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Ross Elementary Honor Roll for Second Quarter
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
The following students at Ross Elementary have received Honor Roll for the Second Quarter: First Grade: Bryleigh Chandler Allysa Duda Hunter Hamm Dalton Hinton Jersey Luye Destiney Lyell Olivia Macklin Oakleigh McGowan Aiden Moore A.J. Smith Brody Whitaker...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 02/01/19)
I am sick and tired of everybody cussing the liberals for not being generous. They are the most generous people in the world as long they are using somebody else’s money.
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Sonja Warning
(Obituary ~ 02/01/19)
SIKESTON — Sonja Darnell Warning, 58, died Jan. 27, 2019, at her home. Born Sept. 29, 1960, in Sikeston, daughter of Anna May Howell Berry of Miner and the late George Ray, she was a nurse’s aide at Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston. On June 10, 1996, in Cairo, Ill., she married Ronnie Lee Warning, and he survives of the home...
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Ruby Poor
(Obituary ~ 02/01/19)
SIKESTON — Ruby Lee Poor, 78, formerly of East Prairie, died Jan. 31, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 29, 1940, in Columbus, Ky., daughter of the late Lecile and Mary Hilliard Poor, she was a homemaker and member of Cape First Church of Sikeston...
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Dexter’s Frieda Young, 98 years young, brings a smile to all she meets
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
DEXTER, Mo. — Everyone who goes to a hospital is likely to have a certain amount apprehension. Whether you are paying a bill, having a medical test or visiting someone who is a patient you can feel it a little. But if you visit SoutheastHealth of Stoddard County in Dexter on Tuesday afternoons a friendly smile will greet you and ease that tension...
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Thank a Farmer Week celebrates agriculture across the state
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
BENTON, Mo. – Farmers around the world provide consumers with food choices, clothing, transportation, shelter and much more. In Missouri, there are 99,171 farms on 28.5 million acres of land and they produce a wide variety of crops and livestock. In order to celebrate the importance of agriculture and those farmers that are dedicated to stewardship of the land and animals that provide for all, the Missouri Farm Bureau and county Farm Bureau’s across the state are joining forces to for Celebrate Agriculture: Thank a Farmer Week. ...
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Missouri releases statewide results for MAP, APR for 2017-18 year
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced statewide results for both the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) and district Annual Performance Reports (APR) for the 2017-18 school year. More than 413,000 third- through eighth-grade students and an additional 175,000 high school students participated in the state’s testing program, leading to more than 1.05 million total assessments being administered to Missouri public and charter school students.. ...
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Local assessment results
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
At a glance The following is a list of school districts throughout the Southeast Missouri Region and their final APR (Annual Performance Report) percentage of points earned. Source: Missouri Department of Elementary Education...
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2019 February Calendar Girl
(Local News ~ 02/01/19)
Ashley Gilman, daughter of Denise and Rob Murphy and Kenny Gilman, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for February. Gilman, first runner-up in the 2018 Miss Sikeston contest, plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and major in physical therapy...
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Do It Best celebrates 5 years
(Business ~ 02/01/19)
The Sikeston Regional Chamber helped Do It Best, Corp. celebrate being in the community five years on Jan. 23. Will Ryan, general manager (and speaker in top photo) and his team invited all Do It Best employees, retirees, as well as the Chamber community to enjoy lunch and tour the facility. “We are proud to be in Sikeston and it really means a lot to us to have such amazing support in the community,” Mark Ponder, shipping department manager...
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Business notebook (Feb. 3)
(Business ~ 02/01/19)
MRV Banks hires Jeremy Schlosser as Sikeston market president SIKESTON — MRV Banks has announced that Jeremy Schlosser has been hired as Sikeston market president. Schlosser has over 10 years of experience in the financial industry and will be responsible for managing the bank’s commercial and agricultural relationships in addition to overseeing operations for the Sikeston branch...
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Missouri hydroponic farm grows produce for local schools
(Business ~ 02/01/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — More than 20 years ago, a school invited Steve Hamra in for lunch, to observe the children eating the produce he grew. It was the first time Hamra, president and founder of Amanzi Farms in Sikeston, realized the impact nutritious produce can make...
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