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Jessie Cruse
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
SIKESTON —Jessie Dean Cruse, 95, died June 30, 2020, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Services in Sikeston. Born Sept. 13, 1924, in Blodgett, Mo., she was the daughter of the late William Homer Kelley and Ida Myrtle Alexander Kelley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Berry Jefferson Cruse Jr.; one son, Billy Cruse; one daughter, Sharon Tanner; three brothers, Ted Kelley, David Kelley, William “Dub” Kelley; and one sister, Hope Kelley Nelson...
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Christy Ellis
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
DEXTER, Mo. — Christy Lea Naile Ellis, 44, died June 27, 2020, at her home in Dexter. Born Oct. 18, 1975, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., daughter of Charles Naile of Farmington, Mo., and Barbara Turner Criss of Benton, Mo., she graduated from Kelly High School and went on to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, pursuing a degree in criminal justice. ...
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Thomas Sanders
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
SIKESTON — Thomas Edward Sanders, age 58, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020, at his home in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born June 15, 1962, in Sikeston, son of Edward Sanders and the late Dorothea Ruth Bryers Sanders. He was a member of Living Waters Church in Sikeston, the Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114, the American Legion Riders, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles 3319. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had worked in the quality check department for Americold...
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Mary Booth
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Mary Louise “Lou Lou” Booth, 80, died March 18, 2020. Born Oct. 18, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Minnie Lee Howard and Booker T. Jenkins. Her husband, Willie K. Booth, preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Elwanda Wright; two sisters, Bobie Gray and Pauline Starks; and one granddaughter...
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Robert Campbell
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
LILBOURN, Mo. — Robert Allen Campbell was born Jan. 4, 1954, in Dell, Ark., to the late William Allen and Mary Lou Stout Campbell. He passed away June 27, 2020, at his home in Lilbourn at the age of 66. Robert was a beloved family man that loved to travel, hunt and fish. ...
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DPS director briefs City Council on SPCP meeting
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
SIKESTON — Planning has began for the Strengthening Police and Community Partnerships program as Sikeston Department of Public Safety Director Jim McMillen briefed Sikeston City Council of the group’s initial meeting. McMillen spoke at Monday’s City Council meeting held at the Clinton Building to observe social distancing. ...
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Annual Elks Fireworks Show set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
SIKESTON — Fireworks are still ready to explode on the Fourth of July in Sikeston at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. The Sikeston Elks Club puts on the show for the community and has done so for nearly 30 years. Even with a pandemic occurring, as the old saying goes, “The show must go on.”...
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Report shows children’s health, economic well being declining in Missouri
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
A report released by Missouri Kids Count shows the economic well being, education and health in Missouri is declining, while local counties continue to be among the poorest in the country. The report, which was released last week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shows Missouri is ranked 30th among states in the AECF reports overall ranking of child wellbeing...
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Benton home destroyed by fire
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
BENTON, Mo. — A home was destroyed in a fire Thursday afternoon in Scott County. Just before 2 p.m. Thursday, the NBC Fire District was paged to a structure fire located on Lake Road near Benton, according to a Saturday post on the fire district’s official Facebook page. Mutual aid was requested from Scott City Fire Department, Oran Fire Protection District and Scott County Rural Fire Protection District. ...
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Christian Durham
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Christian Jamar Durham, 11, died June 22, 2020, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Lyon County, Kentucky. Born Nov. 13, 2008, in Paducah, Ky., son of Jacqueline M. Fayne Lewis of Hazelwood, Mo., and Aaron Durham of Belleville, Ill., upon starting kindergarten, Christian also started learning how to play to piano at Skyline Academy in Marion, Ill. ...
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New Madrid County R-1 approves sale of bonds
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The New Madrid County R-I School District Board of Education approved the sale of $8,500,000 General Obligation Bond Issue to its Municipal Bond Underwriter, L.J. Hart and Company of St. Louis on June 25. ‘We appreciate the strong vote of confidence we received from local patrons at the election and want to lock in interest rates that are highly favorable,” said Ryan Eddy, president of the Board of Education...
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Cooter teen killed in Friday night accident
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
STEELE, Mo. — A Cooter teen was killed and another seriously injured in a two-car accident Friday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by Preston Hatch, 17, of Cooter, was southbound on Highway F, five miles west of Steele at 9:08 p.m., when it struck a vehicle driven by Jared Crafton, 18, of Portageville, who was also southbound...
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Alex Roach
(Obituary ~ 06/30/20)
SIKESTON — Martin Alexander 'Alex' Roach, age 33, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at the family home in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Dec. 3, 1986 in Sikeston, the son of Diane Martin Roach of Sikeston and the late Carl Roach. Alex had worked as an engineer for Cable One and was a member of the Sikeston Jaycees, a car enthusiast, a St. Louis Blues fanatic, computer geek, and a talented drummer...
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Another death related to virus reported in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 06/30/20)
A Stoddard County resident has died relating to the COVID-19 virus while the virus is impacting summer sports in local communities. On Monday, the Stoddard County Public Health Center reported a resident died relating from the coronavirus, making it the ninth death in the county. There were also four additional cases in Stoddard County reported late Monday afternoon, giving the county 135 positive cases with 13 of those active. There have been 113 recoveries...
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