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Dexter man killed in Sunday morning accident
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
DEXTER, Mo. — A Dexter man was killed in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Casey J. Perry, 38, was traveling westbound at 6:15 a.m. on Missouri 114, a 1/4 mile east of Dexter when his vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment, overturned and caught fire...
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Branscum takes over as high school principal
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
PORTAGEVILLE — After serving the last five-and-a-half years as middle school principal, Barry Branscum is now filling the position of high school principal previously held by Jeff Bullock. “I am very excited to see what the new year will bring,” said Branscum. “For the most part, many of these kids were in middle school when I was principal. That makes it easier. They know me and I know them and their parents.”...
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Portageville voters OK tax for school resource officer
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — For the second time around, voters in Portageville again agreed to impose a 1/4 of a 1 percent sales tax which will be used to provide security resource officers for the Portageville schools. The vote was 128 in favor of the tax and 75 opposed...
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Fundraisers support Portageville’s ‘Shop with a Cop’ program
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — It may be summer, but the Portageville Police Department is filled with the Christmas spirit and it is spreading all over town. Earlier this year, members of Portageville Police Chief Ronnie Adams’ staff suggested the department take part in the “Shop with a Cop Program.” Adams explained it is a community policing effort where law enforcement officers provide funding for children in need to shop prior to the holidays and assist the youngsters with the shopping...
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Alton Bohannon
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — William Alton Bohannon, 98, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Southeast Health in Dexter. He was born in Bear Creek, Ark., to the late Euggie Irtle and Effie Eunice Savage Bohannon. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Morehouse, where he served as deacon for many years. ...
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Robert Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
SIKESTON — Robert R. Johnson, 46, died July 31, 2019, at Pemiscot Couny Hospital in Hayti. Born Feb. 14, 1973, son of Robert Jones and the late Nola Sue Johnson Sears, he had been raised and lived in Sikeston with his grandmother, Helen Cantrell. She preceded him in death in 2013. Survivors include: one brother, Jimmy Sloan of Missouri; one sister, Angela Rich of Florida...
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Nathan Best
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
SIKESTON — Nathan Michael Best, formerly of Livingston, Ill., 39, died Aug. 5, 2019, of injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Born Feb. 11, 1980, in Springfield, Ill., son of Michael Best and the late Terri (Mattingly) Best, he was employed at Food Giant...
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Judith King
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
ORAN, Mo. — Judith Clara “Judy” King, 92, died Aug. 9, 2019, at her daughter’s home in Morley. Born June 1, 1927, in Oran, daughter of the late Zeno LeGrand and Welden Stike LeGrand, she was the owner and operator of Judy’s Salon from 1970 until 1992 and a member of the Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran...
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