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A Bootheel Recording Studio - Alley Trax closes down
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
In 1994, what started out as a fluke became a business that would make a difference in the lives of music lovers and artist alike for generations to come. Alley Trax in Hayti has spent the past 24 years helping people record music and today, they have closed their doors for the final time. ...
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Doing a Good Deed
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
Have you noticed Crepe Myrtles on Main Street looking a little nicer? Thanks to the efforts of Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Poole. for some time, Mrs. Sandra has noticed how the Crepe Myrtles have looked and wanted to do something about them but did not want to step on anyone’s toes...
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Chief Deputy Miller retires
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
One of New Madrid County’s finest, Tony Miller, retired from his duties at the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, Feb. 28. However, he has not quit law enforcement. On March 1, he starts a new career as a School Resource Officer for the New Madrid County Central School District. ...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/01/19)
Men that pick up the trash in Matthews are so good. They always put senior citizens cans up underneath the carport and most trash men would not do that. That is so nice and they have such horrible weather sometimes, rain, sleet, whatever. It’s wonderful they come and put the seniors trash cans up under their carports. And I want to thank them for what they do. They are wonderful people.
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Margaret Vinson
(Obituary ~ 03/01/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Margaret Alice Golightly Vinson, 85, died Feb. 28, 2019, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 3, 1933, in Mississippi County, daughter of the late Clarence Eugene and Katherine Bryars Golightly, she had lived several years in Charleston and had been employed as an in-home health care worker...
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Paul Roslen
(Obituary ~ 03/01/19)
SIKESTON — Paul David Roslen, 55, died Feb. 25, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 28, 1963, in Dexter, he was the son of the late Gilbert and Pauline Sorter Roslen. On Sept. 5, 1986, in Benton, he married Gina Dirickson, who survives of the home...
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Harold Banks
(Obituary ~ 03/01/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Harold Ray Banks, 76, died Feb. 28, 2019, at his home in East Prairie. Born Aug. 19, 1942, son of the late Bradley and Emma Barnes Banks, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was the owner of Banks Auto Body Shop in East Prairie...
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(Submit your news)
(Submitted Story ~ 03/01/19)
Title Start-Up Natural Food Company to Build Headquarters in Central Missouri Will hold meeting in Dexter for prospective farmer investors at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, Dexter Chamber of Commerce MOBERLY – A start-up natural food company called Moberly Natural Crush, LLC., (MNC) has purchased a seven-acre lot and assets in the northwest corner of Moberly’s industrial park...
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Federal assistance helps to feed Southeast Missouri while aiding state economy
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri counties and the State of Missouri as a whole have benefited economically from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Program, a new study shows. The program, commonly referred as food stamps, provided more than $30.5 million in assistance to low-income residents in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry and Scott counties combined in fiscal 2018, according to a study from the Missouri Budget Project...
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SHS alum serves as regional science fair’s director
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Sikeston High School alum who competed at the Southeast Missouri Regional Science is now at its helm. Dr. Chelsea Grigery, pediatrician with SoutheastHEALTH and a 2005 graduate of Sikeston High School, serves as the fair’s director...
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Barbecue competition will return to Rodeo Week this year
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
SIKESTON — Bronco riding. Bullfighting. Barbecuing. When rodeo fans gather for the 67th annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, they will have even more ways to spend their time in town. On Saturday, Aug. 10, the barbecue competition returns. Now dubbed the Cowboy Cookoff Contest, the barbecue competition is expected to draw teams from throughout the region to the Sikeston Sports Complex, according to Shad Old, event chairman...
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Sand boil contained
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work to contain a sand boil at the base of the Mississippi River Levee at New Madrid Thursday afternoon. Jamie Evans (standing lower right) directs the placement of sandbags by Bryan Putt as Nick Schrup (standing upper left) and Randy Clark (standing upper right) wait with additional bags. ...
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Saturday night brings more snow, people urged to stay home
(Local News ~ 03/01/19)
JEFFERSON CITY – Winter continues to march through Missouri with a potentially dangerous storm system expected Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The Missouri Department of Transportation has issued a “no travel advisory” for the duration of this storm, which is expected to continue through part of the day on Sunday, March 3...
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Harold Francis Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/01/19)
SIKESTON — Harold G. Francis Sr., 55, died March 1, 2019, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born March 23, 1963, in Bowling Green, Ky., son of the late Harold Lee Francis and Florinell Laverne Beezley Chamberlain Francis, he had worked for Stark Manufacturing...
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Phyllis McDonald
(Obituary ~ 03/01/19)
DELTA, Mo. — Phyllis Ann McDonald, 67, died Feb. 28, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Born Dec. 18, 1951, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Chalmer Perry and LaVaughn Perry Medley, she was retired from the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce and a member of the General Baptist Church in Chaffee...
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