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
Anyone who has ever been job hunting will tell you that it is "experience" that often makes the difference between being hired or told "we'll call you." Of course, the great conundrum is how to get the first job when you have no real experience.
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Reflections: Wardell, BBQ, MFA and LBJ
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
There is a story behind this photo taken in Wardell, Missouri, in the 1950s.
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Reflections: You Reap What You S(n)ow
(Column ~ 02/09/18)
John Alfred Hunter had two jobs he worked daily in New Madrid.
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