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Recovered COVID-19 patient leaves Sikeston hospital after 30 days of treatment
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON — Bearing signs that read: “You beat COVID 2020,” masked doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and staff from throughout all departments lined the front lobby of Missouri Delta Medical Center Tuesday morning as they waited for COVID-19 patient Dione “Dee” Blissett to emerge from the hallway...
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Sikeston City Council hears about uncertain 2021 budget
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON — The City of Sikeston’s 2021 budget will be ‘dominated by uncertainty,” according to Sikeston City Manager Jonathan Douglass. A public hearing for the FY21 budget was held Monday evening at the Sikeston City Council meeting. During the meeting, held in the Clinton Building to aid with social distancing, Douglass explained the proposed budget to council and the public...
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Patsy Wiggins
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON —Patsy Yalonda Wiggins, 46, died April 26, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born July 28, 1973, in Sikeston, Mo., daughter ofDorothy (Wiggins) Thornton of Sikeston and the late James Madison, she was a 1991 graduate of Sikeston High School. She was employed as an LPN at the Hunter Acres Skill Care Center in Sikeston. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Sikeston...
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Ruby Mosby
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON — Ruby Lee Ellis Jones Mosby, 77, died April 28, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 27, 1942, in Tunica, Mississippi, to the late James Wilson and Viola Dotson Ellis, she was a member of West End Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston, where she was a former member of the Usher Board. She was a certified nurse assistant...
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UPDATED NUMBERS: Three more test positive at SECC; 30 cases confirmed at Sikeston nursing home
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, two more employees and another inmate at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston have tested positive for COVID-19. The additional cases bring the number of inmates who have tested positive to 30 while five staff members have tested positive. According to the Mississippi County Health Department, the staff members do not reside in Mississippi County...
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