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Two killed in Monday accidents
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
SIKESTON — Two people were killed in separate accidents on Monday just east of Sikeston. The first accident occurred at 10:45 a.m. on northbound Interstate 57 at the .8 mile marker when a vehicle driven by Sharon Stevens, 70, of Bernie turned left into the path of a tractor trailer, driven by Joe Galitt of McAllen, Texas, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Sikeston DPS investigating drive-by shooting
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a drive-by shooting that occurred Monday evening. According to Sgt. Jon Broom, witnesses reported an exchange of gunfire between two persons near the 400 block of Greer about 7:30 p.m. Monday...
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A man of the land, a hero in the sky
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
CANALOU, Mo. — Like so many of the Greatest Generation, Barney Blankenship returned from World War II, stored his medals and mementos in a box in his parents’ house and went to work. Only recently are his children and his grandchildren learning details about his service and the role he played on D-Day, June 6, 1944. It was a battle author Stephen E. Ambrose called the climactic battle of World War II...
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Linda Shine
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
SEMINOLE, Fla. — Linda Jean Groves Shine, 70, died May 31, 2018, in Seminole, Fla. Born March 25, 1948, in Cairo, Ill., to the late John and Janetta Fugate Groves, she grew up in Mississippi County where she attended school in Charleston and Kelly before graduating from Southeast Missouri State University. She was an elementary teacher and later a registered nurse in Gainsville, Fla. and Ocala, Fla., before retiring...
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Glenda Tucker
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Glenda Faye Hornburg Tucker, 69, died May 16, 2018. Born in Gideon, she was the daughter of the late William and Ila Faye Hornburg, She attended high school in New Madrid and graduated magna cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a double major in criminology and sociology. She worked many years as the bar and grill manager of Rosie’s in New Madrid and her own restaurant in Marston, Trails End Saloon. In April, she retired from the New Madrid Living Center...
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Edith Priest
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
LEWISBURG, Tenn. — Edith M. Priest, 78, died June 3, 2018, at NHC Lewisburg. Born July 24, 1939, in East Prairie, daughter of the late Jessie and Mary Fobar Priest, she was employed for 33 years as a certified nursing assistant. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Edward Lynn Clark. Survivors include: two sons, Charles Eugene Clark of Springfield, Ohio, and Jessie C. ...
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Rebecca Lambert
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Rebecca Lynn Lambert, 17, died June 1, 2018, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Born July 24, 2000, in Kankakee, Ill., to Todd Shelton of Illinois and April Lynn Lambert of East Prairie, she was a student at East Prairie High School...
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Gaines B. Beck
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
SIKESTON — Gaines Burl Beck, age 93, died peacefully June 4, 2018, at his home in Sikeston surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 26, 1925, in Dardanelle, Ark., to the late George M. Beck and Lucinda (Mills) Beck. Mr. Beck was self-employed and owned a trucking business for many years up until his retirement at the age of 90 years old...
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Arcola McCauley
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Arcola Mae McCauley, 82, died May 29, 2018, at her home. Born July 7, 1935, in Portageville, daughter of the late Ernest Rateliff and Ivy Hutson Rateliff, she was previously employed at Charleston Manor Skilled Nursing Facility in the dietary department and as a certified nursing assistant in Charleston. She operated her own in-home day care and was a member of Opportunity Church of God in Christ in Charleston...
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David Burch receives Fulbright Award
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
SIKESTON — A Sikeston native has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to the Czech Republic from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. David Burch will teach English at the Secondary School of Applied Arts for Musical Instruments and Furniture in the city of Hradec Kralove as part of a project to help teach English language while serving as a cultural ambassador for the U.S...
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Jerald Francis
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. — John Jerald Francis, 77, formerly of Charleston, died June 5, 2018, at his home in Scott City. Born March 16, 1941, at Charleston, son of the late John Jefferson Francis and Gladys Allene Skinner Francis, he had lived in Charleston a number of years before moving to Scott City.
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