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Chaffee, other local schools temporarily move to online learning
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
Beginning Thursday, Chaffee Junior and Senior High School students began off-site instruction for two weeks due to COVID-19. In a letter to parents from Chaffee R-2 Superintendent Brad Blackman on Wednesday, he explained why the district pivoted to their “red plan,” which means that all junior high and high school students will receive instruction via physical materials or google classroom off-site. The anticipated date of return will be Thursday, Oct. 1...
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East Prairie man arrested for promoting child pornography
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — An East Prairie, Missouri, man was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control. Michael Tucker Jones, 18, of East Prairie faces charges of promoting and possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the Missouri Digital Forensic Center...
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Scott County with 74 recoveries, fewest active cases since early August
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
The Scott County Health Department reported a single-day high in coronavirus recoveries on Wednesday while three more deaths were reported in Stoddard County. While the health department reported eight new positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday afternoon, they also reported 74 recoveries. To date, there are 62 active cases in Scott County, the lowest since 63 cases were active on Aug. 4...
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Sikeston city officials urging residents to dispose of PPE properly
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
SIKESTON — Officials with the City of Sikeston are encouraging residents to properly dispose of their personal protective equipment (PPE). Darren Martin, Sikeston’s stormwater coordinator, said he began noticing PPE laying around in parking lots and around town right after the pandemic began...
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Frances Grissom
(Obituary ~ 09/17/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Frances Louise Grissom, 87, died Sept. 16, 2020, at her home near East Prairie. Born Sept. 26, 1932, at Wolf Island, Missouri, daughter of the late Will Morris Sr. and Gertie Mae Colvin Morris, she lived in the East Prairie area her entire life and was a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie. She retired in 1996 from the Missouri Division of Social Services...
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Ralph Barnwell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/17/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Ralph Edward Barnwell Jr., of New Madrid, passed away Sept. 16, 2020, at the family home. Born Nov. 3, 1947, to Ralph and Dorothy Deevers Barnwell of New Madrid, Ralph was a 1965 graduate of New Madrid High School and a 1970, 1973 and 1988 graduate of Murray State University where he was a proud member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He also served in the Army National Guard from 1969 to 1976...
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Soon Kim
(Obituary ~ 09/17/20)
SIKESTON — Soon Ja Kim, 74, died Sept. 16, 2020, at her family’s home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 24, 1946, in South Korea and later came to the United States where she resided in Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia, for many years. She recently moved to Sikeston...
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Portageville residents to vote on use tax in November
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
Citizens in Portageville will vote on a use tax in the November election. Portageville mayor Vince Berry sent out a letter to Portageville residents explaining the use tax is not a new sales tax. “This is a tax that is charged on internet sales ONLY,” Berry said in the letter. “The tax is already in effect. Our citizens were asked to approve this tax three years ago.”...
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Friday morning prayer group celebrates 48 years
(Community News ~ 09/17/20)
SIKESTON — Ladies of the Riday Morning Prayer Group met Sept. 11 at the home of Jane and Ralph Boyer in Sikeston to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the group’s beginning. The group’s first meeting was held Friday, Sept. 1, 1972, at the home of Jean (Joe) McCord on Green Meadows Drive. ...
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From Scott County to Hurricane Sally: Girls trip to beach takes wild turn
(Local News ~ 09/17/20)
SIKESTON — A group of Scott County women set out for a fun, girls getaway to the beach, but instead, they returned home early Thursday as survivors of Hurricane Sally. After being assured and re-assured by their resort and travel agent they would experience only rain and some wind, retired-co-workers of Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Schools and friends Gail Riley and Debbie Nelson of Blodgett, Missouri, and Dorothy Lewer and Cindy Powell of rural Sikeston set out early Monday for their planned week-long stay in Orange Beach, Alabama.. ...
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Williams is new pastor at First Christian Church in Sikeston
(Community News ~ 09/17/20)
SIKESTON — The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have a new pastor. Rev. Jason Williams began serving as senior pastor beginning this month. Williams, a native of Oklahoma, is an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He graduated from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma and completed his Master of Divinity at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma...
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