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Bootheel farmer honored for agriculture advocacy by Missouri Corn Growers Association
(Community News ~ 05/03/18)
MATTHEWS, Mo. — Mike Geske’s efforts on behalf of farmers has taken him into the St. Louis Cardinals’ stadium to meet with food bloggers, to a free range chicken farm on the outskirts of Sacramento, Calif., and halfway around the world to lobby the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland...
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Senate Votes To Boost Medicaid Funding Proposal For Care Seniors
(State News ~ 05/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Older Missourians who struggle with debilitating physical impairments and chronic medical conditions would get additional financial relief to help pay for the highly specialized 24-hour nursing home services they require for daily survival under the budget passed Wednesday by the Missouri Senate...
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What is Saving Faith?
(Column ~ 05/03/18)
There are many inadequate and false concepts of saving faith. It is a very important biblical truth. We should not be confused about what true saving faith is. Faith is the key to receiving eternal life. The Bible says in Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." There is only one door to eternal life. ...
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House Approves Legislation to Improve Well-Being of Foster Care Children (HCB 11)
(Column ~ 05/03/18)
This week the House approved a wide-ranging bill meant to make life better for children who are in, and who leave, foster care in the state. House Speaker Todd Richardson in January created the Special Committee to Improve the Care and Well-Being of Young People, to focus on improving the state’s child welfare system. The Department of Social Services is responsible for nearly 13,000 children this year...
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Gates signs with Williams Baptist
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/18)
On Tuesday, Portageville Senior Hunter Gates has signed his letter of intent to play baseball with Williams Baptist College at Walnut Ridge, Ark. "I am very excited about this, said Gates! "This is a religious college, and this is where I need to be at. My family is very religious, and it is a very short distance from here."...
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Portageville man arrested after multiple assaults
(Local News ~ 05/03/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Portageville man is facing multiple charges following two reported assaults. According to online court records, Cody Gavin Haynes, 26, will be arraigned May 10 in Division II of New Madrid County Circuit Court before Judge Joshua Underwood on charges of first degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. ...
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Daniel Moore
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
DELTA, Mo. — Daniel Louis Moore, 31, died May 2, 2018, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 26, 1986, in Cape Girardeau, son of Walter Moore of Delta and Lisa Achter Sizemore of East Prairie, he was a member of the First Baptist Church in Delta...
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Flossie Mae Shaw
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
BENTON, Mo. — Flossie Mae Shaw, 78, died April 26, 2018. She is survived by one son, Mark Longworth of Arnold; three daughters, Penny Longworth Risch of Columbia, Melody Strong of Houston, Texas; and Vicky Shaw of Bernie; and 15 grandchildren. Shaw was cremated and a memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery...
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Rudi Gilbertson
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
SIKESTON — Wilma Ruedell "Rudi" Gilbertson, 88, died April 25, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 20, 1929, in East Prairie, daughter of the late Noven and Geneva Baker Kar, she had been a resident of Sikeston for over 50 years and had attended East Side Church of the Nazarene. ...
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Travis Ellis
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Travis B. Ellis, 77, died April 28, 2018, at his home in New Madrid. Born June 18, 1940, in New Madrid, son of the late Frank and Mary Ann Riley Ellis, he was a teacher in the New Madrid County R-1 School District for 30 years. On Jan. 7, 1966, in Holly Springs, Miss., he married Delois Polk, and she survives of the home...
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Paul Hill Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Paul Franklin Hill Jr., 79, passed away at the New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid on May 1, 2018. He was born April 11, 1939, to the late Paul and Cora Mae Hill in Caruthersville. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Sandy Grimm Hill; and one daughter, Heather Hill, both of New Madrid...
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Frances Headd
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
BENTON, Mo. — Frances Irene Headd, 94, formerly of Parma, died May 2, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 15, 1923, in Parma, daughter of the late Thomas Hudson and Lillie Gertrude Singleton Parker, she had lived in Parma before spending 17 years in California and 35 years in Florida. She moved to Benton in 2005. A member of the First Assembly of God Church in Cape Girardeau, she was a retired school teacher...
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Puxico father, son to stand trial for 2017 death of Sikeston man
(Local News ~ 05/03/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Puxico father and son are to stand trial in February in connection with an apparent high-speed crash that left a pedestrian dead. Wesley G. Faries and his father, Garey L. Faries, appeared in court Wednesday before Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer for a review of their cases...
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Sen. Blunt pushes Pell grants during visit to Cape Girardeau, Sikeston
(Local News ~ 05/03/18)
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., pushed federal Pell grants during a visit Wednesday to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and to Three Rivers College in Sikeston, pointing out he helped secure adding funding for the grants and providing students with access to the grants year round...
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FCA Night at the Ballpark
(Local News ~ 05/03/18)
Youngsters are greeted by Bowser while running the bases at FCA Night at the Ballpark Wednesday at VFW Stadium. Youth were able to run the bases and play catch with Sikeston players before a service where players gave their testimonies.
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Clark Quertermous
(Obituary ~ 05/03/18)
BERTRAND, Mo. — Clark Auburn Quertermous, 56, died May 2, 2018, at his home in Bertrand. Born July 24, 1961, in Sikeston, son of Dennis Ray and Jo Ann Lepchenske Quertermous Sr. of Bertrand. A lifelong resident of Bertrand, he was a 1979 graduate of Charleston High School and a member of the United Methodist Church in Bertrand...
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