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New study could improve effectiveness of welfare
(Editorial ~ 03/20/19)
There is a perception — though it may be inaccurate — that many relying on welfare benefits are part of generational poverty where taxpayer-funded assistance has become a “family tradition.” When generation after generation after generation rely solely on government assistance, it’s worth asking how the program can be improved to end generational dependency...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/20/19)
Citizen wants help Yes, I am single woman. I’m 51 years old and I live alone. I’m a life long resident of Sikeston. As a matter of fact I still live in the same house I was born in 51 years ago on the west end. About a week ago there was another woman like me, I guess who lived alone, a little bit younger than me, that was murdered on Kendall Street in broad daylight and I haven’t heard another word about it since. ...
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Diane Gray
(Obituary ~ 03/20/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Diane Gray, 54, formerly of Sikeston, died March 12, 2019, at the Kansas City Palliative and Hospice Care. Born Aug. 12, 1964, in Hayti, daughter of Earline Meadow of Rockford, Ill., and the late A.G. Hunter, she attended Caruthersville Public Schools and a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Sikeston. After relocating to Kansas City, she became a member of El Shaddai International Ministries. ...
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Al Jarrett Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/20/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Al “Catfish” Jarrett Jr., 88, died March 12, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 27, 1930, in Arkansas, he was the son of the late Al and Oralee Hodges Jarrett. On Aug. 25, 1956, in New Madrid, he married Mary Robinson, who survives of the home...
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Roy Dunlap
(Obituary ~ 03/20/19)
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Roy Calvin Dunlap, 75, died March 17, 2019, at his home in Ypsilanti. Born May 10, 1943 in Portageville, Mo., he was the son of the late Guy T. Dunlap and Christine C. Muller Dunlap. In 1961 in Ypsilanti, he married Linda Dunlap, and she survives of the home...
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Kenny Patrick
(Obituary ~ 03/20/19)
SIKESTON — Kenneth "Kenny" Patrick, 72, died March 16, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 15, 1946, he was the son of the late William and Dorothy Simmons Patrick. Survivors include: two sons, Kenneth Dale Patrick of Cape Girardeau and Terry Patrick of Sikeston; two daughters, Cindy Higgins and Sherry Patrick of East Prairie; four brothers, Sid Patrick of East Prairie, Thomas Patrick and Lance Patrick of Morehouse and Sam Patrick of Texas; three sisters, Lucille Siars and Earlene Daughhetee of Charleston and Connie Kersey of Colorado; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.. ...
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